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Are Second-Hand Garments Slow Fashion? Pros And Cons Of Buying Second-Hand

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Are Second-Hand Garments Slow Fashion Pros And Cons Of Buying Second Hand

are second-hand garments slow fashion? pros and cons of buying second-hand

table of contents

  1. what is slow fashion?
  2. are second-hand garments slow fashion?
  3. pros of buying second-hand
  4. cons of buying second hand
  5. summary

what is slow fashion?

Slow Fashion is a term used to describe the fashion movement that directly opposes Fast Fashion and its short manufacturing cycles that destroy our planet and exploit its workers. Fast Fashion quickly turns trends into clothes its customers can devour with no regard for its impacts on our planet and society, today, Fast Fashion is responsible for 10% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and for 20% of wastewater production that pollute our rivers and seas.

Slow Fashion promotes sustainable clothes, small brands, and an ethical business model that cares for the environment, the people, and the customers. It opposes the buy-n-throw Fast Fashion culture, overproduction, and unnecessary consumerism that generates tons of textile waste every year. We will talk a little bit in more detail about this subject because there is a lot more to be talked.

Slow Fashion combines other movements like Sustainable Fashion, which especially focuses on the ecological sustainability of its clothes, using organic and ecological materials and production processes, and Ethical Fashion, which focuses on the welfare of the textile workers who are exploited in the Fast Fashion industry. At the end of the day, they all want to achieve the same thing, a sustainable fashion industry but have different means of achieving that goal. If you want to know more about these differences be sure to check this article on What Is The Difference Between Slow Fashion And Sustainable Fashion.

are second-hand garments slow fashion?

We all know what Second-Hand garments are, they are clothes that were once used, but now the owner wants to sell those for whatever reason they have. But, is this form of „fashion” slow fashion?

Well, we first have to take into account that by buying second-hand garments you are consuming fashion without contributing to the effort of creating additional clothes, polluting and leaving a carbon footprint on our world. Not only that, but you are also preventing those garments from being thrown and ending up in landfills, polluting the soil even more with the toxic chemicals that the garment is probably made of.

On the other hand, you’re still kind of demanding fast fashion garments, just second-hand fast fashion ones. This could incentivize some people to buy very cheaply fast fashion clothes and resell them to you as second-hand, which is definitely not ideal.

Overall, you could say that buying Second-Hand is kind of Slow Fashion, it is definitely better than buying fast fashion directly, so it’s a 6/10 on the sustainability scale. Now that you know this, what are the real pros and cons of buying second-hand?

Are Second-Hand Stores Slow Fashion

pros of buying second-hand

We have seen before why second-hand is somewhat considered to be slow fashion, but we are now going to discuss a few of the pros, and the advantages that buying from these types of stores have. Having said this, here are 5 pros about buying second-hand:

  1. You are saving money, by buying second-hand you are definitely saving some money that the same item in the original store would have cost you, and the garment may not even be that bad or old for the price it is selling at. It is great if you are struggling with money.
  2. You are helping other people, by buying from these stores you are helping others that are selling their old clothes (although many times the items are from other sources) financially, because who knows for what reason someone started to sell second-hand items, you may be making someone else’s day by purchasing their products.
  3. You are not directly contributing to additional pollution, by purchasing these already-worn garments you are not directly contributing to the additional carbon footprint than making new products involves, which is always a great thing.
  4. The garments are offered a second life, as we said earlier, you are buying already-worn garments, which means you are also giving them a second life without them being thrown away and ending up in landfills polluting our soil even more.
  5. There are many undervalued items waiting to be discovered, you never know what you will find in a second-hand shop, sometimes you may even find gold at a bargain price, don’t think that only because the price is low the item’s quality is the same.

These were 5 of the pros of buying second-hand garments, we have a similar list with thrift stores and sustainable fashion, if you want to check that out you can do so by clicking this link right here.

cons of buying second hand

Now that you know the pros, you have to know the cons, just to be fair, you know. Although buying second-hand has many advantages, it also has many disadvantages that you want to look for. Having said this, here are 5 cons of buying second-hand clothes:

  1. The products have no warranty, when you buy already-worn garments you already-know that you have no warranty on those, as the person who sells the items to you is not the same as the one who made them. This can make you encounter some bad situations.
  2. You are still consuming Fast Fashion indirectly, you are buying garments that have already been used, but those garments are still Fast Fashion, which you still want to avoid at all costs as a conscious consumer. Many times the toxic materials used in Fast Fashion make it so that the garment never stops polluting our planet, not even after its lifetime is over.
  3. Second-Hand garments are not Ethical Fashion, as we have said before, these garments are still Fast Fashion items that were used once, which means that the garment itself is probably made with modern slavery methods of production, which is definitely something no one wants to be involved in.
  4. Although it is better than buying Fast Fashion directly, it is not nearly as good as buying Slow Fashion; directly choosing Slow Fashion or Sustainable Fashion garments is the superior action, you should always try to consume sustainable, ethical fashion and never unethical fast fashion. Although some people with poor financial conditions, college students, etc. may not be able to spend money on more sustainable garments in the short term.
  5. You are developing a bad mentality, by buying second-hand garments you are subconsciously assigning a low monetary value to all garments as a whole, so in the long run, you may be tempted to choose Fast Fashion clothes instead of Slow Fashion ones just because the former has a price range closer to the second-hand clothes you were used to purchasing.

Overall, buying second-hand has many pros and cons. With this list, however, we are not trying to convince you to not buy these garments, we are just trying to show you a few of the inconveniences and positive aspects of it.

Cons Of Buying Second-Hand Slow Fashion

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We hope you have learned today all about Slow Fashion and second-hand garments, if you want to learn more about the subject feel free to check out our articles linked below or directly from our blog, where we have tons of different articles like these that you can enjoy.

We are thrilled to teach people all around the world 🙂 Also, did you really know what Fast Fashion really is and its terrible consequences for the environment, the planet, the workers, society, and the economy? Do you know exactly what the Slow Fashion or Sustainable Fashion movement is? You should really take a look at these articles about this forgotten and unknown but very urgent and important subject, click here to read „Can Fashion Ever Be Sustainable?”, Sustainable Fashion, Ethical Fashion, Slow Fashion or Fast Fashion 101 | How It’s Destroying Our Planet because knowledge is one of the most powerful strengths you can have, while ignorance is your worst weakness.

We also have a big surprise for you! Because we want to give you the right to know us better, we have prepared a carefully dedicated About Us page where we will tell you who we are, what our mission is, what we do, a closer look at our team, and many more things! Do not miss this opportunity and click here to check it out. Also, we invite you to take a look at our Pinterest, where we will pin everyday sustainable fashion-related content, clothing designs, and other things that you will surely love!

What Are Some Of The Disadvantages Of Slow Fashion? (And Are The Advantages Worth It?)

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What Are Some Of The Disadvantages Of Slow Fashion And Are The Advantages Worth it

what are some of the disadvantages of slow fashion? (and are the advantages worth it?)

table of contents

  1. what is slow fashion?
  2. what are some of the 5 disadvantages of slow fashion?
  3. what are 5 advantages of slow fashion?
  4. is slow fashion worth it?
  5. summary

what is slow fashion?

Slow Fashion is a term used to describe the fashion movement that directly opposes Fast Fashion and its short manufacturing cycles that destroy our planet and exploit its workers. Fast Fashion quickly turns trends into clothes its customers can devour with no regard for its impacts on our planet and society, today, Fast Fashion is responsible for 10% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and for 20% of wastewater production that pollute our rivers and seas.

Slow Fashion promotes sustainable clothes, small brands, and an ethical business model that cares for the environment, the people, and the customers. It opposes the buy-n-throw Fast Fashion culture, overproduction, and unnecessary consumerism that generates tons of textile waste every year. We will talk a little bit in more detail about this subject because there is a lot more to be talked.

Slow Fashion combines other movements like Sustainable Fashion, which especially focuses on the ecological sustainability of its clothes, using organic and ecological materials and production processes, and Ethical Fashion, which focuses on the welfare of the textile workers who are exploited in the Fast Fashion industry. At the end of the day, they all want to achieve the same thing, a sustainable fashion industry but have different means of achieving that goal. If you want to know more about these differences be sure to check this article on What Is The Difference Between Slow Fashion And Sustainable Fashion.

what are some of the 5 disadvantages of slow fashion?

