It fascinates me whenever I hear about people throwing out t-shirts after a few wears. If they're too worn for outside wear we turn them into night shirts or relax/house shirts since after tons of washes they're wonderfully soft and comfortable. Once they're too thin for that they get added to the rag bin and used until shredded. Now that my mom has discovered how to turn them into t-shirt yarn to crochet with it adds another step on their life cycle.
Education is key. Countries that have the sustainable debate the most in the public space are those who educate their children and young people about sustainability, like Germany. Sustainability should now become a value in our society as we are all affected by it and we all need to take responsibility. It is too big an issue for a small group advocats to publicise, the main stream media and our governments need to bring the discussion to the spotlight
Well That's so cool that you learned now :) And yet you can still have just as much fun with fashion and stuff as you had before, just in a more ethical, sustainable, connected way :) There are quite some damn good online shop that care about styles AND Ethics :) Check out Kings Of Indigo, Armedangels, Everland, Bandsome or Vintage Collections of common places such as Urban Outfitters or ASOS and much more! :)
My intro to Fashion class opened our eyes to the harms of fast fashion and the fashion industry in general. Now I'm looking to start my own eco-conscious clothing company. If anyone has any tips on where to start looking please let me know :)
Spot on advice on our taking the responsibility of sustainable fashion back! Even using a home sewing machine and little home alterations means we begin to see the effort and value in the making of our clothing.
Amazing speech. I am from Venezuela and I had not ever heard about these ideas and I had no idea how harmful textile industry is for the enviorment. Definitively worth spreading, thanks
As a dude that barely buy clothes for years..... I always confuse why people shopping clothes like every month... that doesnt make any sense..... it is not like it is broken or something.... one t-shirt could survive for 10 years without scratch... 20 years until it look weird... please people clothes is not food... it value decrease by a lot of time not one time used
I totally understand her. I tried to make startup that could reduce the waste , it sadly did not work out. I am now trying to make RUclips about it as well as talk about it on Instagram. Most things move through stages on the market acceptation as following "innovators--> early adopters --> early majority". For something to take off it has to move into early majority. It will take a lot of work to move people from that category. People care, it just the question of convenience. I feel like she lacked the general conclusion. The problem is the Life Cycle Thinking, it have to be done on a part of the producer and the government to move mountains. As consumers we can do a lot about it, but first when we get the numbers. But we can a specially controlling our personal habits, they rob of on people. If you want to make a change , change your personal actions, with a lot of people moving it will create snowball effect. Since today it is just financially hard to create a moderately priced sustainable clothing and clothing should not be cheap in general. It is hard for them to compete with conventional. Moving yourself will move the demand. There is also no consensus when something is sustainable on terms of product, to winch degree it is, it is such a mistreated word. You can control who you support with your money . If you have "shopping" addiction as a lot of people do you can make clothing exchange events . It sort of make you feel like you have a lot of new things.
one word, taylors. expensive? nope. order one piece from taylor is not more expensive than buying many cheap ones. we must go back hundred years. no chinese products. local taylors were used. i dont want to suport china, i wan to suport local people. its also the most original piece, you get to choose the style, you get to choose the fabric and you get perfect fit. hopefully people realise it fast.
Instead of solving problems, what might be most effective choice in the grand scheme, might have very well been her choice to sit with them and share a simple and mindful act. It seems to me that is the way.
Agreed. Most leather used today is actually byproduct of the meatpacking industry, so no animals were killed for their skin. Some really exotic leathers sure, but many of those are actually just stamped cow hide to look like whatever is desired
@@funkymunky Vegan isn't always 100% better either in fashion as it often replaces another problem with one it solved. Substitutes are often man-made items like plastic in shoes that take thousands of years to decompose and add more waste unlike natural animal products that are bio-degradable. It's a very tricky industry to keep clean all the way.
