[image from District Cotton]
The main thing I like about District Cotton T-shirts — They’re really, really soft, and they have a huggy, fitted cut. And they only cost $15!
For those addicted to the fit of American Apparel T-shirts — Well, now you can get a nice sexy hip fit like that without the sexual harassment. District Cotton’s T-shirts’re thinner, softer, and better designed even than T.S. Designs’ goods. They’re long enough to cover midriff; they’re fitted to hug your body gently so you feel comfy and sexy –
On the surface, District Cotton might sound like yet another organic cotton T-shirt company. But ask a couple Qs, and you’ll find District Cotton’s goods’re way more hardcore than, say, American Apparel sustainable edition stuff.
For ex: Despite the fact that all District Cotton’s goods have met strict social responsibility policies, Brett of DC says “there are only 2 products of mine that I feel comfortable calling ‘fair trade.”
Huh? Brett elaborates: “I feel that there is a big gap between ’sweatshop free’ and ‘fair trade.’ In other words, while I am 100% confident that the factories I buy from have good labor standards, I believe that to be called fair trade, the workers really need to have a stake in the business.”
Thus, while most businesses — if they sourced their goods the way District Cotton does — would call ALL the goods fair trade, District Cotton reserves that label for items like the Fair Trade Tote Bags, made by an all-woman-owned sewing cooperative in Northern Mexico. Says Brett, “They truly benefit from their work by more than just getting a regular paycheck.”
Aside from the bags, all other District Cotton goods’re made in factories with strong labor compliance in Mexico and Pakistan. Yes, the T-shirts, hoodies, and caps are organic cotton / organic cotton blends. And the fair trade messenger bags’re made from recycled Cambodian mosquito netting!
Plus, 10% of gross sales (as opposed to profits) on all the T-shirts and baby clothes go to nonprofits — currently the Northeast Organic Farming Association.
District Cotton’s brand new! They’ve only been in business for about 6 weeks. If I actually needed more Ts, this is where I’d go –