All things in life have good things, and also bad things. Slow Fashion is not an exception, although it may seem like the perfect, flawless sustainable fashion movement, it does have its flaws. Having said this, here are 5 disadvantages of Slow Fashion:

  1. It is rather expensive, because the garments are made with respect for the environment and the workers producing them, they are generally more expensive than Fast Fashion, which outsources its costs to the environment and the workers. This can be a throwback to many conscious consumers who would want to become sustainable but cannot because of the price.
  2. It is a new concept, we have said it many times before, new technologies or ideas take quite some time before they become profitable and widespread, the analogy we always use is electric cars, which were barely even known a few years ago, but recently they because accessible for the general public, all because customers became more conscious about the consequences of gas cars.
  3. Doesn’t appeal to a younger audience that much, young people are not generally so mature to care about the world’s problems and our planet’s health, therefore they are not really interested in Slow Fashion or what it stands for at all, they may even find it boring. There are some exceptions tho, and if you’re a young person who is interested in this topic, congratulations! You’re quite mature for your age.
  4. Many big companies are using it to greenwash their activities, many Fast Fashion corporations like Zara are trying to mask their harmful activities with „sustainability” promises that they’re never going to meet, lying about how they care about the environment and the welfare of their workers… This is called Greenwashing, and it is pretty obvious when a corporation is doing that, especially if they are known for literally inventing Fast Fashion.
  5. People don’t even know what it means, most people don’t know what Slow or Fast Fashion is, and many times they are not even interested to learn. This is a problem because if people don’t know that a problem exists, they are never going to do anything to solve it. And that is why we are always promoting that you should spread awareness about the subject, kind of like we’re doing here with this blog, this can even have a greater effect than actually doing slow fashion yourself, although you should do both, you know, predicate with example.

Here were some of the 5 disadvantages of Slow Fashion, now that you know the bad part, we should also take a look at the good aspect of this sustainable fashion movement, just to be fair you know.

What Are 5 Disadvantages Of Slow Fashion

what are 5 advantages of slow fashion?

We have reviewed the negative aspects of this fashion movement, however, it has a lot of positive aspects or advantages too, you may argue a lot more than disadvantages, but that is something we will be going to talk about next. Having said this, here are 5 advantages of Slow Fashion:

  1. Slow Fashion fights against Fast Fashion, which is one of the biggest polluters of human history. Just by fighting against Fast Fashion, it is already doing a lot to make this planet a cleaner and more sustainable one.
  2. It promotes slow manufacturing cycles, these make creating sustainable and fair garments possible. One of the best examples of these slow manufacturing cycles is On-Demand production, which creates garments on-demand, which means when the customer orders the product. Not only storage costs are reduced, but also overproduction and potentially throwing the garments before they are even bought.
  3. Slow Fashion and Sustainable Fashion go hand in hand, one compliments the other, and they basically want to achieve the same goal. Sustainable Fashion especially focuses on the environmental aspect of the industry, but both want to achieve sustainability.
  4. It promotes a conscious mentality, Slow Fashion wants to avoid the unnecessary consumerism Fast Fashion promotes, and it supports healthy consumer habits like buying only garments that you will actually wear and buying more quality rather than quantity.
  5. Slow Fashion helps the development of producing countries, because Fast Fashion creates cheap, low-added-value garments, the producing countries do not see much of the wealth that the fashion industry produces. However, Slow and Ethical Fashion support fair trade and the humane treatment of the factory workers, with its slow manufacturing cycles and higher-added-value garments that can help the producing countries actually develop, which will also help them become more environmentally friendly in the long run.

These are only 5 of the greatest advantages of Slow Fashion, however, there are many more we could name here. Now that you have both advantages and disadvantages, which is heavier? Do the pros outweigh the cons or the other way around?

is slow fashion worth it?

To reply to the earlier answer: Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages? We shall compare the nature of both advantages and disadvantages. Here is how to do it:

The disadvantages of Slow Fashion are of a transitory and superficial nature, it’s not really that the movement has intrinsically something wrong, but rather that the customers and businesses are causing the disadvantages. For example, people do not demand or know about sustainable garments or the corporations that are trying to greenwash their activities for their own benefit. These issues are 100% resolvable and are transitory, the majority can be fixed by giving the general population more knowledge on the subject. Regarding the price, we have already explained why that is also transitory, with the example of electric cars.

The advantages, on the other hand, do not seem transitory at all, or that they would change anytime, they are intrinsic to the Slow Fashion movement in itself. The conscious mentality and the environmentalist aspect are inherent to the movement and what it stands for. Even after we destroy Fast Fashion from the face of the earth, these sustainable ideas will still be at the movement’s core.

Overall, the advantages definitely outweigh the disadvantages, this decision is not biased in any way and you will easily understand that when we will make a pros and cons article on Fast Fashion. Like you should already know how destructive Fast Fashion is to our world, even the advantages of not wearing clothes at all outweigh those of Fast Fashion’s (or maybe not in this case, but it’s the intention that counts). We recommend you check this wonderful article written by McKinsey about the subject.

Is Slow Fashion Worth It

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We hope we have cleared your doubts a little bit and you now know what are some of the disadvantages of Slow Fashion, but also the advantages, which are very important to know too. If you want to learn more about the subject, maybe about Fast Fashion, check out the articles linked below or read our blog, where we have tons of different articles like these for you to enjoy.

We are thrilled to teach people all around the world 🙂 Also, did you really know what Fast Fashion really is and its terrible consequences for the environment, the planet, the workers, society, and the economy? Do you know exactly what the Slow Fashion or Sustainable Fashion movement is? You should really take a look at these articles about this forgotten and unknown but very urgent and important subject, click here to read „Can Fashion Ever Be Sustainable?”, Sustainable Fashion, Ethical Fashion, Slow Fashion or Fast Fashion 101 | How It’s Destroying Our Planet because knowledge is one of the most powerful strengths you can have, while ignorance is your worst weakness.

We also have a big surprise for you! Because we want to give you the right to know us better, we have prepared a carefully dedicated About Us page where we will tell you who we are, what our mission is, what we do, a closer look at our team, and many more things! Do not miss this opportunity and click here to check it out. Also, we invite you to take a look at our Pinterest, where we will pin everyday sustainable fashion-related content, clothing designs, and other things that you will surely love!

How Does Slow Fashion Actually Help The Environment?

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How Does Slow Fashion Actually Help The Environment

how does slow fashion actually help the environment?

table of contents

  1. what is slow fashion?
  2. how does slow fashion help the environment?
  3. what’s the difference between slow and sustainable fashion then?
  4. how to promote slow fashion to help the environment
  5. summary

what is slow fashion?

Slow Fashion is a term used to describe the fashion movement that directly opposes Fast Fashion and its short manufacturing cycles that destroy our planet and exploit its workers. Fast Fashion quickly turns trends into clothes its customers can devour with no regard for its impacts on our planet and society, today, Fast Fashion is responsible for 10% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and for 20% of wastewater production that pollute our rivers and seas.

Slow Fashion promotes sustainable clothes, small brands, and an ethical business model that cares for the environment, the people, and the customers. It opposes the buy-n-throw Fast Fashion culture, overproduction, and unnecessary consumerism that generates tons of textile waste every year. We will talk a little bit in more detail about this subject because there is a lot more to be talked.

Slow Fashion combines other movements like Sustainable Fashion, which especially focuses on the ecological sustainability of its clothes, using organic and ecological materials and production processes, and Ethical Fashion, which focuses on the welfare of the textile workers who are exploited in the Fast Fashion industry. At the end of the day, they all want to achieve the same thing, a sustainable fashion industry but have different means of achieving that goal. If you want to know more about these differences be sure to check this article on What Is The Difference Between Slow Fashion And Sustainable Fashion.

how does slow fashion help the environment?

Slow Fashion helps the environment in many ways, we are going to explain some of the 5 ways that it does this. With this in mind, here are 5 ways Slow Fashion helps the environment:

  1. Slow Fashion fights against Fast Fashion, which is one of the biggest polluters of human history. Just by fighting against Fast Fashion, it is already doing a lot to make this planet a cleaner and more sustainable one.
  2. It promotes slow manufacturing cycles, these make creating sustainable and fair garments possible. One of the best examples of these slow manufacturing cycles is On-Demand production, which creates garments on-demand, which means when the customer orders the product. Not only storage costs are reduced, but also overproduction and potentially throwing the garments before they are even bought.
  3. Slow Fashion and Sustainable Fashion go hand in hand, one compliments the other, and they basically want to achieve the same goal. Sustainable Fashion especially focuses on the environmental aspect of the industry, but both want to achieve sustainability.
  4. It promotes a conscious mentality, Slow Fashion wants to avoid the unnecessary consumerism Fast Fashion promotes, and it supports healthy consumer habits like buying only garments that you will actually wear and buying more quality rather than quantity.
  5. Slow Fashion helps the development of producing countries, because Fast Fashion creates cheap, low-added-value garments, the producing countries do not see much of the wealth that the fashion industry produces. However, Slow and Ethical Fashion support fair trade and the humane treatment of the factory workers, with its slow manufacturing cycles and higher-added-value garments that can help the producing countries actually develop, which will also help them become more environmentally friendly in the long run.

