Sustainable fabrics are but one tiny facet of sustainable manufacturing, there’s energy costs up and down the supply chain (for one). Being that the higher cost of goods for eco-fabrics is but a pass through cost for manufacturers, I struggle to understand how a producer is truly sacrificing anything. As such, with everyone jumping on the bandwagon, I’ve decided to sort the wheat from the chaff by asking how many of those make difficult decisions in their *personal lives*. Buying eco doesn’t impress me. You can’t spend your way into sustainability; it’s the opposite. To whit, how many are vegetarians? That’s the only sustainable solution. So maybe I’m cynical but then I must hear from 100 new eco designer wanna-bees every week. If they start getting a little heavy handed with the rhetoric, asking if they’re a vegetarian usually ends the debate quickly. I prefer they spare me the gloss .