WHAT IS BLAEK STORE'S DEFINITION OF 'ORGANIC' SHOPPING?

Organic clothing or shopping is the most 'digestible' or understandable for most people, thanks to the boom in the organic food industry. A lot of people much prefer to buy organic fruit and vegetables because they refuse to be exposed to pesticides and countless other chemicals. The same goes for what you wear or use in your daily life, so if it is a material derived from a plant that is grown (such as cotton), then you simply must insist it's organic!

Sure, it's important to worry about you, your family and friends and the evidence we have of links between these chemicals and some of the most prolific diseases is extensive. However, chemical cotton also renders soil and waterways virtually useless and requires so much more water for a good crop.

	Five of the top nine pesticides used on non-organic cotton are cancer-causing chemicals (cyanazine, dicofol, naled, propargite and trifluralin)
	In India, 91% of male cotton workers exposed to pesticides eight hours or more per day experienced some type of health disorder, including chromosomal aberrations, cell death and cell cycle delay
	In 2021 over 1 million Americans will learn they have some form of cancer and 10,400 people in the U.S. die each year from cancer related to pesticides

HOW CAN YOU SHOP ORGANICALLY?

Shopping for products made from organic cotton, organic linen or other organic fabrics, is truly caring for yourself, the people who grow and harvest that material and the earth. Another added benefit? You'll find that your organic clothes will feel softer, last longer, and look better in the long run. It's a no-brainer and while it can be seen as a luxury, we truly think buying organic clothing is a necessity, because the opposite is destructive and dangerous.

OUR ORGANIC BRANDS

There are so many brands out there with this as a strong focus and it's becoming more prevalent in the fashion industry every year. However, be careful that their values align - you want those brands to be able to show where they source their fabrics, where that organic cotton was grown and who made those clothes. Nudie Jeans Co., Kowtow and Patagonia are some of the ones leading the way and a few others that we stock and support at BLAEK Store:

OUR NON-TOXIC, CHEMICAL FREE BRANDS

For beauty products, skincare and homewares we think it's equally as important that these items are free from nasty chemicals (that your skin absorbs), and are 100% natural. We have a beautiful range of handpicked, chemical-free, non-toxic products at BLAEK Store from some of these awesome brands:

OUR ORGANIC CHATTER

• 5 Reasons Why Organic Cotton is Better
  Why we support brands who make their clothes using organic cotton and the shocking realities behind the cotton farming industry.
• Why It's Always Been Nudie Jeans & BLAEK Store
  We are huge fans of everything Nudie Jeans and have put together a list of our top 100% organic cotton jeans for men and women, and why they are such an important brand for us to support at BLAEK Store.