One of the easiest ways to go-green is with yourwardrobe. Everyone needs clothing so when you're already out and aboutshopping; why not just choose the organic alternatives. Likewise, when it comesto dressing your employees eco-friendly apparel is the way to go. Asbusinesses turn to all organic promotional apparel, the options of eco friendlyclothing flourishes in retail stores everywhere. Now let's take a look into theshift of gears in the promotional and retail worlds for environmentallyfriendly clothing.


Eco-Friendly Apparel is good for theenvironment.


California provides roughly 13% of the United States cotton each year and in a study done in 2005, over 5.8 million pounds of chemicalswere used on the golden states farms. These chemicals pose a threat to majorbodies of water and eco-systems when they are carried off by run-off rainwater. At the same time the pesticides used to keep insects and animals awayfrom the cotton crops are main factors in the greenhouse gas effect.


Organic clothing doesn't need chemicals to bemade. In fact, buying four organic shirts saves about a pound of chemicals fromentering the earth. That means if you chose to reward your 72 employees withstylish organic custom polos, you'd be saving the earth fromalmost 20 pounds of chemical abuse. All of this goes without saying thatorganic clothing also reduces waste because it breaks down naturally. For thesereasons alone, it's clear why retail stores are making eco-friendly apparelmainstream.


Eco-Friendly Apparel is cost effective.


Many people are deterred from organic clothingbecause of the daunting price tag. But just like with any shopping, you've gotto scout out deals. Wal-Mart offers an eco-friendly t-shirt for only threebucks. Similarly, a culinary school could order new students custom non-wovenaprons for as low as $1.95 each. Putting thrifty sales aside, organic clothingcosts more for you because it costs more for the manufacturer. However, aseco-friendly clothing becomes more widely accepted, the market will grow andsales will improve as prices drop. Eventually, many people will adopteco-friendly custom apparel as the norm for its long lasting abilities andenvironmentally sound production.


Environmentally Friendly apparel is trendy.


As materialistic as it may be, customers careabout the latest in trends. What are the Hollywood elites wearing? How can Iget my hands on that hand bag? These are questions that are asked everyday, andnow as celebrities boast about their awesome green clothing and accessories,eco-friendly apparel is becoming mainstream.


All of the sudden a silk kimonotakes the back seat to a custom bamboo robe and a star chooses the H&Morganic clothing line over the latest one of a kind bejeweled dress. Nike andWal-Mart join H&M as some of the top 10 worldwide brands selling organiccotton lines. In the future, many more hot names in fashion will be turning toeco-friendly alternatives to show stopping looks. By the beginning of 2010these going-green company's expect 33% of their products to be made ofeco-friendly organic cotton.


With trend setters turning to eco-friendlyapparel, the price gap growing thinner and a constant drop of harmful chemicalsentering the atmosphere, going-green with your wardrobe seems widely attractive.Models are strutting their stuff down the run way and giving eco-friendly awhole new make over while organic farmers work to harvest cotton in the mostsustainable ways possible. Likewise, traveling business executives are lookingtheir finest in organic custom polos and schools across the world are armingstudents with cool promotional eco-friendly tees. So join the revolution andmake a statement today by greenifying your wardrobe.


Author is an e-marketing specialist for Motivators Inc., a Long Island based promotional products distributor.


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