if you want to destroy my sweater

If you’re like me you’ve probably taken the whole green movement in stride, changing lightbulbs, buying local (and/or organic food) and generally doing things with a more conservative attitude. And if you’re like me you also have an undying love of, well, things that actually look good.

For whatever reason green or ethical clothing has been banished to a world of either flowing hemp moo-moos (for the old) and stretchy Lohan fold-over yoga pants (for the young). And while, yes, Stella McCartney has always upheld ethical manufactoring standards she’s not exactly in my price range and, well, I’ve always looked a bit washed out in dusty pinks and nudes.

Photos courtesy of the BCC.

How pleased was I today when perusing the BBC’s new online ethical/organic/squeaky-clean-as-could-be magazine, Thread? Quite pleased. In its ‘pages’ you’ll find different style picks in addition to a whole slew of information (including a glossary, thank god) on all levels of manufacturing processes. There’s also a video section which ate up a whole (well-spent!) twenty minutes of my life and included a profile of Katherine Hamnett, who also happens to be the guest speaker this week at the first ever ethical fashion week, Fashion Evolution. My very favorite though are the completely hilarious (so sorry, but it’s true) videos of high street girls trying to work in Indian factories; a section called Blood Sweat and T-Shirts.

Definitely worth your perusal if, you know, you’re over the potato sack thing. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.