Fashion is a game of give and take. It gives us perspective-shifting collections, all-important confidence boosts and pop culture moments to be treasured forever (reminder: Versace basically invented Google Images). It also has its issues.
A trend cycle made up of countless ‘cores’ that encourages us to buy more, which then contributes to an estimated £140 million worth of clothing entering landfill every year in the UK alone. Globally, that equates to a truck-full of clothing entering landfill every second. Don’t forget emission rates that would make the garment industry the world’s third-highest polluter if it were a country. It takes in a big way.
