Could we expect to see Ethical fashion a lot more? Ethical fashion is more visible on the high street than it was three years ago. Even though you still have to look hard for ethical products, they are becoming easier and easier to find.
This is through a method of ‘Upcycling’
Upcycling gathers readily available materials to make fashionable clothes. This slows down the factory’s supply demands (workers don’t have to make as much fabric) and it reduces the need for new raw materials. This gives more time to workers to make the clothes and could minimise issues such as unpaid overtime of garment workers.
One famous ethical loving couple are Colin Firth and his wife Livia Giuggioli. Who own an ethical shop in Chiswick called Eco Age. Livia even wore an upcylced dress to the Oscars earlier on in the year. Her Oscar dress was made from pre consumer waste of high end Italian end of roll fabric.
Tesco also used the method of upcycling when they debuted a new range of clothes made from end of line stock.
A dress made from left over textiles will cut down on waste and ease up the pressures felt by garment workers who have to produce high quantities of materials in a very short amount of time.
What do you think of Upcycling? Can it change the way our clothes are manufactured?
Image Credit- Nicogenin on Flickr at Creative Commons
This is through a method of ‘Upcycling’
Upcycling gathers readily available materials to make fashionable clothes. This slows down the factory’s supply demands (workers don’t have to make as much fabric) and it reduces the need for new raw materials. This gives more time to workers to make the clothes and could minimise issues such as unpaid overtime of garment workers.
One famous ethical loving couple are Colin Firth and his wife Livia Giuggioli. Who own an ethical shop in Chiswick called Eco Age. Livia even wore an upcylced dress to the Oscars earlier on in the year. Her Oscar dress was made from pre consumer waste of high end Italian end of roll fabric.
A dress made from left over textiles will cut down on waste and ease up the pressures felt by garment workers who have to produce high quantities of materials in a very short amount of time.
What do you think of Upcycling? Can it change the way our clothes are manufactured?
Image Credit- Nicogenin on Flickr at Creative Commons
I think it can change the way clothes are manufactured however, this would be extremely costly and time consuming and I do not think most of the big companies are willing to do this, as they want to reap all the profits.
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