What would you do for the perfect pair of jeans? Travel across time zones? Pay a full month’s salary? I know people who have, and I’ll bet you do too. Perhaps those denims wouldn’t seem so desirable, though, if you witnessed the toil behind the twill: cotton-picking, dyeing, weaving, sewing,
Refinfery29 weighs in on sustainability this World Recycle & Fashion Revolution Week.
“We arrive at a time where the conscious consumerism has fallen by the wayside. In its place sits new sustainability movements like Fashion Revolution and H&M's World Recycling Week, and documentaries like The True Cost, helping to bolster interest in the ramifications of fast fashion by tapping into our hyper-visual world. Similar initiatives, like Project Just, a site that lets you search ethical practices by brand, and Good On You, an Australian app that matches company's values with your own, only further this eco-aware movement.”
Article written by Christobel Hastings for Refinery29