Fashion Facts You Should Know!

I read that the fashion industry produces an estimated 80 billion tonnes of clothes a year. My goodness, that means at least 10 new garments per person a year! Do we really need that many clothes?  

According to the WTO most of the newly produced garments get sent to Europe and the USA. That is a HUGE amount! So where does all this go? They end up in our wardrobes or in the bin. According to a study by the University of Cambridge, "in 2006, people were buying a third more clothes than there were in 2002 and women have four times as many clothes in their wardrobe than they did in 1980. Women are also getting rid of similar amounts each year". 

But hold on, while the "emerging markets account for 37 percent of women’s midmarket apparel today, that share is expected to rise to more than 50 percent by 2025—three times faster than mature markets." Mckinsey. This is very scarey!  Just imagine the amount of natural resources that will be used to produce those clothes - this will definitely be a huge strain on our environment. 

Join the Slow Fashion Movement!

So let's get sewing everyone, and make use of the existing textiles that are already available to us be it in our wardrobe, charity shops or from landfill. Buy only what you need and not what you want!