80% ethical

Hi, my dear readers ♥

I´m proud to say that I finally reached the point where about 80% of clothing I wear was made in ethical conditions, handmade or second-hand ! =)

It took me more than a year to give away/sell most of my sweatshop made clothes which I didn´t need and to learn living without buying something new every week or two. I won´t lie - it was hard for me, because shopping was always my remedy when I felt bad... and I feel bad quite often <_< so I had to find different activities to make myself feel happier - for example knitting, or drawing ... it doesn´t save much money (actually I´m  spending more on yarns and art supplies than I ever did on clothes =D), but it feels a lot better and that´s important !

Of course I still buy something new from time to time, but first I always ask myself "Do I really need it? Is it practical? Warm? Comfortable? Does it match with something I have? " ...etc.  And if there is at least one "No" I won´t buy it. I just won´t.

And then there are times when I really need something - like new underwear, socks, pajama, jogging pants...sweatshop free... which was super-hard to find, until I discovered CUBUS ! I had no idea there was a shop like this and it solved a lot of my problems =D I had to read their Ethical Trade article several times, because I just couldn´t belive there really is a shop which sells trendy (!) ethical clothes for affordable price. And the reason for it is that their factories are located in usual "sweatshop" countries, but they care about the workers and pay them fair for their work. I like this system a lot and find it much better than just move the production to Europe/USA which makes the clothes three times more expensive... like in ARMEDANGELS - their clothing is super-ethical, bio, made in Germany, but INCREDIBLY expensive (at least for me) or American Apparel

Since my discovery, we made a few orders from Cubus already. I bought there a lot of underwear, basic black long tank top, leggins, shirt and onesie with pugs - which was Christmas gift from my mum. My husband also bought there some basic t-shirts and a jacket. Everything arrived quickly, fits perfectly and the quality is really good =)

The only bad thing about Cubus is that they ship only to Germany, Poland, Finland, Norway and Sweden ...which is fine with me, but I can´t recomend it to anyone from Czech Republic -_-

Here are some photos of one of these 80% ethical outfits ♪

The only un-ethical things are my new hat which is from H&M (sadly I couldn´t find one in any ethical shop...) and my bra which is also from H&M ...

I´m wearing the second t-shirt from my recent Society6 order, with art of amazing CanisAlbus "Upotus" ♥

hat - H&M

t-shirt - Society6, art by CanisAlbus

shirt, leggins - Cubus

shoes - Vagabond

I know I promised this a long time ago and at first I planned to do a special post about it, but now we are talking about it so why not =D

 MY LITTLE ETHICAL FASHION DIRECTORY

I will be adding more when I discover some new shops, so save this post for later =)

bold marked shops are those where I already bought something, or things I´m doing myself

• Clothing •
Society6 (some of my favourites - CanisAlbus, Natasa Ilincic, Loish, Jasmin Darnell, myself =D )
Black Milk Clothing
Chapati
Armed Angels
Cubus
Etsy - (my favourites - raintower, FennecDesign, Velvet Cave, Zhen Nymph, OmBeautiful, Wyldeskye, etc. - here are all my favourites on Etsy )
RedBubble (my favourites - Aicha Wijland, Audra Auclair, Loll3, and me ho ho)
Takko
Moshiki
Braintree

• Shoes •
Vagabond
Vivo Barefoot
El Naturalista
LUNA Sandals

• other ways how to get ethical clothing •
handmade (sew, knit, crochet, etc.)
upcycle
DIY
second-hands

• how to live even more ethical and ecological •
buy as much bio/organic food as possible
buy fairtrade products as much as possible
avoid palm oil
buy only fish with MSC certificate
eat vegan
use eco-friendly/recycled products (toilet paper, pads, detergents, etc. )
volunteering
give money to ones in need
adopt a pet
avoid cosmetics tested on animals

•some good read•
Fashion more slowly by Annika Victoria (this article is was what openned my eyes, big thanks to dearest Annika ♥)
Annika´s Ethical Fashion Directory
Let´s start a fashion revolution, Birdiee
MeasureUp - find how your favourite fashion brands treat their workers
Ušili to na nás ! - czech site about ethical fashion

If you know some nice ethical shops or have any suggestions what should I add, feel free to write them in comments ♪

I hope it will help and inspire ♥

Also this is only my way of living and these are not rules you should follow - YOU decide how to live your life =)

Have a beautiful day, everyone ♥