Last minute poster for our cultural heritage centre. Today we are hosting Pomme Fripe, a #secondHand swap ring. You bring 6 items of #clothing and can take just as many with you. It occurred to me that this could be exactly my target audience for #VisibleMending!
Unfortunately, I often hear people say: ‘You're ahead of your time’. That's how backward this area is sometimes! #FastFashion is a big problem, often people laugh about me because I repair clothes. 🙄 Too many would never do it.
#FossilFuel companies convinced us driving large and fuel inefficient cars is a normal way of life
#Amazon and other distribution companies have convinced us that buying stuff we don't need and ends up in the landfill within months is also a normal way of life
#FastFashion has convinced us that getting new clothes monthly is a normal way of life
None of these things were normal before we normalized them.
@NatureMC I'm intrigued to see that this site on global trade data, potentially very useful, is open source & developed from a student project: https://oec.world/en/resources/about
"... the rich man sitting reclusively at the heart of Brandy Melville, inside a whirlwind of deliberately confounding shell companies, is exactly who you think he is. Stephan Marsan is the son of a rich man, and he hates taxes and inclusivity and is a very loud Trumper with a fetish for Ayn Rand’s fantasy world of Atlas Shrugged. (He actually named a sub-label of Brandy Melville 'John Galt,' because he is that subtle.)"
There are countless articles and videos breaking down the abysmal labor practices, horrifying #environmental toll, and overall mountain of waste produced by the fast #fashion industry.
Activists and even just large swaths of the general public have been raising the alarm about this for well over a decade, but it hasn’t stopped the rise of some of the worst offenders in the industry.
#FastFashion#InstantFashion#China#Shein: "The perfect way to address consumers with short attention spans is to develop products with fleeting lifespans that are disposable and inexpensive. This ensures product obsolescence and affordability thereby creating space for consumers to react to their next impulse.
According to a recent study, Shein’s pricing of jeans, dresses, tops, outerwear, footwear, and accessories averaged 50% below H&M (and even further from Zara). Part of what enables Shein to sell $8 blouses and $9 dresses is their reliance on polyester. Almost two thirds of Shein’s garments are made of polyester, as compared to just 27% at Zara and 21% at H&M. Given that polyester can sell for considerably less than the price of cotton, this results in lower costs and prices." https://hbr.org/2024/02/the-lingering-cost-of-instant-fashion
« Entre le moment du dessin envoyé par Shein et l’étiquetage du vêtement prêt à l’envoi, deux heures seulement peuvent s’être écoulées. C’est comme commander ses plats au restaurant. »
@euthymene ben ouai...
Pour ça, faut supprimer la pub et les rue commerçante qui pousse à participe à cette envie d'acheter.
Perso, c'est full Emmaüs depuis des années sur les fringues et meubles, sais exception (vêtement de montagne technique introuvable hors magasin de sport).
Your periodical reminder that all clothing is hand made by humans, usually underpaid!
Polyester doesn't breathe and sheds microplastics when manufactured, worn and washed!
Cotton farming takes immense amounts of water and pesticides!
Viscose can be made from recycled fibres & waste cellulose, but it's a fairly toxic process!
Linen is more ecological to grow but expensive!
More granular data:
There are some garment making processes that can be automated most or all the way through, like knitwear and socks, but most will still be finished, assembled and/or packed by hand. Crochet is always human work.
Wool is pretty good to wear and when certified and from a good source, can be pretty sustainable if you wear it until it stops existing. This can take decades. Yarn can be recycled, mending is great!
There are fabric recycling initiatives, but the best option is to not buy it if you don't need it. Secondhand is more expensive than it used to be, but you can find older, better quality garments than the crap of today!
Using fabric softener will make cotton feel clammy and greasy, and give it a mildewy smell. Fabric conditioning helps with staticky plastic fibres but isn't necessary for natural fibres! Just wash without. Never put it on towels, it stops their absorption powers. You can use a little bit of vinegar instead of fabric softener, it will have a mild smell when wet, dries odourless.
Line drying is less wear on clothes than dryer but live your life if you have no place to dry them!
Bedding needs to be washed super hot occasionally! Towels, too!
If your shirts smell terrible because you've been sweating into them, soak them in the sink with a cup of vinegar in room temperature water, rinse, wash normally. This kills a lot of mildew and helps break apart organic residue.
Liquid laundry detergent is silly! Just get detergent in powder form, you're spared the plastic bottles and no heavy liquids are ferried around.
Soap nuts are great if you're allergic to everything but soap nuts. They're not even nuts and are compostable!
A lot of the washing instructions are LIES. You can literally boil 100% cotton and it's fine! You'd be amazed how much dry clean only is not! Polyester and cotton will be just dandy in 60 Celsius - the manufacturers play it safe because some dyes fade in hotter temps. Cheaply made clothes may shrink, but if it's stinky, take the risk!
Like smoking, drink-driving and plastic bags, France deems fast fashion a threat to societal health and is legislating against it. #Shein#Temu#France#FastFashion
@grebert
Oui, et puis pourquoi pas faire ça, sur les boîtes pas éthiques, polluantes...
Zont des crises d'interventionnisme, à un moment ils vont ptett percuter que c'est pas des exceptions qui posent problème 🤗