I agree, providing that doesn't equal buying plastic clothing just to save the animals because that way you harm the environment which affects animals.
fцику мцику Reading over your replies all good ideas and points of view. I believe that if we find balance in how much we consume and the rate we consume it at we should satisfy all the markets, while slowing down how much in resources we use. A lot of studies for slow fashion have done a really good job at coming into a problem and dive into both sides of the issue. We have a lot of information on how natural fibers decompose better but the market can be abused. The same with the latter. If we slow the way we farm, produce and consume we find balance. It’s a group effort, this leads to innovation and evolution. We’ve just been stuck in traditions that do not serve us.
Today Chinese Industry also start to care about the sustainable fashion. But the difficult thing is How to build the awareness to the consumers. Like She said : It is all about the value.
2:13 After 10 years in the fashion industry she is unable to point the finger at those responsible for the human and labor losses. Don't listen to her smoke-screen techniques and outright lies 11:25 and 12:10 (the workers are happy. NOPE.): her incrementalist political reforms will never solve the root of the problem: The Big brands, and their wealthy CEO's, and all the apologists who insist on "change" are all responsible 9:03. The solution requires us to organize garment workers, general-strike, and either abandoning or taking over the factories. Stop production, return to the countryside, fast-fashion retail workers can give away all the current stock and go on solidarity strike. The industry cannot be reformed, it must be abolished, and the owner elite must see massive profit loss. Her solutions are false. How many times does she mention "empowerment", "sustainability", and "self-made". Any cursory study into this subject. 15:22 She advocates that we learn how to sew, rate brands with apps, instead of pushing for corporate transparency or government reforms. My "inner knowing" is telling me that this is BS. Watch the documentary: The True Cost
First of all, I've worked within a huge fashion company and know close colleagues who have been to factories in Asia and documented to me and others how the conditions are, and important to clarify is: Yes, there are happy workers, too. Not every factory is horrible and there are companies who pay attention to what is going there. This is important since the maker of the product has the highest responsibility, a mistake here is crucial. This company Ive worked in is huge and has a sustainability campaign, but is not a sustainable company in general. Secondly, *YOU* and only you are responsible for buying your clothes, not a company offering them or the government controlling this. The big companies will go cheaper and cheaper as the time goes. Only change in human behaviour and therefore a raise in awareness could change how humans/customers react. And it is possible to sell many clothes which are made as we see with beautiful companies like VEJA, Arket, or Patagonia (just to mention a few).
Hi. I myself is a founder of a small baby clothing brand Baby's Better. Our production sets in China and although being biased, most employees from all the factories I have visited are happy. I agree with some of your propositions but she can be right too. To achieve sustainability, we need a combos of actions taken.
The philippines is one of tbe dumping areas of used clothing from weztern countries . And filipinos are one of the great resellers of fast fashion products .made from china Both situations are a threat to local tailoring shops.
The problem now is, filipinos have started to buy cheap secondhand clothes more than they needed. Because, its too cheap, they can afford to buy as much as possible then throw away and ended up polluting the environment. We human are all threat to this planet...
0:55 Yeah right I only have three sets of clothing (underwear, pants, shirt, socks) I have to make sure my laundry gets done overnight just so I can alternate between them
@@RosesAndIvy Depends on how it's done. Machine wash everyday means energy + water + mechanical strain. But partial hand washing and passive drying is much less harm.
I appreciate her talk and message, however wanted to level set that it’s Very frustrating to hear her call-out Designers as if we don’t want or know how to Design Sustainable fashion- We are under massive selling pressure to keep our jobs. We are under strict requirements to meet pricing and create looks that sell and are the cheapest possible. Most of the US designers have major student loans taken out for these extremely expensive fashion schools and must keep our jobs, even if the pay isn’t great. I fight every day at my job to be more sustainable, but ultimately if it doesn’t sell, or if it doesn’t meet the price, it’s cut from the line. It’s a tough job
this is great. but true sustainability is in the form of abundance. For anyone interested, please read "CRADLE TO CRADLE: REMAKING THE WAY WE MAKE THINGS" by William McDonough & Michael Braungart. Here's a beautiful quote from the book that sums it up: "Consider the cherry tree: thousands of blossoms create fruit for birds, humans, and other animals, in order that one pit might eventually fall onto the ground, take root, and grow. Who would look at the ground littered with cherry blossoms and complain, “How inefficient and wasteful!” The tree makes copious blossoms and fruit without depleting its environment. Once they fall on the ground, their materials decompose and break down into nutrients that nourish microorganisms, insects, plants, animals, and soil. Although the tree actually makes more of its “product” than it needs for its own success in an ecosystem, this abundance has evolved (through millions of years of success and failure or, in business terms, R&D), to serve rich and varied purposes. In fact, the tree’s fecundity nourishes just about everything around it. What might the human-built world look like if a cherry tree had produced it?"