These are some of the 5 ways this fashion movement helps the environment. You may have noticed that we have talked about Sustainable Fashion, but, how does it differ from Slow Fashion? We shall find out next.

How Does Slow Fashion Help The Environment

what's the difference between slow and sustainable fashion then?

These fashion movements are often used as complete synonyms, however, it is not correct to use them that way, because there are some substantial differences between both terms. Here are the main differences between Slow and Sustainable Fashion:

Slow Fashion

This fashion movement focuses on the lifecycle of the garment, how it’s produced, how long it will last… Slow Fashion aims for, as its name implies, a slower and more sustainable production model for garments, directly opposing Fast Fashion. It searches for small producers and stores and high-quality clothes, strongly avoiding overproduction and unnecessary consumerism.

The best example of Slow Fashion, as we have talked about just before, can be an on-demand business model where garments are produced by command, eradicating overproduction completely as the items are produced at the time of the purchase. A business model like this is a complete game-changer to the industry.

Sustainable Fashion

Sustainable Fashion focuses more on the materials used and the production processes the garments go through. You can say it didn’t directly come from opposing Fast Fashion but rather from an eco-friendly green background.

It differs from Slow Fashion because it really focuses a lot more on the ecological materials they use, utilizing materials like organic ring-spun cotton, hemp, or other sustainable and biodegradable materials. If you want to know more about this fashion movement feel free to check out our articles on the subject.

At the end of the day, they may be very similar and may even seem to be the same, as they both promote sustainability in the fashion industry, but the difference, while small, is still there.

how to promote slow fashion to help the environment

Now that you know how supporting these fashion movements help the environment, and the differences between them, you may also want to know what you can do to support them. Well, one of the best things you can do is to spread awareness about the subject. Having said this, here are the best ways to promote Slow Fashion:

  1. Our duty as respectable inhabitants of this earth is to spread awareness on this important subject, and this can be done in many ways, just remember the VSB acronym. The first one (Voice) is very simple, which is simply telling your friends and family about the topic. Telling people you trust is a great way to spread awareness on any deserving matter.
  2. The second one (Social) is similar to Voice and consists of spreading awareness through social media, whether it’s your Facebook, your Instagram, YouTube… By this method not only can your close family and friends know about this movement but also people from the internet you may not even know! While using this method you should share informative posts, videos, news, that can make people at least informed on what fast fashion is and why sustainable clothing is important.
  3. The third one (Blogging) is what we opted for ourselves. It consists of creating a blog or any internet-related activity that is mainly focused on slow fashion and wants to spread information to as many people as possible. This can be extremely effective but also very time-consuming, we think it is totally worth it though.

Having checked all of these VSB’s off your list, you’re now an active member of the slow fashion movement, Congratulations! Now the only thing to do is to predicate with your own actions, you can learn how to do that here.

How To Promote Slow Fashion To Help The Environment

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We hope you have learned today everything you wanted to know, we invite you to check out our other articles on the subject, which you can find from the articles linked below, or by checking out our blog, where we have tons of different articles like these that you can enjoy!

We are thrilled to teach people all around the world 🙂 Also, did you really know what Fast Fashion really is and its terrible consequences for the environment, the planet, the workers, society, and the economy? Do you know exactly what the Slow Fashion or Sustainable Fashion movement is? You should really take a look at these articles about this forgotten and unknown but very urgent and important subject, click here to read „Can Fashion Ever Be Sustainable?”, Sustainable Fashion, Ethical Fashion, Slow Fashion or Fast Fashion 101 | How It’s Destroying Our Planet because knowledge is one of the most powerful strengths you can have, while ignorance is your worst weakness.

We also have a big surprise for you! Because we want to give you the right to know us better, we have prepared a carefully dedicated About Us page where we will tell you who we are, what our mission is, what we do, a closer look at our team, and many more things! Do not miss this opportunity and click here to check it out. Also, we invite you to take a look at our Pinterest, where we will pin everyday sustainable fashion-related content, clothing designs, and other things that you will surely love!

How Does Slow Fashion Work Exactly?

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How Does Slow Fashion Work Exactly

how does slow fashion work exactly?

table of contents

  1. what is slow fashion?
  2. why is slow fashion important?
  3. how does slow fashion work exactly?
  4. how to support slow fashion?
  5. summary

what is slow fashion?

Slow Fashion is a term used to describe the fashion movement that directly opposes Fast Fashion and its short manufacturing cycles that destroy our planet and exploit its workers. Fast Fashion quickly turns trends into clothes its customers can devour with no regard for its impacts on our planet and society, today, Fast Fashion is responsible for 10% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and for 20% of wastewater production that pollute our rivers and seas.

Slow Fashion promotes sustainable clothes, small brands, and an ethical business model that cares for the environment, the people, and the customers. It opposes the buy-n-throw Fast Fashion culture, overproduction, and unnecessary consumerism that generates tons of textile waste every year. We will talk a little bit in more detail about this subject because there is a lot more to be talked.

Slow Fashion combines other movements like Sustainable Fashion, which especially focuses on the ecological sustainability of its clothes, using organic and ecological materials and production processes, and Ethical Fashion, which focuses on the welfare of the textile workers who are exploited in the Fast Fashion industry. At the end of the day, they all want to achieve the same thing, a sustainable fashion industry but have different means of achieving that goal. If you want to know more about these differences be sure to check this article on What Is The Difference Between Slow Fashion And Sustainable Fashion.

why is slow fashion important?

As you may already know, Fast Fashion is a terrible business practice that is destroying our planet, generating 10% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and 20% of the global wastewater, polluting rivers, seas, and even soils with their garments made from harmful materials. We recommend you to check Fast Fashion 101 | How It’s Destroying Our Planet if you want to learn more about it.

Slow Fashion is very important because it aims to achieve a sustainable fashion industry, an industry that is accelerating the destruction and pollution of our planet in today’s world. But there are other reasons for its importance, here is why Slow Fashion is so important:

  • It promotes Sustainable Fashion, which is a movement that promotes garments made with respect for the environment, it especially focuses on the ecological aspect of fashion.
  • It promotes small businesses, which comes with competitiveness and innovation that will modernize the fashion industry. By supporting small businesses you’re not only supporting the environment, but also the workers and the small business owners themselves.
  • It opposes consumerism, which makes customers buy unnecessary garments they may not even wear, throwing them and polluting the soil, even more, when they end up in the landfill. Fast Fashion is the embodiment of over-consumerism.
  • Fights against overproduction, which causes environmental and social problems during the production and the disposal of the garments that did not get purchased, greatly polluting our rivers and soils with its toxic cheap materials.
  • Protects the workers, who in the Fast Fashion industry have terrible working conditions and inhuman wages. Ethical Fashion especially focuses on this problem, promoting garments made with ethical work and fair trade.
  • Promotes high-quality garments, made with organic and biodegradable materials that will last longer and will have a low impact on the environment, protecting the planet and consumers’ wallets long-term.

These are one of the most important aspects of this fashion movement, but surely there are a lot more to point out. If you want to know more about this subject, check out Slow vs Fast Fashion.

Why Is Slow Fashion Important

how does slow fashion work exactly?

This fashion movement focuses on all aspects of the production process and supply chain, by doing so it aims to protect all the workers and small businesses involved, but also the environment and the garments themselves.

The word „slow” fashion comes from the fact that it opposes Fast Fashion by creating garments with slow manufacturing cycles. Why does this matter? you may ask, well, there is a point where clothes cannot be created so quickly and cheaply without harming the environment and the workers.

With slow manufacturing cycles, you can guarantee that the garments produced can be sustainable. These slow manufacturing cycles mean that the garments produced are not really produced according to new trends that may last a few weeks, they mean that the clothes can be made from sustainable higher quality materials and that the workers are not exploited in order to produce enormous amounts of items in one sitting.

