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With the boom of online shopping over the past decade, and the necessity for it over the period of the pandemic, companies have had to find ways of mass producing popular fashion whilst minimising their costs. Unfortunately, it has come to light in the past few years that many of these businesses exploit the economies of third world countries to employ unfairly low paid workers for long and arduous hours to mass produce garments. This process has coined the phrase ‘Fast Fashion’.The often unsafe …

We don’t have an environmental policy. We just do what comes naturally.Natural means reducing pollutionThe conventional growing and processing of cotton is responsible for 10% of the total pollution on our planet. That’s why we strive to promote the use of organic cotton which is free from chemicals and synthetic products throughout the entire growing, processing and manufacturing process.Natural means not using chemicalsPesticides, insecticides, agrochemicals, bleaches and the wet finishin …

At Body4real Organic Cotton, we have produced what we believe to be the purest form of organic cotton clothing.Our Cotton is produced in Brazil and also in Turkey, the latter being one of the countries with the least transgenic seed contamination.Our spinning is done in both Brazil and Turkey and our weaving in Portugal, were the facilities are GOTS-certified and under the full control of the brand.All our clothing is manufactured in Europe in line with the most stringent quality standards. …

The figures are truly sobering when it comes to fast fashion:100 billion new clothes were sold in 2000 (Ellen MacArthur Foundation). 15 years later that figure doubled! According to a 2018 UN report, the fashion industry produces 10% of annual global carbon emissions. Only 10-20% of clothing donated to thrift stores is sold! (the rest end up in 3rd world countries which contributes to more problems by negatively to their local industries).Here are the options for reducing your clothing's imp …

Unfortunately, many suffering from skin disorders that make them sensitive to elastic. The inclusion of elastic in most of our clothing is a requirement simply to keep the garment in place on your body. Please note however: our underwear does not contain spandex in its composition. However, in order for the garment to fit on the body, it has to contain an elastic band. The elastic is covered with pure, dye-free, chemical -free organic cotton to avoid the contact with the skin.Our standard s …