SheIn entered the chat No fr tho i really hope this is a transitioning phase even if it's a long one. It's much needed, and the need only goes up every day.
Thank you for such an interesting and important talk! It is hard to be perfect but we can definitely all start by taking small steps in our everyday decisions that will make a difference. I recently posted my first YoutTube video "12 Top Tips for being Sustainable with Fashion" for people who want to make a change but don't know how 😊♻️
Maybe it could be very positive to teach sewing classes to people who have talents and also to teach them how to draft patterns instead buying industrial sewing patterns,.......
What with the "happy young Chinese women working in factories who are glad and thankful to have a job allocating them to save a ton of money" ? Is it such a "dream" everywhere ? Is it just a majority of factories ? I don't get it.
It is surprising that anybody may accept uncritically the perception of happiness of the Chinese workers this video refers to. Working in the factory is heaven compared to the exhausting farm work and famine stricken communities they come from.
Ironically the woman who lectures on ethical fashion basically has nothing but good things to say about Chinese garment factories. Am I on crazy pills? She’s obviously compromised and her words mean nothing.
Actually the sustainable fashion consumer audience has increased exponentially for the last ten years as the mainstream fashion industry has imploded in upon itself and is in chaos. This is why suddenly designers, media and brands are scrambling to change their tune... they didn't think it would matter either and then they now have to scramble to greenwash everything so they don't get steamrolled. Millennials care quite a bit apparently.
1) Buying second hand
2) Donate clothing
3) Research ethical brands
4) Buying better quality
5) Buying less
"Buying less" should be #1
couldn't agree more! on my channel I have a mission to help others get inspired on how to shop ethically xx
enib patagonia isn’t vegan :( it’s like so close to what i’m looking for
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It fascinates me whenever I hear about people throwing out t-shirts after a few wears. If they're too worn for outside wear we turn them into night shirts or relax/house shirts since after tons of washes they're wonderfully soft and comfortable. Once they're too thin for that they get added to the rag bin and used until shredded. Now that my mom has discovered how to turn them into t-shirt yarn to crochet with it adds another step on their life cycle.
As a lover of fashion and what it has meant to us throughout history, I would love, love love to be able to make my own clothes!
Start with the simple patterns. Every brand seems to have them. You can learn a lot from a pattern.
Education is key. Countries that have the sustainable debate the most in the public space are those who educate their children and young people about sustainability, like Germany. Sustainability should now become a value in our society as we are all affected by it and we all need to take responsibility. It is too big an issue for a small group advocats to publicise, the main stream media and our governments need to bring the discussion to the spotlight
I'm a fashion student myself and feel stupid for not knowing how fast fashion contributes to our environment and the people.
Well That's so cool that you learned now :) And yet you can still have just as much fun with fashion and stuff as you had before, just in a more ethical, sustainable, connected way :) There are quite some damn good online shop that care about styles AND Ethics :) Check out Kings Of Indigo, Armedangels, Everland, Bandsome or Vintage Collections of common places such as Urban Outfitters or ASOS and much more! :)
you are not alone. I never thought it's that serious although have to admit china's shoes factory was the one I should've took a hint
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Fashion is the second leading cause to pollution only second to the oil industry.
