As we all know, I absolutely love getting surprises. If I were to get a surprise in the mail everyday I may just tolerate the mailman walking on my porch. On Friday I didn’t mind his presence too much as he held a brown package with my name on it!
The great humans at Eco-Pup dog clothing sent me one of their very cute, incredibly stylish Charm hoodies! I blogged about Eco-Pup back in February after winning the Benny Polo they were auctioning off for Hounds for Haiti. Ever since then, mom and I routinely check Eco-Pup’s website and coo (her) or drool (me) at all the eco-friendly and recycled products. The Charm hoodie was definitely one of my favorites especially because I’ve been twittering so much and the little blue birdie is twitter’s mascot. It’s like Eco-Pup could read my mind!
Eco-Pup was started in 2008 by a woman named Susanne Postill. She, like my mom and Angelica, wanted her Peke-Poo to be warm and comfortable but couldn’t find any unique and cute clothing that wasn’t synthetic and all the natural and organic clothing just didn’t vibe with her pup’s sense of style; so the company was born.
It’s not only the materials used that are eco-friendly, but also some of the company’s practices. Packing boxes are reused, hang-tags, business cards, and catalogs are all printed on eco-friendly paper, they try to handle as many customer interactions electronically to cut back on paper usage, they recycle as much as possible, and they use biodegradable poop bags for their doggy employees. The fabric used is either recycled, organic cotton, or bamboo. The recycled fabrics are 100% Recycled PET. This means that the fabric is made with recycled plastic bottles (makes you really think about the bottles you put in the recycling bin). The cotton is organic in terms of the way it is farmed and manufactured: organic compost is used in lieu of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides are replaced with beneficial insects, and weeding is used instead of herbicide. Bamboo fabric is made from a tropical grass, is 100% biodegradable, and hypoallergenic. My Charm hoodie is made from organic cotton fleece. It’s super soft and lightweight. Oh, and did I mention the cutest part?
It has a blue bow on the hood!
As it is still summer and too warm for any kind of clothing (except maybe a bathing suit. But if I ever do go swimming, I prefer to skinny dip), I will have to wait to wear my hoodie. It will be quite an impatient wait as all I want to do is strut my little tail around town in my pink, birdie splendor.
Happy tail wags and thank you Eco-Pup!
FTC disclaimer: The Charm Hoodie was gifted to me by Eco-Pup Dog Clothing.
Tags: buy now, dog stores, humans, what to wear
Adorable! That hoodie is the cutest…
Isn’t it? I absolutely adore it.
Oh! Prudence, I’ve never seen you look so ‘eco-friendly stylish’:D Eco-pup are great and so are you!
Aw thanks Cate
Isn’t that just the most adorable hoodie! The bow on the hood really makes it!