Choosing recycled fashion is a very eco friendly thing to do whether it’s a purchase from a resale shop or from a fashion designer working with recycled fabrics and materials. Whenever you choose fashions that have been recycled in one way or another over buying new resources and energy are saved.
While it’s always fun to add something from this season’s latest trends choosing recycled apparel can help you have a fashionable wardrobe and enjoy big savings over new. Are you exploring what is available today?
No matter where you live you have someone selling resale clothing. Just take a look through any Goodwill or Salvation Army store, designer resale or consignment shops, flea market, garage or estate sale and you will find something that would make a great addition to your wardrobe. Sometimes it’s as easy as finding a perfect dress or suit that has been gently worn and is ready to go and wear. Other times a little imagination can take something you may not have considered and using it in new ways.
Clothing made today requires ever increasing amounts of crops to be grown, resources to be used, chemicals needed for processing all the while producing tremendous amounts of waste. Buying recycled fashion helps. Your purchase makes a difference. To learn more check out eco friendly fashion.
One of the big advantages to resale clothing for those of us on a tight budget or those who just appreciate good value is that often you can find well made even designer clothing at prices that are a fraction of what they were when new. Of course quality varies especially when shopping at Goodwill or the Salvation Army. Here you might find a designer shirt next to a discount store brand.
Sure it takes a little looking and some careful shopping but if you don’t mind wearing clothing that has been previously worn you can enjoy a fashionable, affordable wardrobe. If it bothers you to wear used and you are trying to live more in more eco friendly ways you are missing out on one of the best ways to accomplish this.
So if you haven’t yet given recycled fashion a chance. Start locally and see what you can turn up. Let me give you a few online places to check out.
A popular fun way to change up your wardrobe is to try swapping. Often called swap parties, you bring clothes, shoes or accessories you no longer want to swap with other women. Finding or hosting a swap party can be a fun way to freshen your wardrobe and not spend a penny.
It is exciting to see what some fashion designers are doing with items that might have ended up in the trash like unwanted or out of style clothing, used blue jeans or fabric remnants. Today you could be wearing a dress that was once a fashion statement from the 80’s reworked and restyled for today. Or possibly a design created from leftover fabrics from clothing manufacturing. Sometimes these are one of a kind designs because of limited availabilty of materials making them all the more unique. And I am happy to say that recycled fashion is a growing niche in an industry that has been slow to adopt being green.
Finding new life for clothing and fabrics keeps them out of the landfills where a surprising amount of clothing ends up and clothing made with manmade fibers like polyester are not biodegradeable. According to the EPA at least 5% of the trash in landfills are clothing and accessories.
Take a little time to explore some of the new styles being created today and maybe add a little recycled fashion to your wardrobe.
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