It's What's On The Inside That Counts - Luxurious Hemp and Silk Lingerie From Enamore
by Leonora Oppenheim, London, UK 
on 07. 9.06
We’ve mentioned Enamore’s beautiful clothing to you before. We love their gorgeous organic and recycled textiles and we were particularly enamoured (geddit!) with their 40s style dresses that were shown in the ‘Well Fashioned Eco Style’ exhibition in London. Now we’re excited to say you can buy some silky undies to go with those silky dresses. Enamore have recently launched a lingerie collection using a mix of organic hemp and silk and recycled fabrics which is true to their ultra feminine and flowery style. You can now buy the full Enamore fashion range online from The Natural Store. Via: The Observer Magazine. :: The Natural Store ::Enamore photography by Richard Bridge
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Nearly $60 for a pair of underwear?! Outrageous!!!
Yeah the high premium on alot of Green goods make it unreachable for those not on a board of directors.
Let's cut them some slack folks: innovation has to start somewhere, and the first round is always fraught with false starts and unknown market factors. As recently as the 1980's I clearly remember paying a premium for recycled-paper products, and I'm still reeling from the cost of outfitting my camp-trailer to solar, but the point is, unless those who can will fund the process NOW, the innovators will get discouraged, sell-out their patents in their bankruptcies, and when these things DO make the mainstream, it will be some preditory investment sharks reaping the benefits, not the true innovators.
Not green: Buying slave labor cotton undies.
Green: Buying $60 hemp and silk undies
Very green: No undies!
In the regular marketplace there also exists $60 bras and underwear that aren't eco. I think you could also find some cheaper eco undies as well. My point being that shouldn't we expect a variety of price points in eco apparel as we do in regular apparel?
Am weary of whinges about the cost of eco-products. Don't like the price - don't buy it. Simple. Leave it to someone who considers it fair. In less keyboard action than it takes to type a whinge, one could perform a single Google search and end up with organic cotton briefs for $12.50 from Rawganique. Want them cheaper still, then buy the expensive ones, help create demand and watch the price fall. Cheap undies from Target, etc, are probably subsidised by pesticide ridden soil, drained aquifiers and non-fair trade labour. No such thing as a free lunch.
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I've been looking for bras that don't contain petrochemicals. The problem is that practical designs are impossible to find (the photo at top being a classic example). Can we please get some products that combine eco-friendly, low toxin, and functionality all in one?
I never even got to the prices - just took one look at the styles and let out a long sigh ...
I'm 63 years old and chubby - bare mid just doesn't do it for me.
Hello -- I use cotton only underware because of skin rashes and odor control. If I switch to bamboo materials will I still have these problems? Thanks
Love your website.
The Natural Store is in England. Now, I realize that most of the clothing available in the US is made overseas, but it is made overseas and shipped to the US. Compare that to clothing and materials made overseas (not in England), shipped to England, and then shipped to the US. Does the CO2 savings from buying organic clothes offset the CO2 spending shipping it across the Atlantic?
I want tree pants!! TREEEEEE KNICKERS!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: CO2 'savings' and buying Enamore: if every 'ethical' product is going to be judged on every possible criteria before its considered okay, then few will pass the test. And this can promote cynicism unneccesarily. Take Enamore for what it is: a 'ethical' (because made of organic, sustainable fabrics) alternative to expensive lingerie that is made without ANY consideration to the Earth. And leave it at that -- yes, there may be other issues (like CO2 effects of selling it outside the UK) that are not optimal but lets not shoot Enamore or the instinct to purchase it as an ethical alternative, down because of that.
Eco fashion needs more buying action and less nay-saying -- which so often, sadly, comes from 'green' minded individuals in the first place -- if it is to grow out of its niche and truly start making a difference to the Earth and its peoples.
Hey people taking some sewing class if you don't already know and invest in making you own sexy items
GreenEco High prices? It's both natural greed, and initial high costs associated with innovations, industry shun products, and public ignorance. Once all green/eco products become the norm, due to lower initial costs, less transportation expenditures, and fair competition, prices will come down. The greedy will sacrifice per item profits, to overall mass sales even internationally through the ever expansive Internet. One thing is comforting, you are not stealing the work of foreign slaves while filling the pockets of local intermediaries; and hopefully, soon you will be able to break the backbone of chronic monopolists irresponsibly destroying the planet.
$60 for a set of underwear is cheap from UK prices - pair of basic Calvin Klein boxers over here would cost you over $40.