Stop buying Fast Fashion
The first thing you can do to stop with fast fashion is to stop following their Instagram accounts.
The popularization of cheap tailored clothing that fills our social media feeds and bloats our email inboxes has made mindful consumption more difficult, and eliminating this problem at its source is the best way to combat it.
The next actionable step you can take to break your addiction to fast fashion is by thinking about whether you really need that shirt that you know in your heart will be added to the dark abyss of your closet, slow down the process – a process designed and dictated by you, the consumer – and buy only the clothing most likely to become the most worn in your wardrobe.
Learn how to shop right
Don't make rash purchases, repair, reuse, shop ethically. Make this your new shopping mantra.
Resist buying clothes unless you're determined to wear it often and feel confident in your choice, don't give in to temptation, no matter how comfortable this $30 polyester skirt looks.
Repair what you already own.
If you maintain and repair your clothes, you won't have to constantly buy new ones.
Reuse. Each of us has said the words, "I have nothing to wear!"
No, you have clothes in your closet, you have clothes to wear.
Combine different pieces to create new outfits.
Shop only ethical and sustainable clothing!
Your bank account, planet Earth, and the tailors who create your ethical clothing will be extremely grateful.
Know where to shop.
When you're ready to start shopping ethically, do your research on the brands you plan to buy from.
If we cut off the demand for fast fashion, we cut off the supply, so knowing where to shop is perhaps one of the most powerful things you can do as a consumer.
Ethical fashion is important because the way we consume is completely unsustainable. The long-term effects are absolutely devastating to the health of the planet and its people, and we're already seeing how bad they can be.
From both a social and environmental perspective, ethical fashion is the only fashion model that should exist on this planet.
We should choose ethical fashion because “there is no beauty in even the finest garment if it creates hunger and misery.
We have to do ethical fashion because we are human.
We need to do ethical fashion because we want to continue to exist on this beautiful planet. /BGNES