A great example of a slow fashion production model is on-demand fashion, which means that the garments are produced when the customer orders them online. This is a true game-changer, as not only storage costs (and environmental costs) are reduced, but also overproduction is avoided, eliminating the possibility of the garments being thrown away before they are even sold to the consumer, which is sadly something that happens very often with Fast Fashion.

Overall, Slow Fashion is a more generic fashion movement that focuses on all aspects of fashion, while Sustainable Fashion and Ethical Fashion are more specific movements that focus either on the environmental or social aspects of fashion. Either way, these three movements go hand in hand, and their ultimate goal is to end Fast Fashion and combat all the terrible consequences it has on our world.

how to support slow fashion?

Now you know how Slow Fashion really works, we are going to give you a few tips and tricks so you can begin to put this information into practice. Here are some tips to do Slow or Sustainable Fashion:

  • Choose small businesses, this way you will promote small entrepreneurs, innovation, and competitiveness.
  • Look at the materials used in the garment, choose cotton, preferably organic or recycled ring-spun cotton and avoid synthetic materials like polyester which are not biodegradable and leave small microplastics polluting our waters.
  • Look into the brand you want to purchase from, learn if they use ethical business practices or if they respect the environment.
  • The 3 W’s Rule, When you see an item of clothing for the first time in an undisclosed amount of time and you ask yourself What? When? From Who? then you know you have too many clothes that you don’t need.
  • The 30 Day Rule, whenever you decide to buy some clothing product ask yourself „Will I wear it a minimum of 30 times?” if the answer is true yes, then go on. You will be surprised to know how many times you say no.
  • Donate Clothes, Fast Fashion garments still pollute our soils when they end up in the landfill, letting harmful toxic materials leak into the soil and potentially into the water, instead of throwing your clothes, you should donate or recycle them.
  • Use your critical thinking, determine if the brand you are looking at is really sustainable by taking into consideration the price of its clothes, if they talk about sustainability or not, if they have been involved in any scandals and if they have apologized…

Anyway, there are many ways you can do slow fashion, and any action you take is an action away from Fast Fashion. If you want to know more on how to become more sustainable regarding fashion read How To Do Slow Fashion.

How To Support Slow Fashion

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That’s it for today, don’t worry, we have a lot of different articles like this that you can check out either from the links below or from our blog page. We hope this information was helpful, and if you have anything to add, you can contact us on our Contact Us page.

We are thrilled to teach people all around the world 🙂 Also, did you really know what Fast Fashion really is and its terrible consequences for the environment, the planet, the workers, society, and the economy? Do you know exactly what the Slow Fashion or Sustainable Fashion movement is? You should really take a look at these articles about this forgotten and unknown but very urgent and important subject, click here to read „Can Fashion Ever Be Sustainable?”, Sustainable Fashion, Ethical Fashion, Slow Fashion or Fast Fashion 101 | How It’s Destroying Our Planet because knowledge is one of the most powerful strengths you can have, while ignorance is your worst weakness.

We also have a big surprise for you! Because we want to give you the right to know us better, we have prepared a carefully dedicated About Us page where we will tell you who we are, what our mission is, what we do, a closer look at our team, and many more things! Do not miss this opportunity and click here to check it out. Also, we invite you to take a look at our Pinterest, where we will pin everyday sustainable fashion-related content, clothing designs, and other things that you will surely love!

How Many Items Should A Capsule Wardrobe Have? Choose Best Staple Clothing

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How Many Items Should A Capsule Wardrobe Have

how many items should a capsule wardrobe have? choosing the best staple clothing

table of contents

  1. what is meant by capsule wardrobe?
  2. how many items do you need for your capsule wardrobe?
  3. how to choose the best staple clothing
  4. 5 tips that will help you create your capsule wardrobe easily
  5. summary

what is meant by capsule wardrobe?

A capsule wardrobe is a term that is used to describe a closet, or wardrobe, in which the garments are interchangeable, have the possibility to be used on any occasion, and will not go out of fashion or degrade in a way that they have to be constantly replaced.

It advocates for owning a few clothes, only the strictly necessary, and using them to their maximum, being able to combine them in tens of different ways without having to buy new clothes to change your outfit.

As you may have noticed, this goes hand-in-hand with Slow Fashion and Sustainable Fashion, which is the reason we’re talking about it in this blog. And this is the reason it’s so beneficial for our environment, as it reduces your carbon footprint by a ton.

Other related terms are key or staple clothes, which are used to describe garments that can be combined in every way, fitting for every occasion you may encounter. If you want to know more about what these things really are, we advise you to check out our other article on the subject. Having said this, let’s continue.

how many items do you need for your capsule wardrobe?

When creating your capsule wardrobe one question that arises is how many items you should be owning in order to keep it „capsuled”, nice and clean. This is a subjective question with a subjective answer that varies from person to person, however, we will still try and answer it for you.

The thing is, it all depends on the person, for example, how often do you have to change clothes? do you live in a place where vast differences between summer and winter? These are things that condition a lot the number of items that you should be having in your personal capsule wardrobe.

The general rule is that you should be aiming for about 30 items in total, this includes accessories, shoes, t-shirts… About 7-10 t-shirts if you do your laundry once a week or more, a few pants, winter and summer clothes if these are necessary… You may also want to aim for a larger number of items if you live in a zone where the climate differences through the year vary a lot, as we said before.

The number of clothes you need depends entirely on your personal situation, so feel free to change your number of items yourself after considering your necessities.

how to choose the best staple clothing

Now that you have an idea of how many items your new capsule wardrobe should have, you should also know how to choose the best staple clothes that will fit in it, as we said before, staple clothing means garments that can be combined in numerous ways while also complementing your style, without further a due, let’s go on.

  • Choose a few plain-colored items, plain colors usually combine with everything and go well with every occasion. Thinks like plain white t-shirts, black dresses, etc. They will also give you a minimalist look and complement your style very well, although you may also want to be somewhat more expressive and wear brighter colors, that’s fine too, but having a few plain-colored items does help a lot.
  • Always buy clothes with your color palette in mind, when searching for staple clothes for your capsule wardrobe you always have to prepare in your mind what fits your style and what doesn’t, what goes with the color palette you chose, and what doesn’t compliment your other clothes. You may sometimes forget this and you end up buying garments that you will either have to return or resell because they don’t fit your style.
  • Choose a few personalized designs, customized items are awesome, not only because you can wear garments with your favorite quotes, your own name, or whatever you want to put on them, but also because you will feel a lot more attached to that item, making you truly treat it like you married it, lasting you a lot longer than your other garments. You will also feel more confident while wearing that customized garment because you feel like you’re wearing something that you „made yourself”.
  • Take the 30-day rule and amplify it, the 30-day rule is one that we have talked about before, it basically says that before buying a garment you should ask yourself „Will I wear it a minimum of 30 days?”, then if you say no, discard buying it. Because you are going to make a capsule wardrobe, you should change that rule to be something like „Will I wear it a minimum of 300 days?”, and adapt this to your own preferences.

Now that’s it, remember, you don’t have to own a lot of clothes in order to have a lot of styles, for those who watch Family Feud, just remember when Steve Harvey said that you only have to buy 5 suits with colors that combine with one another and then you can interchange these items in order to achieve 70 possible combinations, 70 possible suits or styles out of 5 that you originally bought. Now that is the magic of staple clothing.

5 tips that will help you create your capsule wardrobe easily

Now that you know this, we will give you a few tips so you can succeed in your mission to create your own capsule wardrobe. Having said that, here are 5 tips that will help you create your very own capsule wardrobe:

  1. Choose Your Color Scheme, in order to have a small wardrobe that will fit every situation you encounter, you have to keep in mind your color palette, this involves choosing a few base colors that combine with everything, like black, brown, grey, white or navy (which is a pretty cool color if you ask us). All other items that you will wear should be shades of the base colors you have chosen, now you should be able to combine all of your precious garments while still looking as great as you used to.
  2. Consider Your Body Shape, this is a crucial step in order to feel comfortable with your clothes, you have to make sure the garments you choose are suited for your body, for example, by wearing cap sleeves if you have wider hips, as this will make your shoulders look more proportionate in relation to your hips.
  3. Consider Your Complexion, this also goes hand-in-hand with the other tip, choose colors that combine with yourself, your own body, as there are colors that may make you look paler or that benefit you more in some way or another. It is just a matter of your own preferences.
  4. Choose Classic Shapes And Patterns, in order to hold on to your wardrobe, you should think about long-term, avoiding garments that you think will quickly go out of date. So keep in mind that when buying your garments.
  5. Choose High-Quality Fabrics, this is one of the most important tips, your wardrobe should be composed of high-quality garments and sustainable fashion garments. This will not only make your garments last longer, but it will also reduce your carbon footprint. With a capsule wardrobe, it doesn’t really matter if the price of the garment is higher, you’re not going to buy nearly as many clothes as a normal person would, so you’re just investing in yourself, basically.

