Not all brides are looking for the fancy chemically advanced silk fabrics, piped out polyesters and tons of lace to adorn them as they take the most anticipated walk down the aisle. Many echo-friendly brides are scouting environmentally friendly wedding items, echo-friendly favor boxes and more natural blends of fabrics over traditional fabrics for wedding dresses.
Hemp is the cure all amongst materials that can be destructive to the environment. What is hemp? Hemp is a natural fiber of the Cannabis sativa plant that is especially bred to yield long fibers. Hemp is not only used for medicinal or what some would call ‘spiritual’ purposes. Before alternative fabrics were introduced as industrial, hemp was used to manufacture rope, paper, clothing and canvas. Hemp is traditionally a very course fiber. Due to advancements in plant breeding and treatment of plants, hemp has come to be a much softer fiber and more useful for elegant clothing such as wedding dresses. Wedding and evening gowns made from hemp are usually blended with natural silks and in some cases satins. There are even hemp and tencel blends for the Vegan bride.
Clothing made using hemp fibers are generally found in organic and echo-friendly stores. Hemp wedding dresses, bridesmaids dresses and flower girl dresses can be found at getconscious.com.
 | This hemp/silk blend is a typical fabric echo-friendly brides use for many clothing items, including wedding dresses. Fabric is 75% hemp, 25% silk |
Comments (4)
About a month before my wedding back in April 2003, already to go with an ivory satin strapless gown, I said to myself, "I hate polyester". I then began the search for a more natural, breathable fabric to make my wedding dress. I searched the Internet and found Pickering International and requested swatches of hemp/silk blends. I chose an 85% hemp, 15% Silk Diamond Jacquard. I chose a simple summer dress design and embellished the waistline with a silky corded braid and large pearls. I could not have made a better choice for my special day. Here is a link to the site http://www.pickhemp.com/
Posted by Nancy Russ | August 6, 2007 11:56 AM
Posted on August 6, 2007 11:56
Silk is definitely *not* eco-friendly... it involves boiling animals alive inside their cocoons. And plenty of materials are vegan/eco-friendly besides "hippy" ones like hemp and creepy ones like polyester, for example cotton, acrylic, linen, satin, rayon, etc. I don't understand why hemp/tencel is marked "for the vegan bride".
Posted by beth | February 13, 2008 4:54 PM
Posted on February 13, 2008 16:54
Peace Silk and Ahimsa (non-violence) Silk are commercial processes between sericulture and wild silk. They do allow the mulberry fed moth to leave the cocoon before it is harvested. They are more expensive.
Posted by Nancy Russ | March 22, 2008 12:23 AM
Posted on March 22, 2008 00:23
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Posted by anil | April 3, 2008 12:56 PM
Posted on April 3, 2008 12:56