There's always a beginning :)
My intro to Fashion class opened our eyes to the harms of fast fashion and the fashion industry in general. Now I'm looking to start my own eco-conscious clothing company. If anyone has any tips on where to start looking please let me know :)
I can help you to start eco clothing.
Spot on advice on our taking the responsibility of sustainable fashion back! Even using a home sewing machine and little home alterations means we begin to see the effort and value in the making of our clothing.
Amazing speech. I am from Venezuela and I had not ever heard about these ideas and I had no idea how harmful textile industry is for the enviorment. Definitively worth spreading, thanks
Very knowledgeable lady. She knows about fast fashion at its core. Definitely worth watching from start to finish.
As a dude that barely buy clothes for years..... I always confuse why people shopping clothes like every month... that doesnt make any sense..... it is not like it is broken or something.... one t-shirt could survive for 10 years without scratch... 20 years until it look weird... please people clothes is not food... it value decrease by a lot of time not one time used
Dude, thats exactly what i thought. Dont understand why so many people need new clorhes so often …
Really amazing and one of the most underrated video on RUclips
Support local designer and artesan
uploaded a podcast with 2 nyc fashion designers creating outfits from second hand clothes, its such a cool concept!
By far the best commentary I've heard on the issue!
I totally understand her. I tried to make startup that could reduce the waste , it sadly did not work out. I am now trying to make RUclips about it as well as talk about it on Instagram. Most things move through stages on the market acceptation as following "innovators--> early adopters --> early majority". For something to take off it has to move into early majority. It will take a lot of work to move people from that category. People care, it just the question of convenience.
I feel like she lacked the general conclusion. The problem is the Life Cycle Thinking, it have to be done on a part of the producer and the government to move mountains. As consumers we can do a lot about it, but first when we get the numbers. But we can a specially controlling our personal habits, they rob of on people. If you want to make a change , change your personal actions, with a lot of people moving it will create snowball effect.
Since today it is just financially hard to create a moderately priced sustainable clothing and clothing should not be cheap in general. It is hard for them to compete with conventional. Moving yourself will move the demand.
There is also no consensus when something is sustainable on terms of product, to winch degree it is, it is such a mistreated word.
You can control who you support with your money . If you have "shopping" addiction as a lot of people do you can make clothing exchange events . It sort of make you feel like you have a lot of new things.
What’s your RUclips?
one word, taylors. expensive? nope. order one piece from taylor is not more expensive than buying many cheap ones. we must go back hundred years. no chinese products. local taylors were used. i dont want to suport china, i wan to suport local people. its also the most original piece, you get to choose the style, you get to choose the fabric and you get perfect fit. hopefully people realise it fast.
I'm glad i get here
So happy you approached this topic
Instead of solving problems, what might be most effective choice in the grand scheme, might have very well been her choice to sit with them and share a simple and mindful act. It seems to me that is the way.
Look for GOTS labelled clothes when you buy something new and you can be sure that the whole process is environmentally and worker friendly.
This is really awesome and educational. I loved it!
Ethical fashion isn't ethical until it also considers the animals in the supply chain.
Agreed. Most leather used today is actually byproduct of the meatpacking industry, so no animals were killed for their skin. Some really exotic leathers sure, but many of those are actually just stamped cow hide to look like whatever is desired
You'll find that the opposite is true. Animals are killed for their flesh and their skin. Animal agriculture exists to satisfy both "needs".
@@funkymunky Vegan isn't always 100% better either in fashion as it often replaces another problem with one it solved.
Substitutes are often man-made items like plastic in shoes that take thousands of years to decompose and add more waste unlike natural animal products that are bio-degradable. It's a very tricky industry to keep clean all the way.
I agree, providing that doesn't equal buying plastic clothing just to save the animals because that way you harm the environment which affects animals.
fцику мцику Reading over your replies all good ideas and points of view. I believe that if we find balance in how much we consume and the rate we consume it at we should satisfy all the markets, while slowing down how much in resources we use. A lot of studies for slow fashion have done a really good job at coming into a problem and dive into both sides of the issue. We have a lot of information on how natural fibers decompose better but the market can be abused. The same with the latter. If we slow the way we farm, produce and consume we find balance. It’s a group effort, this leads to innovation and evolution. We’ve just been stuck in traditions that do not serve us.