Well, this is it, we hope these 5 tips have helped you understand what you need and how you can create your own wardrobe that will help you minimize your impact on this planet, while also letting you live a minimalistic and simple lifestyle.

summary

We hope you now know how many items your capsule wardrobe should have and how to find the best staple clothes that will combine. If you want to learn more about this topic, or about Sustainable Fashion and Sustainable Living, feel free to check the articles linked below or check out our blog, where we have tons of different articles like this.

We are thrilled to teach people all around the world 🙂 Also, did you really know what Fast Fashion really is and its terrible consequences for the environment, the planet, the workers, society, and the economy? Do you know exactly what the Slow Fashion or Sustainable Fashion movement is? You should really take a look at these articles about this forgotten and unknown but very urgent and important subject, click here to read „Can Fashion Ever Be Sustainable?”, Sustainable Fashion, Ethical Fashion, Slow Fashion or Fast Fashion 101 | How It’s Destroying Our Planet because knowledge is one of the most powerful strengths you can have, while ignorance is your worst weakness.

We also have a big surprise for you! Because we want to give you the right to know us better, we have prepared a carefully dedicated About Us page where we will tell you who we are, what our mission is, what we do, a closer look at our team, and many more things! Do not miss this opportunity and click here to check it out. Also, we invite you to take a look at our Pinterest, where we will pin everyday sustainable fashion-related content, clothing designs, and other things that you will surely love!

How Much Should You Spend On Your Capsule Wardrobe?

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How Much Should You Spend On Your Capsule Wardrobe

how much should you spend on your capsule wardrobe?

table of contents

  1. what exactly is a capsule wardrobe?
  2. why do you need to create your own capsule wardrobe?
  3. how much should you spend on your capsule wardrobe?
  4. 5 tips that will help you when creating your capsule wardrobe
  5. summary

what exactly is a capsule wardrobe?

A capsule wardrobe is a term that is used to describe a closet, or wardrobe, in which the garments are interchangeable, have the possibility to be used on any occasion, and will not go out of fashion or degrade in a way that they have to be constantly replaced.

It advocates for owning a few clothes, only the strictly necessary, and using them to their maximum, being able to combine them in tens of different ways without having to buy new clothes to change your outfit.

As you may have noticed, this goes hand-in-hand with Slow Fashion and Sustainable Fashion, which is the reason we’re talking about it in this blog. And this is the reason it’s so beneficial for our environment, as it reduces your carbon footprint by a ton.

Other related terms are key or staple clothes, which are used to describe garments that can be combined in every way, fitting for every occasion you may encounter. If you want to know more about what these things really are, we advise you to check out our other article on the subject. Having said this, let’s continue.

why do you need to create your own capsule wardrobe?

A capsule wardrobe can help you in many ways, from making your life more simple to reducing your environmental impact on this world. So let’s go checklist-style on the reasons why you may need a capsule wardrobe:

  • It makes your life a lot more simple, because you don’t have that many clothes to worry about, you always know what to choose and you probably already figured out what looks best on you.
  • It reduces your carbon footprint, by consuming fewer clothes that pollute the environment, but also by purchasing Sustainable Fashion garments, made with respect for the environment and the workers that produced them.
  • You will get the maximum out of all your garments, because you only have a few clothes, you will make them last as long as they can, while also using them at their maximum, talk about using resources efficiently.
  • You will also get all of your pennies’ worth, every dollar you spend on garments for your capsule wardrobe will also be used at their maximum, so you can justify spending more money on higher-quality, sustainable clothes.

These are some of the reasons why you should consider creating your own capsule little wardrobe. Now that you know this, how about we tell you how much money you should spend in your mission.

Why Do You Need To Create Your Own Capsule Wardrobe

how much should you spend on your capsule wardrobe?

This is one of the most common questions when heading into this journey, and although this varies from person to person, we have a few guidelines that will help you determine in your specific case how much you should be spending. With this in mind, here are some tips that will help you figure out how much money to spend on your capsule wardrobe:

  • Not all money spent is equal, it is not the same to spend more money on designer clothing than more money on sustainable clothing. Price is not an indicator of quality, not always, so don’t be shy when picking the cheaper option if you think that it is of higher quality than the more expensive one. There are limits, of course, when garments are sold cheaper than their fair value, which means that they cannot be possibly sold at that price if they were created respecting the environment and the workers.
  • Always pick quality over quantity, you should always prioritize quality, not only because you will be wearing these garments for a long time, but also because a capsule wardrobe is created to minimize your carbon footprint and become more environmentally friendly, so it is a little bit contradicting choosing Fast Fashion garments to complement your capsule wardrobe, for example.
  • Calculate how much you usually spend on clothes, a great way to know the amount of money that you should be spending on your capsule wardrobe is by calculating how much, on average, you spend on clothes, and extrapolating that to the amount of time that you think your capsule wardrobe will last without its clothes needing to be replaced (this can be a very long time, especially with sustainable clothing, so you can also take in mind if you plan on changing your style during the next years). Then, you have a budget to help you know how much you should spend, and most definitely you will realize how much money you will save long-term by not buying that many clothes, especially if you sell your current clothes, you might even make a profit.
  • Think long-term, another great thing to do is to think long-term, don’t treat your clothes like they will only be with you for a few months, treat your clothes like you’re going to marry them. When creating a capsule wardrobe this is essentially what you are doing, so always think long-term before purchasing new clothes, that way you will always pick the best option.

Now that you know how much money you should be spending while creating your own capsule wardrobe, we will give you a few tips to help you in this journey. Then it’s all yours, and we wish you the best of luck!

5 tips that will help you when creating your capsule wardrobe

Now that you know this, we will give you a few tips so you can succeed in your mission to create your own capsule wardrobe. Having said that, here are 5 tips that will help you create your very own capsule wardrobe:

  1. Choose Your Color Scheme, in order to have a small wardrobe that will fit every situation you encounter, you have to keep in mind your color palette, this involves choosing a few base colors that combine with everything, like black, brown, grey, white or navy (which is a pretty cool color if you ask us). All other items that you will wear should be shades of the base colors you have chosen, now you should be able to combine all of your precious garments while still looking as great as you used to.
  2. Consider Your Body Shape, this is a crucial step in order to feel comfortable with your clothes, you have to make sure the garments you choose are suited for your body, for example, by wearing cap sleeves if you have wider hips, as this will make your shoulders look more proportionate in relation to your hips.
  3. Consider Your Complexion, this also goes hand-in-hand with the other tip, choose colors that combine with yourself, your own body, as there are colors that may make you look paler or that benefit you more in some way or another. It is just a matter of your own preferences.
  4. Choose Classic Shapes And Patterns, in order to hold on to your wardrobe, you should think about long-term, avoiding garments that you think will quickly go out of date. So keep in mind that when buying your garments.
  5. Choose High-Quality Fabrics, this is one of the most important tips, your wardrobe should be composed of high-quality garments and sustainable fashion garments. This will not only make your garments last longer, but it will also reduce your carbon footprint. With a capsule wardrobe, it doesn’t really matter if the price of the garment is higher, you’re not going to buy nearly as many clothes as a normal person would, so you’re just investing in yourself, basically.

Well, this is it, we hope these 5 tips have helped you understand what you need and how you can create your own wardrobe that will help you minimize your impact on this planet, while also letting you live a minimalistic and simple lifestyle.

5 Tips To Help You Create Your Capsule Wardrobe

summary

We hope you have learned a lot today, if you want to know more about a capsule wardrobe, or about the fashion industry and its sustainability, feel free to check the articles below or our blog, we have tons of great articles like this for you to enjoy.

We are thrilled to teach people all around the world 🙂 Also, did you really know what Fast Fashion really is and its terrible consequences for the environment, the planet, the workers, society, and the economy? Do you know exactly what the Slow Fashion or Sustainable Fashion movement is? You should really take a look at these articles about this forgotten and unknown but very urgent and important subject, click here to read „Can Fashion Ever Be Sustainable?”, Sustainable Fashion, Ethical Fashion, Slow Fashion or Fast Fashion 101 | How It’s Destroying Our Planet because knowledge is one of the most powerful strengths you can have, while ignorance is your worst weakness.

