Sustainable Stockings for Spring!
It's finally spring. With longer, sunnier and warmer days on the way it’s time to pull the skirts and dresses out of the wardrobe. While it may not be warm enough just yet to leave the legs bare, we have the perfect eco-friendly accompaniment for your summer wardrobe until we reach those hot Australian months - sustainable hosiery! Each year, nearly 2 billion pairs of stockings are produced, the majority made from nylon - an environmentally damaging type of plastic derived from crude oil. Not only is the creation of standard stockings bad for the environment in their creation, but they generally also have a short lifecycle. Stockings are super susceptible to puncture and damage, inevitably laddering follows which sees them obsolete. Thankfully there are some eco-friendly options out there. Swedish Stockings have created an amazing range of sustainable hosiery that we absolutely love. They achieve this sustainability mark by addressing 5 points in the production:...