The world is awash with unwanted clothes; over 100 billion new garments* are produced every year; and around 70% of clothes will meet their (unnecessary!) fate in landfill or incineration. To transform this, we need to keep clothes in use for as long as possible by upping our knowledge of sustainable consumer care techniques like washing, repairing, altering and redesigning.
Watch Redress’ Founder Christina Dean as she challenges what people think nobody else wants! Plucked from the jaws of a textile recycler in China, Christina rescues dumped and dirty clothes and, alongside fashion stylist Janet Ma, injects sustainable consumer care techniques to bring waste back into wardrobes.
As fashion consumers, we have huge power to transform the fashion industry, from how we shop to how we care. Learn more with Redress’ Dress (with) Sense: a practical guide to a conscious closet, which covers how to buy, wear, care and dispose of clothes more sustainably. Power to the people, that’s what we say!
*Source: Monash University (2021), Coming full circle on fast fashion for a sustainable future