We also have a big surprise for you! Because we want to give you the right to know us better, we have prepared a carefully dedicated About Us page where we will tell you who we are, what our mission is, what we do, a closer look at our team, and many more things! Do not miss this opportunity and click here to check it out. Also, we invite you to take a look at our Pinterest, where we will pin everyday sustainable fashion-related content, clothing designs, and other things that you will surely love!

How To Create Your Very Own Capsule Wardrobe – The Essentials

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How To Create Your Very Own Capsule Wardrobe

how to create your very own capsule wardrobe - the essentials

table of contents

  1. what is a capsule wardrobe?
  2. why do i need a capsule wardrobe?
  3. how to create your very own capsule wardrobe
  4. 5 tips to succeed in creating your capsule wardrobe
  5. summary

what is a capsule wardrobe?

A capsule wardrobe is a term that is used to describe a closet, or wardrobe, in which the garments are interchangeable, have the possibility to be used on any occasion, and will not go out of fashion or degrade in a way that they have to be constantly replaced.

It advocates for owning a few clothes, only the strictly necessary, and using them to their maximum, being able to combine them in tens of different ways without having to buy new clothes to change your outfit.

As you may have noticed, this goes hand-in-hand with Slow Fashion and Sustainable Fashion, which is the reason we’re talking about it in this blog. And this is the reason it’s so beneficial for our environment, as it reduces your carbon footprint by a ton.

Other related terms are key or staple clothes, which are used to describe garments that can be combined in every way, fitting for every occasion you may encounter. If you want to know more about what these things really are, we advise you to check out our other article on the subject. Having said this, let’s continue.

why do i need a capsule wardrobe?

A capsule wardrobe can help you in many ways, from making your life more simple to reducing your environmental impact on this world. So let’s go checklist-style on the reasons why you may need a capsule wardrobe:

  • It makes your life a lot more simple, because you don’t have that many clothes to worry about, you always know what to choose and you probably already figured out what looks best on you.
  • It reduces your carbon footprint, by consuming fewer clothes that pollute the environment, but also by purchasing Sustainable Fashion garments, made with respect for the environment and the workers that produced them.
  • You will get the maximum out of all your garments, because you only have a few clothes, you will make them last as long as they can, while also using them at their maximum, talk about using resources efficiently.
  • You will also get all of your pennies’ worth, every dollar you spend on garments for your capsule wardrobe will also be used at their maximum, so you can justify spending more money on higher-quality, sustainable clothes.

These are some of the reasons why you should consider creating your own capsule little wardrobe. Now that you know this, how about we tell you exactly how to do this, so you can start today.

Why Do I Need A Capsule Wardrobe

how to create your very own capsule wardrobe

You have now decided that you want to create your own capsule wardrobe, fantastic! We are here to help you out on your mission, we will give you a few steps you need to follow in order to succeed. Having said this, here are 8 steps in order to create your own capsule wardrobe:

  1. Think about your style and needs, before you head out on this journey, you have to make it clear what your style is, what fits you best, and what you like more. Think that the clothes you’re about to choose will be your bread and wine for quite a long time, which can be great if you choose your clothes right, but it also might not be as cool if you don’t keep in mind your personal preferences.
  2. Experiment, the only way you will know what fits you best and what you like more is by experimenting, trying out different garments and combinations, try to think which ones you would be down to wear every single day, you will find truly precious garments this way, you will also be able to discard items that you would have otherwise bought, only to get tired of them in the future.
  3. Write down your ideas, the best way to achieve your goals and complete your journey is to create your own „mental map”, writing down your ideas materializes your thoughts and makes you a lot more predisposed to achieve the goals you set yourself. Writing down your ideas on a paper is great, but using a more visual tool like PDF Suite (Affiliate Link), for example, would be a lot more helpful.
  4. Clean out your closet, this is one of the hardest and most time-consuming steps, but it’s totally worth it. Get rid of all the clothes that you will no longer need for your capsule wardrobe, which are going to be almost all of your clothes. But keep in mind, you should never just throw out your clothes, that is going to produce such a carbon footprint that you’re better leaving them in your closet, instead, donate them to charity, or sell some of your clothes online on Alibaba (Affiliate Link), or any other online marketplace; this will also allow you to earn a quick buck that you can invest on your new sustainable lifestyle.
  5. Choose high-quality garments, one of the most important things to do is to choose sustainable, high-quality garments, not only because they will last a lot longer without degrading, but also because you want to reduce your carbon footprint while having a more positive impact on this world. Don’t be shy to spend more money on your new staple clothes, as we have said before, you are going to get your money’s worth, by using these clothes for a long time.
  6. Think about your accessories, another thing to keep in mind is your accessories, your handbags, your shoes… Make sure that they fit your new style and that they can be combined with the clothes you are going to wear from now on. You may even come to the conclusion that you have 4 handbags that you didn’t even know about, so you might also want to sell those if you don’t need them.
  7. Resist the urge to consume, this is a mental model that you need to master, you are not going to succeed if you fold at the first sale you see. A good rule of thumb is the 7-day rule, wait at least 7 days from the time you decide you want something, that way you have plenty of time to think if you really need the object you thought about buying, and you will be surprised to know how many times those were intrusive thoughts and you would have bought something you didn’t even need.
  8. Rinse and repeat (or just rinse), the last step is to continue with your journey, you will master the art of capsule wardrobes, we guarantee that. So now just sit back and enjoy your new minimalistic, environmentally-friendly capsule lifestyle 😉

These are the 8 steps in order to create your own capsule wardrobe, now it is time to take action. If you feel a little bit lost, don’t worry, we will also be giving you some tips that will help you in your journey to create your capsule wardrobe.

5 tips to succeed in creating your capsule wardrobe

Now that you know how to do it, we will give you a few tips so you can succeed in your mission to create your own capsule wardrobe. Having said this, here are 5 tips that will help you create your very own capsule wardrobe:

  1. Choose Your Color Scheme, in order to have a small wardrobe that will fit every situation you encounter, you have to keep in mind your color palette, this involves choosing a few base colors that combine with everything, like black, brown, grey, white or navy (which is a pretty cool color if you ask us). All other items that you will wear should be shades of the base colors you have chosen, now you should be able to combine all of your precious garments while still looking as great as you used to.
  2. Consider Your Body Shape, this is a crucial step in order to feel comfortable with your clothes, you have to make sure the garments you choose are suited for your body, for example, by wearing cap sleeves if you have wider hips, as this will make your shoulders look more proportionate in relation to your hips.
  3. Consider Your Complexion, this also goes hand-in-hand with the other tip, choose colors that combine with yourself, your own body, as there are colors that may make you look paler or that benefit you more in some way or another. It is just a matter of your own preferences.
  4. Choose Classic Shapes And Patterns, in order to hold on to your wardrobe, you should think about long-term, avoiding garments that you think will quickly go out of date. So keep in mind that when buying your garments.
  5. Choose High-Quality Fabrics, this is one of the most important tips, your wardrobe should be composed of high-quality garments and sustainable fashion garments. This will not only make your garments last longer, but it will also reduce your carbon footprint. With a capsule wardrobe, it doesn’t really matter if the price of the garment is higher, you’re not going to buy nearly as many clothes as a normal person would, so you’re just investing in yourself, basically.

Well, this is it, we hope these 5 tips have helped you understand what you need and how you can create your own wardrobe that will help you minimize your impact on this planet, while also letting you live a minimalistic and simple lifestyle.

5 Tips To Succeed In Creating Your Own Capsule Wardrobe

summary

We hope you have learned today how to create your very own capsule wardrobe, if you want to read more about this subject, or about Sustainable Fashion and other related subjects, feel free to check out our other articles from the links below.

We are thrilled to teach people all around the world 🙂 Also, did you really know what Fast Fashion really is and its terrible consequences for the environment, the planet, the workers, society, and the economy? Do you know exactly what the Slow Fashion or Sustainable Fashion movement is? You should really take a look at these articles about this forgotten and unknown but very urgent and important subject, click here to read „Can Fashion Ever Be Sustainable?”, Sustainable Fashion, Ethical Fashion, Slow Fashion or Fast Fashion 101 | How It’s Destroying Our Planet because knowledge is one of the most powerful strengths you can have, while ignorance is your worst weakness.

We also have a big surprise for you! Because we want to give you the right to know us better, we have prepared a carefully dedicated About Us page where we will tell you who we are, what our mission is, what we do, a closer look at our team, and many more things! Do not miss this opportunity and click here to check it out. Also, we invite you to take a look at our Pinterest, where we will pin everyday sustainable fashion-related content, clothing designs, and other things that you will surely love!

What Is A Capsule Wardrobe And How Does It Help The Environment? Why Is It Called Capsule Wardrobe?

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What Is A Capsule Wardrobe

what is a capsule wardrobe and how does it help the environment? why is it called capsule wardrobe?

table of contents

  1. what is a capsule wardrobe?
  2. why is it called capsule wardrobe?
  3. how does a capsule wardrobe help the environment exactly?
  4. 5 tips to make your own capsule wardrobe
  5. summary

what is a capsule wardrobe?

A capsule wardrobe is a term that is used to describe a closet, or wardrobe, in which the garments are interchangeable, have the possibility to be used on any occasion, and will not go out of fashion or degrade in a way that they have to be constantly replaced.

It advocates for owning a few clothes, only the strictly necessary, and using them to their maximum, being able to combine them in tens of different ways without having to buy new clothes to change your outfit.

As you may have noticed, this goes hand-in-hand with Slow Fashion and Sustainable Fashion, which is the reason we’re talking about it in this blog. So we will talk next about how it really is helping the environment, but first, we will clarify the reason behind the name „Capsule Wardrobe”.

why is it called capsule wardrobe?

You now know what a capsule wardrobe is and how it can make your life a lot easier, but, why is it even called capsule wardrobe? What’s „capsule” about all of this? Well, the answer is pretty simple, as we may see next:

It is called „capsule” because it means small and compact, a wardrobe, or closet, that only has the clothes necessary for your day-to-day life and that is true, small and compact in itself.

Other terms related to capsule wardrobes are key or staple clothing, which basically means clothes that can be combined in a large variety of ways, and that fit well into almost every occasion that you will encounter in your life.

Why Is It Called Capsule Wardrobe

how does a capsule wardrobe help the environment exactly?

After we have explained what it is, it becomes fairly clear why a capsule wardrobe would benefit the environment. Firstly because it promotes having a closet with only the essentials, without indulging in unnecessary consumerism and more waste that will harm the environment for years.

Secondly, this type of wardrobe promotes buying high-quality clothes that will last for years, specifically, sustainable fashion garments, made with respect for the environment and its workers and with minimal impact on our planet.

Overall, it aims for a small wardrobe that will not require a lot of clothes, that will contain sustainable long-lasting items, and that you can take care of, respecting the garments and using them at their maximum. This is why it’s so beneficial for the environment, and even for your wallet, so it’s really a win-win situation!

5 tips to make your own capsule wardrobe

You now know how it benefits the environment and why you should also aim to achieve a small wardrobe like the one we have talked about. So, great, now you are wondering what you can do next in order to achieve your very own capsule little wardrobe, we are not going to go into detail here, you can check out our other articles about it on our blog, but we will give you a few tips in order to succeed. Having said this, here are 5 tips that will help you create your very own capsule wardrobe:

  1. Choose Your Color Scheme, in order to have a small wardrobe that will fit every situation you encounter, you have to keep in mind your color palette, this involves choosing a few base colors that combine with everything, like black, brown, grey, white or navy (which is a pretty cool color if you ask us). All other items that you will wear should be shades of the base colors you have chosen, now you should be able to combine all of your precious garments while still looking as great as you used to.
  2. Consider Your Body Shape, this is a crucial step in order to feel comfortable with your clothes, you have to make sure the garments you choose are suited for your body, for example, by wearing cap sleeves if you have wider hips, as this will make your shoulders look more proportionate in relation to your hips.
  3. Consider Your Complexion, this also goes hand-in-hand with the other tip, choose colors that combine with yourself, your own body, as there are colors that may make you look paler or that benefit you more in some way or another. It is just a matter of your own preferences.
  4. Choose Classic Shapes And Patterns, in order to hold on to your wardrobe, you should think about long-term, avoiding garments that you think will quickly go out of date. So keep in mind that when buying your garments.
  5. Choose High-Quality Fabrics, this is one of the most important tips, your wardrobe should be composed of high-quality garments and sustainable fashion garments. This will not only make your garments last longer, but it will also reduce your carbon footprint. With a capsule wardrobe, it doesn’t really matter if the price of the garment is higher, you’re not going to buy nearly as many clothes as a normal person would, so you’re just investing in yourself, basically.

Well, this is it, we hope these 5 tips have helped you understand what you need and how you can create your own capsule wardrobe that will help you minimize your impact on this planet, while also letting you live a minimalistic and simple lifestyle.

5 Tips To Make Your Own Capsule Wardrobe

summary

This was our article on capsule wardrobes, we hope you have learned a lot today because so did we! We will continue to create more articles, for now, you can check out our other related articles, especially the ones on Sustainable Fashion and the environmental impacts of Fast Fashion, which is our main focus.

We are thrilled to teach people all around the world 🙂 Also, did you really know what Fast Fashion really is and its terrible consequences for the environment, the planet, the workers, society, and the economy? Do you know exactly what the Slow Fashion or Sustainable Fashion movement is? You should really take a look at these articles about this forgotten and unknown but very urgent and important subject, click here to read „Can Fashion Ever Be Sustainable?”, Sustainable Fashion, Ethical Fashion, Slow Fashion or Fast Fashion 101 | How It’s Destroying Our Planet because knowledge is one of the most powerful strengths you can have, while ignorance is your worst weakness.

We also have a big surprise for you! Because we want to give you the right to know us better, we have prepared a carefully dedicated About Us page where we will tell you who we are, what our mission is, what we do, a closer look at our team, and many more things! Do not miss this opportunity and click here to check it out. Also, we invite you to take a look at our Pinterest, where we will pin everyday sustainable fashion-related content, clothing designs, and other things that you will surely love!

What Will Happen If Fast Fashion Continues To Thrive Unstopped?

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What Will Happen If Fast Fashion Continues To Thrive Unstopped

what will happen if fast fashion continues to thrive unstopped?

table of contents

  1. what is fast fashion?
  2. why is fast fashion bad?
  3. what will happen if fast fashion continues to thrive?
  4. how to stop fast fashion?
  5. summary

what is fast fashion?

If we haven’t explained it to you later, and you have doubts about what are we talking about, Fast Fashion can be explained as cheap, in-vogue clothing that takes ideas from the catwalk or high-fashion culture and transforms them into articles of clothing in stores dangerously fast to satisfy buyer needs, with no regard to sustainability.

The idea is to get the freshest styles available as quickly as possible conceivable, so customers can eat them up while they are currently at the peak of their fame and afterward, tragically, dispose of them after a couple of wears. It frames a vital piece of the harmful pollution, toxic waste, overproduction, and utilization that has made fast fashion one of the world’s biggest polluters, producing 10% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.

This is only Fast Fashion, you can only imagine what Ultra-Fast Fashion does. Anyway, if you want to know more about fast fashion and its consequences on our society, check the article is fast fashion a social issue?

why is fast fashion bad?

This terrible business practice has a lot of downfalls, the biggest problem with fast fashion is its pollution, producing 10% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions with its activities, which is a lot.

But there are many other things we can mention about it, here are the biggest problems with fast fashion:

  • Overproduction, it creates a lot of clothes very quickly and many of them end up in the landfill without even being worn.
  • Air Pollution, producing around 10% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Water pollution, polluting rivers and seas with the lack of care for the environment while creating these garments.
  • Soil pollution, especially when the garments end up in landfills, decomposing into harmful chemicals and leaving plastics behind that do not decompose if the garments are made from polyester.
  • Consumerism, as it promotes a culture of buy-n-throw clothes as you wish without considering the impact of your actions.
  • Worker exploitation, with very low wages, inhuman working conditions, and slavery-like jobs, is partly the reason why these clothes are so cheap.
  • Stealing intellectual property, this business practice needs constant new trends and is willing to do anything to get them, like stealing designs from independent artists giving them no credit, this has happened many times before.

This list goes on and on, sadly, and the environmental impacts of fast fashion are very bad, but if you want to learn more in detail about the issues with this business practice, we recommend you read Huffington Post’s article on Fast-Fashion.

Why Is Fast Fashion Bad

what will happen if fast fashion continues to thrive?

There are obvious consequences of this terrible production model continues to thrive, the most important ones being environmental, but also socio-economic impacts that it will have on our world, considering a scenario where it will not be stopped.

Because of the synthetic, non-biodegradable, and many times even toxic materials Fast Fashion garments are made of, the waste accumulated would be such that will occupy the surface of entire countries, a waste that will keep polluting our soil and water, and that will not decompose for several centuries.

Also, the amount of pollution will have a permanent impact on our planet, making future generations of both humans and other species struggle to live on this wonderful planet. You can read more about air pollution and climate change on EPA’s website.

On the socio-economic part of the equation, modern slavery will become a bigger problem, and the low-added value industry will obstruct the fair development of the producing nations making what should be a temporary economic problem into a long-term one, feeding more into an unsustainable industry that will slowly eat the world away.

Overall, we can’t afford to let Fast Fashion continue existing without stopping it, the downside of letting it happen is much bigger than the potential upside of it. We will be discussing next, however, a few ways to stop all of this from happening.

how to stop fast fashion?

Fortunately, there are a few ways we can stop all of this from happening, saving our world. How? You may ask, well, it is not as difficult as you may think at first. Here are the best ways to stop Fast Fashion:

One of the best ways to stop it is to just stop consuming its products, by buying Fast Fashion garments you are feeding the industry, doing the exact opposite of what you should be doing to stop it. Support, however, sustainable fashion, buying ethical and sustainable garments that were made with respect for the environment and the workers producing them.

An even better option is to spread awareness and inform others about the subject and why we need to change our fashion habits, this is crucial to achieving a sustainable fashion industry, as the conscious customer will ditch fast fashion and turn to the sustainable option.

But the best thing to do is to inform yourself first, find ways to live a sustainable lifestyle, and read about the true transcendence of Fast Fashion and the importance of the sustainable fashion industry, luckily, you are doing it right now! By reading this article you are showing that you’re at least somewhat interested in this topic, which is something that 95% of consumers can’t brag about.

To sum it all up, there are many things you can do as a conscious consumer that will have a great impact on our world, the only thing is that you have to start somewhere, but don’t feel overwhelmed about every little thing you could do but haven’t done yet, every little step you take to a sustainable lifestyle is a big difference in our world in the future.

How To Stop Fast Fashion

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This was what would happen if Fast Fashion continues to thrive unstopped, we hope you have learned the true consequences of this production model and the ways to not let it destroy our world. If you want to learn more on the subject, you’re invited to check out our other articles from the links below, we have quite a few so sit back and relax.

We are thrilled to teach people all around the world 🙂 Also, did you really know what Fast Fashion really is and its terrible consequences for the environment, the planet, the workers, society, and the economy? Do you know exactly what the Slow Fashion or Sustainable Fashion movement is? You should really take a look at these articles about this forgotten and unknown but very urgent and important subject, click here to read „Can Fashion Ever Be Sustainable?”, Sustainable Fashion, Ethical Fashion, Slow Fashion or Fast Fashion 101 | How It’s Destroying Our Planet because knowledge is one of the most powerful strengths you can have, while ignorance is your worst weakness.

We also have a big surprise for you! Because we want to give you the right to know us better, we have prepared a carefully dedicated About Us page where we will tell you who we are, what our mission is, what we do, a closer look at our team, and many more things! Do not miss this opportunity and click here to check it out. Also, we invite you to take a look at our Pinterest, where we will pin everyday sustainable fashion-related content, clothing designs, and other things that you will surely love!

Is Fast Fashion On The Decline? When Will It End?

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Is Fast Fashion On The Decline When Will It End

is fast fashion on the decline? when will it end?

table of contents

  1. what is fast fashion?
  2. is fast fashion on the decline?
  3. the rise of slow, sustainable, and ethical fashion
  4. future prospects of the fashion industry
  5. summary

what is fast fashion?

Fast-Fashion can be referred to as a business model that quickly turns trends into clothes using very short manufacturing cycles with no regard to the environment, the people, and the society.

We have to say, there is no „fast fashion book”, and this terrible practice comes in many shapes and forms, but they all have many things in common and that’s why they are all gathered around this term.

This is done with the intent to get the freshest styles into the market that will keep customers buying more and more while tragically disposing of the clothes they do not use, clothes that usually do not last a lot of time because of their low-quality materials.

This business practice has a lot of terrible consequences that we will talk about later, but if you want to dig deeper into this feel free to read is fast fashion a social issue?.

is fast fashion on the decline?

With the increased awareness the customers have about their actions and the consequences they have on our world and the workers producing the garments they wear, more people are keeping away from buying Fast Fashion garments.

According to an article written by Retail Dive, Fast Fashion retailers could face declines in revenue of 10% to 30% over the next 10 years because of this, which is good news for our planet, but not as good as it should be in order to save the planet.

Even if customers are becoming aware, this is not happening at the pace it should be happening in order to make a meaningful change on our planet. Of course, this is great news nevertheless, but we still have a lot to go through in order to achieve a sustainable fashion industry that respects the environment and the textile workers worldwide.

This is why we are still making articles trying to inform as many people as possible, the consequences of Fast Fashion are still mostly unknown by most people, which is alarming knowing the great transcendence of the industry on our planet.

Overall, we’re happy to announce that Fast Fashion is on the decline and that customers are beginning to change their habits for the better, but there is still somewhat of a long journey to achieve the sustainable fashion industry the world needs, it is comforting nevertheless to see that our combined efforts are finally doing something.

Is Fast Fashion Really On The Decline

the rise of slow, sustainable, and ethical fashion

With the decline of Fast Fashion we can also talk about the rise of the Slow, Sustainable, and Ethical Fashion movements that have been completely forgotten since their beginning, sadly.

As we said before, many customers are beginning to become aware of the consequences of their choices on our world, and are changing their habits for the better, ditching the planet-killing Fast Fashion and turning to sustainable options like Slow Fashion.

As a consequence, many businesses are starting to invest in a sustainable fashion production model to offer for their conscious customers, offering many more options and making sustainable garments more available to the general public.

However, there are also big Fast Fashion corporations that want to get on the train without paying the ticket, greenwashing their activities by saying that „they are doing or will do someday something to become sustainable” but don’t do anything at all to prove it, yes, we’re looking at you, Zara.

Overall, this is good news for the sustainable fashion industry too, as they are starting to get the attention they deserve, but as we said before, they are still forgotten and left to the side too much, and that is something we need to change as conscious consumers.

future prospects of the fashion industry

Taking all of this in mind, we can predict somewhat how the fashion industry is going to be over the next years, although future predictions are always flawed and every little unexpected event can radically change the course of history. Having said this, here are our future prospects for the fashion industry worldwide.

If as anti-fast fashion activists we do our job right, spreading awareness and not letting sustainable fashion be forgotten, more customers are going to change their consumer habits in order to improve their environmental impact on this planet, this is already happening with electric cars and other industries, the fashion industry is behind them in this aspect for some reason.

Because of this, Slow Fashion is going to become a real player in the industry, with all the environmental and social benefits this supposes. And only then it will be able to compete with Fast Fashion in all aspects, even in affordability.

These, however, are somewhat crazy predictions that extend way into the future, and as we said before nothing guarantees this will happen. We like, however, to stay optimistic and we don’t want to think of a future when the world will be irreversibly damaged because of an unsustainable fashion model.

Overall, everything can happen, but we would rather not think like Murphy, we like to stay optimistic, that’s the best way one can stay confident while trying to change the world for the better, we think you should try to do that too.

Future Prospects Of The Fashion Industry

summary

Well, this article is over, don’t worry, we have tons of other interesting articles that you will surely be interested in, just click on any of the links below or visit our blog to see all of the articles that we have published.

We are thrilled to teach people all around the world 🙂 Also, did you really know what Fast Fashion really is and its terrible consequences for the environment, the planet, the workers, society, and the economy? Do you know exactly what the Slow Fashion or Sustainable Fashion movement is? You should really take a look at these articles about this forgotten and unknown but very urgent and important subject, click here to read „Can Fashion Ever Be Sustainable?”, Sustainable Fashion, Ethical Fashion, Slow Fashion or Fast Fashion 101 | How It’s Destroying Our Planet because knowledge is one of the most powerful strengths you can have, while ignorance is your worst weakness.

We also have a big surprise for you! Because we want to give you the right to know us better, we have prepared a carefully dedicated About Us page where we will tell you who we are, what our mission is, what we do, a closer look at our team, and many more things! Do not miss this opportunity and click here to check it out. Also, we invite you to take a look at our Pinterest, where we will pin everyday sustainable fashion-related content, clothing designs, and other things that you will surely love!

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