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If patterns of demand change, such as shifting to brands that run buy-back schemes for unwanted clothing, the industry will respond. There are growing pockets of green creativity in the industry, but for the most part high-street brands seem intent on doubling down on the "fast fashion" business model that has done so much to line theirs. FOR an industry that supposedly thrives on creativity, fashion has been appallingly slow to innovate to reduce its distinctly uncool environmental footprint. [Extracted from the article]

"What to Wear and Why: Your Guilt-Free Guide to Sustainable Fashion" by Tiffanie Darke is an incisive study that highlights the environmental and social impacts of the fast fashion industry. Darke argues that fast fashion is the second-most polluting industry globally, after oil and gas. She discusses the convoluted supply chains, toxic chemical contamination of water bodies, and unsafe working conditions with low wages in factories. Instead of giving up shopping altogether, Darke suggests adopting sustainable practices like thrifting vintage pieces to develop a unique style and escape the influence of brands and fashion editorials. The author combines her insider's perspective with extensive research to provide a comprehensive account of fast fashion's harms while emphasizing the importance of clothes for self-identity and imagination. [Extracted from the article]

Is pushing the trend forward with 20 new products announced in October that incorporate elements like single-fiber construction and trim that support easy disassembly and reuse. So the company also retooled its product take-back program, inviting customers to drop off items at stores and offering a $10 credit to loyalty-program members for doing so. The opposite of wasteful "fast fashion" is circular clothing--garments that are built to last and be reborn as new products of similar quality. [Extracted from the article]

Celebrity stylist Karla Welch and Stranger Things actor Priah Ferguson have each devised a number of shoppable looks for the tool. Anyone who loves thrift shopping will tell you this: it's all about the thrill of the hunt. To make secondhand shopping more accessible--and enable consumers to make more sustainable purchases--clothing-resale site ThredUP created an AI-powered search tool called Thrift the Look. [Extracted from the article]

The return postage cost is roughly 60% of the original cost of the item. The dress ad came up on my Instagram feed and before my rational brain could say "wait, stop, please, come back" I'd hit the "shop now" button and fallen down the shonky fast fashion rabbit hole. The site was called Bondi Pash (the blatant misdirect seems so obvious to me now) and it featured girls like me (only younger, prettier and thinner) posing in the kind of shapeless cotton-linen dresses that are my weakness. [Extracted from the article]