Little Green Radicals offers super-soft organic cotton clothing for children. Organic cotton is used most of the time and the company is also a Fair Trade pioneer. These are clothes designed to last, to pass onto your next child. You can return used clothing when your child grows out of it, to receive 15% discount on new items. You can trade in old clothes (each garment is worn by an average 3 children, due to their second-hand option).
Organic cotton or hemp children’s clothing is not only more comfortable (and better for children with sensitive skin). But clothes last longer, due to not being treated by chemicals. And also launders safely. For any items containing elastane or synthetic fibres, launder in a microplastics catcher. Also read the post on renting children’s clothing.
For baby clothing, The Lullaby Trust has information on suitable clothing (and bedding) to help prevent crib death.
The cycle of buy, wear, discard is even worse in fast fashion for children, due to rapid growth, which demands constantly updated clothing. This leads to excessive waste, often from synthetic fibres that cause pollution and litter worldwide, due to not biodegrading at end of use.
We particularly like their range of organic cotton dungarees:
