Sustainable fashion as the name says the clothes which are Eco-friendly and made from old clothes. Fascinating isn't it !?. We all know that we are in midst of the environmental crisis working to conserve energy, fuel, water, etc.. Most of us aren't aware of waste which has been produced by the clothing industries. Do you know the fact that ' The clothing industries are the second largest polluting industries in the world than the oil and gas industry..!! '. In the case of India, it is the third-largest waste after plastic, paper, and compost. The clothing industry's production waste is so high !. While considering the case of the large scale industries which make about 2 lakh pieces a day they make 45 to 50 thousand meters of fabric wastages on a daily basis. And also 73-85 % of garment wastes go into landfills. A single t-shirt takes up to around 3000 liters of water as much as most of the adults would drink in 3 years. Lots and lots of chemical dyes are being used for making clothes. From all these things it’s been clearly understood that clothing industries are creating a very big problem in the world.
To fix these problems there is a solution to “ Sustainable Fashion ’’. As I have told earlier sustainable fashion relates to eco friendly. So, what makes an industry or company sustainable?. It all depends upon the materials, worker condition, quality. When coming to the materials, it should be anything eco-friendly, recycled ones, avoiding excessive chemicals and water, etc. The workers should be getting security rights and a fair amount of wages. Last, not the least clothes should have good quality and long-lasting one. Several companies are there nowadays producing sustainable clothes.
Let’s take the case of ‘Doodlage’, a sustainable brand in India. This brand provides the perfect antidote to fast fashion by chic garments from scraps of waste cloth. It was found by Kriti Tula. Brands like these are trying to bring the concept of reuse in the fashion industry. They make clothes from the waste clothes and what all clothes are wasted by them are paneled together and make some yardages out of it and their waste is recycled or used for making bags. Thus that was the case of ‘Doodlage’. There are several brands like ‘ Latasita’ which makes clothes from the old and worn out sarees. Some of the brands use natural dyes for their clothes.
So these were the cases of the industries and all, now let’s think about how we can be a part of sustainable fashion or what we can do on a daily basis ?!.
Buy the things you need
Some of us are there just unnecessarily buying clothes. Overconsumption is being encouraged nowadays. But think again, is it good? Buy the necessary things your small help will do wonders.
Don’t buy similar styles
Why buy similar styles again and again? Fashion is changing each and every moment. So by buying the same styles ain’t good right!
Choose quality not quantity
Buy those clothes which you know that you will wear for the next 5-6 years. It will be a very good option
A hole huh? Get it mended!
If there is any small defect in the dress like a tiny hole don’t throw it away instead get them mended.
Reuse, Reduce & Recycle
We can borrow those dresses which we know that we will wear only once from relatives or friends. There are several videos on Instagram and YouTube about dressing one cloth in different ways and styles. You can make new trendy clothes.
Buy organic natural fibers
Synthetic fibers are made from harmful petrochemicals and this ain’t good. We can replace these my buying those fibers which are been certified by GOTS ( Global Organic Textile Standard )
We can also do our part in sustainable fashion through so many ways like this. But these sustainable fashion is a lifestyle choice. It requires us to think differently. It is also not easy to think differently suddenly. It requires time to step away from our current fashion and move onto sustainable fashion like any lifestyle change we will probably relapse along the way. Do think about the current conventional fashion and what all environmental and social costs they have caused. Think about the beautiful sustainable fashion alternatives.
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