Eco Knowledge

We love reading the Bodkin blog for all the deep thoughts a fashionable lady can have regarding the production of clothing and its relationship to our environment. The options for ecologically-minded fabrics seem to be expanding exponentially lately, but we often find while hunting down vintage that a lot of pieces from the 1970s onwards have odd fabric content that sometimes takes a dictionary to decipher.

Here's a good run down of some interesting textiles out there right now:

• Cupro: I got wind of this guy while browsing the Acne selection on Revolve. Apparently "Cupro is not synthetic, nor is it a man-made fabric. It is considered a regenerated fabric, in other words, it is reclaimed from natural products."
• Lyocell:, or brand name Tencel, is basically tree pulp. Awesome!
• Acetate: our old friend (lots of wonderful '80s dresses are composed of this fabric) is also a regenerated fiber from tree pulp.
• Banana fibre: for kimonos. Need we say more?

If companies were digging on these eco fibers starting in the '70s (or less commercially since the 13th century Japan), why don't we see more mainstream iterations nowadays?