Good quality fine knitwear that isn't wool

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Just that really. I don't wear wool for ethical reasons, and I'm on the look out for some nice fine knitwear, mostly neutral/navy cardigans and slim jumpers that will last, look good and are soft. I have a couple of Zara bits that have worn well but all their recent pieces have weird splits in the cuffs that drive me insane!

All ideas welcomed

Lots is written about sweatshops involved in clothing manufacture, but after viewing this (quite fascinating) video on how fabric is printed, it dawned on me that every thread of every garment we wear has a large environmental toll. Multiply by over 6 billion clothes wearers, not to mention the dead, whose clothes may still be living on.

Wearing less and ensuring that clothes passed on, reused, recycled is the answer.

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I think it is great just to even start to think about these matters.

There are ethical issues with cotton though too :(

Landsend always has some lovely fine cotton jumpers and cardis.

I have a textiles degree and we were made to watch a documentary about the health welfare on cotton farmers and the environment and it was awful. Really very upsetting. They had very limited access to healthcare too so would self 'medicate' by drinking loads of tinned milk to dilute the affects of poisoning
Horrible

Their stuff lasts well, too - always important when trying to minimise your impact. It's bloody wasteful when you wear something 2 or 3 times and it already looks scruffy, pilled or out of shape, despite careful washing, and all the more irksome when you spent a premium hoping for something that would last. (White stuff, I'm looking at you.)

OwlLady it's a minefield isn't it. Running through all the natural fibres and realising the toll of those, then realising all the polys are basically plastic which isn't great either. Panda is right, recycling more things, buying fewer things, it all helps. There has to be a line drawn somewhere or I'd literally be running round naked with nothing to eat, but being at least somewhat conscious starts to go some way towards helping. One reason I want to buy less disposable stuff and invest a bit more in things that will last, I was terribly wasteful with clothes when I was younger.

I wearing a Gudren Sjoden wrap summer dress new this season. Bio inks and Unbleached organic cotton & linen. I've worn it all summer it I can tell I will wear it for many years. It will still look great when it is faded and old. GS is a company that AFAICS have a string ethical basis.

Buys like this I am very pleased with however they don't happen that often. I am getting better at shopping for clothes though

Strong ethical basis! They may also do string.