Designed in Canada - Ethical Fashion

Have you heard this? Do you understand Ethical Fashion?

Clothing covers you, keeps you warm or cool, and should be comfortable. Fashionable clothing also appeals to your personal sense of style - so you have to love it - but it can go beyond colour, texture and shape to make an impact on where and how it is made. Fashion is fun, you shouldn't have to worry about how people or environments were
damaged to put a cheap t-shirt on your back. So it is good to know that you can make a difference, that your purchase can support others & have lasting value to you.

How can you be a positive influence?

Support an Ethical ** Canadian Manufacturer! This is a company that applies our values - of freedom, rights to health and safety, fair wage and respectful treatment of employees and business partners, with a determination to improve the communities they work in - to the people and countries where their designs are manufactured. You can wear these fabulous pieces with pride, and occasionally use them to start a conversation and influence others.

We are proud to bring these companies to you - designed in Canada - manufactured with ethical standards, and working to make the world a better place ...

Working with beautiful 100% cotton, designer Shannon Passero focuses on fashionable, high quality, eco-conscious clothing with international appeal. You will recognize the

 neon buddha brand 

and quickly come to love the feel, style and lasting quality in all the tunics and dresses.

Known for their fabulous fit and quirky buttons, the line is complemented by the hand knit cotton sweaters under the pure & co label -both brands are available in sizes S to 3x-  and like that famous potato chip line, I bet you can't try just one :)

From our west coast comes the Guru brand of light and airy dresses. Cotton fabrics are designed here, and manufactured in Thailand to bring you an exclusive blend of colours and prints that are perfectly ladylike. On trend this spring as "delicate pastels in pretty, soft combinations jostle with hot, saturated brights."

Guru fashions have a unique origin in that the prints themselves are designed here in Canada, then the fashions. Committed to sustainable clothing design they have worked closely with the women and communities who create these beautiful garments since 2001.

Have you tried bamboo fabric yet? With a butter soft feel, and diverse colour pallet  Blue Sky Clothing Co designs are manufactured in Sichuan province of China, where the bamboo is organically grown and processed. "Designer, Marilyn Robinson, believes in helping women to feel comfortable and beautiful without compromising the earth." Dresses and tunics are available in  sizes S to 3x at Sand'n'Sea Boutique.

You will love spending our day in comfort. Breathable and anti-bacterial, bamboo fabric is also “anti static and UV protective as it cuts out 98% of harmful UV rays” providing the wearer with another beneficial quality from bamboo made clothing. Judz.com

When you feel like to stepping outside the box, designer Anne Toube of Leopards & Roses will inspire you with wearable art for the funky at heart! Manufactured in "communities in Nepal and the Himalayan Mountains as well as surrounding areas .. keeping the artisan craft alive." The bold & vibrant patterns will inspire you. And your purchase is helping to fund education of children.

You can look and feel fabulous in a wardrobe that also inspires you.

** On a global scale the EFF of England provides this outline;  “If you describe something as ethical, you mean that it is morally right or morally acceptable.” Collins English Dictionary For the EFF, the meaning of ethical goes beyond doing no harm, representing an approach which strives to take an active role in poverty reduction, sustainable livelihood creation, minimizing and counteracting environmental concerns."