Stylish and sustainable

THE festive season is upon us and, with it, equal measures of joy and panic. We love the holidays, quality time with family and summer barbecues.

On the other hand, Christmas also elicits feelings of worry and guilt for the sale items we cannot resist, the amount of wine we are going to consume, the promise we made to roast the best chicken, and how we are going to get through one more year of feigning gratitude at another tacky Tshirt.

Nowadays, more and more of us are also concerned about where our gifts come from and who made them.

When it comes to fashion, the statistics are dire. Fastfashion is accused of being the secondbiggest polluter in the world, of using sweatshopstyle garment factories, leaching toxic dyes into waterways and, worse still, employing children. It just doesn’t feel very Christmassy.

Thankfully, there are plenty of ethical and sustainablymade labels that will ease the conscience while still being en vogue.

Not only will you feel great about giving these gifts because they are supporting Kiwi brands, as well as talented, fairlypaid artisans here and around the world, but they show you have taken the time to rethink the traditional stocking filler.

From Christmasthemed organic cotton socks and recycled jandals to men’s sunnies made from sustainably sourced wood and plastic waste togs, these ecofriendly fashionforward goodies have been made with kindness to the earth and to the people who made them.

Here are the top10 stylish and sustainable stocking fillers for 2018.—