Are there any design constraints working solely with ecologically sound fabrics and dyes?
There are several design constraints. We don’t use plastisol for designs printed on T-shirts, which means you can only print dark designs on lighter backgrounds. People Tree use natural materials where possible, and designs clothes which make the most of the skills our producers have (e.g. traditional) trying to make these desirable to our market: There are limits to the garments you can make from organic cotton too. As we favour working with small producer groups, they do not have the same infrastructure of a conventional garment factory which coupled with the handmade nature of the production of the fabrics and embellishment, making design and product development more challenging. Read about the processes and techniques involved in People Tree products.
