Specialties
Since 1996, we've provided exquisite layers of comfort to help our customers offset & avoid apparel's impact as one of our world's most toxic industries.
Clothing Matters celebrates nearly 3 decades of preventing pollution & promoting social Justice with practices that respect life and the ecosystems that support it.
We invite you to feel good in & about what you wear while reducing carcinogens in closets, communities, and ecosystems.
We love sharing the joy of discovering how good clothing can be...
Visit us to put something fabulous on your body!
Our world class collection of eco apparel is now part of Nestology Shop & Studio,
representing over 50 local,
regional & domestic artists.
We help people improve personal, social & ecological well-being by doing more with less, with clothing choices that respect life, conserve resources and connect them with Nature.
History
Established in 1996.
Clothing Matters has proudly served as a destination for generations of discerning clientele who choose comfort & style that improves personal, social & ecological wellbeing.
Choosing authentic eco apparel vs. conventional cotton or petroleum-based "plastic" (polyester, acrylic, nylon), reduces use of and exposure to 1000s of unregulated substances including hormone-disrupting phthalates, volatile organic compounds, perflourinated compounds, PFAS/“forever chemicals”, formaldehyde, heavy metal dyes, and more, that cause allergies, asthma, cancer, as well as neurobehavioral, reproductive & immune disorders. We’ve partnered with over 100 design teams—local, regional, domestic and international—committed to practices that recognize and honor people as part of Nature, knowing that we are interdependent, “tied in a single garment of destiny” (Rev Dr MLK Jr)
Meet the Business Owner: Marta S.
Clothing Matters was inspired a love of Nature and the book Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken. “Learning that cotton was the most heavily treated crop in the world with carcinogenic chemicals and pesticides while being sold to generations of people one woman away from breast cancer compelled me to research healthy alternatives, identify ageless styles, and share them with people who appreciate better things", Marta Swain