Very well said, Clara. Thank you for doing this talk and for sharing it with us. Cheers!
Today Chinese Industry also start to care about the sustainable fashion. But the difficult thing is How to build the awareness to the consumers. Like She said : It is all about the value.
2:13 After 10 years in the fashion industry she is unable to point the finger at those responsible for the human and labor losses. Don't listen to her smoke-screen techniques and outright lies 11:25 and 12:10 (the workers are happy. NOPE.): her incrementalist political reforms will never solve the root of the problem: The Big brands, and their wealthy CEO's, and all the apologists who insist on "change" are all responsible 9:03. The solution requires us to organize garment workers, general-strike, and either abandoning or taking over the factories. Stop production, return to the countryside, fast-fashion retail workers can give away all the current stock and go on solidarity strike. The industry cannot be reformed, it must be abolished, and the owner elite must see massive profit loss.
Her solutions are false. How many times does she mention "empowerment", "sustainability", and "self-made". Any cursory study into this subject. 15:22 She advocates that we learn how to sew, rate brands with apps, instead of pushing for corporate transparency or government reforms. My "inner knowing" is telling me that this is BS.
Watch the documentary: The True Cost
First of all, I've worked within a huge fashion company and know close colleagues who have been to factories in Asia and documented to me and others how the conditions are, and important to clarify is: Yes, there are happy workers, too. Not every factory is horrible and there are companies who pay attention to what is going there. This is important since the maker of the product has the highest responsibility, a mistake here is crucial. This company Ive worked in is huge and has a sustainability campaign, but is not a sustainable company in general.
Secondly, *YOU* and only you are responsible for buying your clothes, not a company offering them or the government controlling this. The big companies will go cheaper and cheaper as the time goes. Only change in human behaviour and therefore a raise in awareness could change how humans/customers react. And it is possible to sell many clothes which are made as we see with beautiful companies like VEJA, Arket, or Patagonia (just to mention a few).
Hi. I myself is a founder of a small baby clothing brand Baby's Better. Our production sets in China and although being biased, most employees from all the factories I have visited are happy. I agree with some of your propositions but she can be right too. To achieve sustainability, we need a combos of actions taken.
I am not sure about other countries but china is all good. we know what we doing, our factory are safe and people are happy.
Ok Commie
The philippines is one of tbe dumping areas of used clothing from weztern countries . And filipinos are one of the great resellers of fast fashion products .made from china
Both situations are a threat to local tailoring shops.
The problem now is, filipinos have started to buy cheap secondhand clothes more than they needed. Because, its too cheap, they can afford to buy as much as possible then throw away and ended up polluting the environment. We human are all threat to this planet...
0:55 Yeah right
I only have three sets of clothing (underwear, pants, shirt, socks)
I have to make sure my laundry gets done overnight just so I can alternate between them
Lol, then you're a gem, cause most of the new generations now. are into fast fashion, whatever kylie jenners or the kardashians are wearing LOL
- Cee-cee lol
Doing laundry everyday isn't any better for the environment
@@RosesAndIvy Depends on how it's done. Machine wash everyday means energy + water + mechanical strain. But partial hand washing and passive drying is much less harm.
@@Nalojuntu Washing by hand on a daily basis also helps your clothes to last longer.
Yes!! We Love this!!
I would love to join this awesome group of design activist.iam a designer.
Could any one help me to know how to find out if the brand is ethical or not?
Good on You is an app that helps you check that
See where it's made.
