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What are the health benefits of choosing organic fabric?
There are a myriad of health benefits for you and your family in choosing GOTS certified organic cotton. But just as importantly - for the farmers and makers as well as animals, ecosystems and even our own food chains. Our skin is our biggest organ and we are breathing in chemicals throughout the day and night. Dr Mariann Lloyd-Smith, a senior adviser to the Australian National Toxics Network comments on this:... “the most dangerous way for a toxin to enter the body is not through the digestive system, but through the skin[2]”. Unfortunately, as reported by the WHO, a range of chemicals used in conventional textile products have been linked to endocrine disruption (adversely effecting development, reproduction, increasing cancer risk or harming the immune and nervous system[3]) or are known carcinogens. In particular so often these chemicals are designed so that they don’t wash out so they persist in our clothing and homes. These chemicals can impact not just wildlife and the environment but have been linked to everything from learning disabilities, to infertility, obesity and to breast cancer too. Exposure for the end user can occur through breathing in particles or through the skin and this exposure is particularly critical during early periods of life, in utero or for kids and newborns. For workers who deal with textiles and farm raw materials, in concentrated form or through the environment, these chemicals can even lead to severe skin or respiratory issues, terminal illnesses and developmental issues in newborns and children who are simply exposed to through rivers, food chain or even in utero or through breastmilk[4]. It is something we aren’t often aware of because we aren’t given the inputs on an ingredients list. Thankfully, it is easy to avoid by choosing products that are certified as organic. Simple!
Fabric details via Silk & Willow
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"I feel there is something unexplored about woman that only a woman can explore." Artist Georgia O'Keefe
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Loomes. Created with the greatest consideration for our earth, inspired by the majesty of our planet... “Cloth so fine it felt like water gliding across her skin, the wind and dresses in unity dancing in a celebration of freedom, the female form and connection to the elemental spirit within us all.."
A moment captured into our first Loomes collection. We will be opening our world to you all very soon. Watch, listen, read and be inspired as we further unfold over the coming weeks.
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He is not limited by the materiality of reaching tree limbs or the muddy matter of swamps. His paintings and photographic works move beyond the human- perceived environment. Instead, he deliberates on the fragile spaces in between, the liminal places in his heart and mind where imagination soars and intellect sings. Excerpt from Surrender Tree (2013) catalogue essay by Prue Gibson.

Friday morning musings....

Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as solid, complete and classic as the works of museums. Friday Morning Musings...