From The Red Carpet To Our Closets, What Is Sustainable Fashion?
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- Big weeks have passed for the show business awards ceremony - and for many, red carpet fashionable luxuries, from the Met Gala to Amy, are a big part of the fun.
- But sustainability issues are increasingly making the most significant fashion statement, and not just for designer labels.
Just ask Northern Irish singer also presenter Hannah Peel, who moved up at this month's Mercury Awards ceremony in an eco-friendly rainbow gown - based on the Pantone color scheme. Peel tells the Chi Chi Izundu that designer Kitty Joseph makes her clothes from eucalyptus trees grown and harvested in the driest parts of the world.
"There are no chemicals; it uses 90% less water than if it were a different material. And it has a good flow," he said. This year's London Fashion Week, which just ended, has made "circularity" the buzzword.
The weekly schedule includes a screening of Fashionscapes: A Circular Economy, a documentary that examines whether increasing the industry's promise of sustainability is near achievable.
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Currently, the fashion industry causes about 10% of global CO2 emissions and almost 20% liquid waste. It also uses more energy than the aerospace and shipping industries combined, according to UN climate change. Caption Boohoo says it has developed clear goals for sustainability. Sustainable fashion is an obligation to question this and calls for more durable clothing made in a more environmentally friendly way and is more reusable or recyclable where possible.
What is the fast mode?
The city is struggling with fast fashion shops. Sustainable fashion is a fad on this planet," said Prof. Kate Fletcher of the Center for Sustainable Fashion at the London College of Fashion.
This usually means reducing:
She emphatically rejects the disposable culture, which has been accelerated by the rise of online fast-fashion retailers.