For the month of December Woods and Fields is taking on a Wind in The Willows theme thanks to hobart artist Catrabbit. Cat has created a window display of plush creatures based on characters from the classic childrens story as well as embroideries on vintage tablecloth and a limited edition set of brooches made from scrap timber.
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“Right now, reused, recycled clothing is the only truly ethical clothing.”
Daryl Hannah in Peppermint Magazine Issue 4
Inspired by an interview in the recent issue of Peppermint magazine, in this post I will address the commonly held belief that second hand goods are the best sustainability solution.
The fashion industry is guilty of some pretty dirty tricks – I could write a book on these alone – but it sometimes gets a worse rap than it deserves. Nobody is having a go at fairtrade organic chocolate companies for selling us something we don’t really need but ecofashion is criticised on the basis that the very premise of fashion is not sustainable. Under the current model of the fashion industry I couldn’t agree more. There is high energy input, unnecessarily long miles, underpaid labour, badly regulated use of toxins, next to no concern for the end of the product’s life, trends designed to make what you bought last year ‘unfashionable’ this year, the perpetuation of poor body image, absurdly high retail mark-up, commonplace plagiarism of design work…the list goes on.
Still, you are probably wearing clothes while reading this and probably not some sort of utilitarian sack. While fashion can be a top down, personality crushing, credibility grab this is not what is for the majority of people. Fashion can communicate, connect and create culture. Clothes are necessary for shelter, protection and comfort; many serve specific functions and many affect the wearers mood and experience of the world.
New to Woods & Fields is First Born. A socially focused knitwear label with striking designs.
The best thing about First Born clothing is that each design is either hand knitted or constructed on a manual knitting machine making the production low in energy and high in human touch. We have a handful of designs for Summer including lightweight body conscious dresses in bright stripes, a classic stripe tank top and a patterned sleeveless cardigan for layering.
Expect to see even more irresistible hand knits from First born at Woods and Fields in Winter.
(clockwise from left)
shoulder tie dress from Bird Textiles
knit dress from First Born
floaty wrap by Bird Textiles
persephone tee by Heartweave
headband by Bird Textiles
shirt dress by Heidi and Seek
Fields wears ; blue knit dress by First Born and Bird Textiles headband worn as belt.
Woods wears ; antler people tee by Moral Fibre/Me and Amber and Untouched World jeans.
woodsandfields.com is currently undergoing some bespoke tailoring..