That speaks a lot
Bro can you help me with a question pleas i need help
Telegram= @ar45blood
I appreciate her talk and message, however wanted to level set that it’s Very frustrating to hear her call-out Designers as if we don’t want or know how to Design Sustainable fashion- We are under massive selling pressure to keep our jobs. We are under strict requirements to meet pricing and create looks that sell and are the cheapest possible. Most of the US designers have major student loans taken out for these extremely expensive fashion schools and must keep our jobs, even if the pay isn’t great. I fight every day at my job to be more sustainable, but ultimately if it doesn’t sell, or if it doesn’t meet the price, it’s cut from the line. It’s a tough job
this is great. but true sustainability is in the form of abundance. For anyone interested, please read "CRADLE TO CRADLE: REMAKING THE WAY WE MAKE THINGS" by William McDonough & Michael Braungart.
Here's a beautiful quote from the book that sums it up: "Consider the cherry tree: thousands of blossoms create fruit for birds, humans, and other animals, in order that one pit might eventually fall onto the ground, take root, and grow. Who would look at the ground littered with cherry blossoms and complain, “How inefficient and wasteful!” The tree makes copious blossoms and fruit without depleting its environment. Once they fall on the ground, their materials decompose and break down into nutrients that nourish microorganisms, insects, plants, animals, and soil. Although the tree actually makes more of its “product” than it needs for its own success in an ecosystem, this abundance has evolved (through millions of years of success and failure or, in business terms, R&D), to serve rich and varied purposes. In fact, the tree’s fecundity nourishes just about everything around it.
What might the human-built world look like if a cherry tree had produced it?"
Loved her shose so stylish
So she starts by saying that the mending workshops weren't the answer and ends up saying that mending is the answer 😂
Bruh can youn help me with a question world i need help please?
Look for C2C garments they really sustainable and plannet friendly
SheIn entered the chat
No fr tho i really hope this is a transitioning phase even if it's a long one. It's much needed, and the need only goes up every day.
Very nice voice
Reaching out to the Kardashian’s / Jenner family and the World 🌎
fabulous
Thank you for such an interesting and important talk! It is hard to be perfect but we can definitely all start by taking small steps in our everyday decisions that will make a difference. I recently posted my first YoutTube video "12 Top Tips for being Sustainable with Fashion" for people who want to make a change but don't know how 😊♻️
Maybe it could be very positive to teach sewing classes to people who have talents and also to teach them how to draft patterns instead buying industrial sewing patterns,.......
Piilgrim are a great ethical brand trying to combat this
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I read somewhere that fur was considered sustainable.. technically it is and better than “fast fashion”.. am I off on that
amazing thank 5
What with the "happy young Chinese women working in factories who are glad and thankful to have a job allocating them to save a ton of money" ?
Is it such a "dream" everywhere ? Is it just a majority of factories ?
I don't get it.
Commentaires I came to the comments to see if anyone else thought this a bit odd for her to say. Smells like BS to me.
@@isbellewells4031 Yes, it quite raised a doubt when I heard it.
(Just, please, what is "BS" you just wrote ? - I'm french)
Commentaires connerie :)
@@isbellewells4031 Ahah ! :D Precisely ! Thank you.
Kachi
It is surprising that anybody may accept uncritically the perception of happiness of the Chinese workers this video refers to. Working in the factory is heaven compared to the exhausting farm work and famine stricken communities they come from.
what's up?
If you are interested in fashion and the environment, listen to fashion model and campaigner, Nimue Smit here @
Are you ok? You seem out of breath during this talk.
I love this lady’s dress. Pants are degrading women’s feminine persona.
Buy less but in better quality
you should've visited india
no real information in this video..
She just said known facts, nothing new from the speak
Ironically the woman who lectures on ethical fashion basically has nothing but good things to say about Chinese garment factories. Am I on crazy pills? She’s obviously compromised and her words mean nothing.
let machines handle all the process, problem solved.
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good speech, but could you please stop walking around when you talking, you make me and cameraman headache......
no one cares lmao
Actually the sustainable fashion consumer audience has increased exponentially for the last ten years as the mainstream fashion industry has imploded in upon itself and is in chaos. This is why suddenly designers, media and brands are scrambling to change their tune... they didn't think it would matter either and then they now have to scramble to greenwash everything so they don't get steamrolled. Millennials care quite a bit apparently.