why is ethical fashion important?
what is ethical fashion?
Fast Fashion not only created a production model where very cheap low-quality garments were made very fast following trends with no regard to the environment and the people, but it also gave more importance to fashion movements that wanted a sustainable fashion industry.
Since then, fashion movements like Ethical, Sustainable and Slow Fashion arose to the surface in one way or another, which is kind of a good thing if we ignore the terrible consequences Fast Fashion has on our world, producing 10% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and 20% of global wastewaters that pollute our rivers and seas.
Ethical Fashion refers to a fashion movement that searches for garments made with respect to the workers that make them, the vendors and small businesses that play a role in the production process, commercio equo e solidale, and the ethical treatment of all the agents related to the fashion industry, including the environment.
So in simple terms, Ethical Fashion focuses on the ethical treatment of humans, and animals to achieve a sustainable fashion industry, with support for small businesses and the development of countries that are right now in unfavorable conditions.
the terrible consequences of fast fashion
This terrible business practice has a lot of downfalls, il problema più grande della fast fashion è il suo inquinamento, che produce il 10% delle emissioni mondiali di gas serra with its activities, which is a lot.
But there are many other things we can mention about it, ecco i maggiori problemi con il fast fashion:
- Sovrapproduzione, crea moltissimi vestiti molto rapidamente e molti di essi finiscono in discarica senza nemmeno essere indossati.
- Inquinamento dell'aria, producendo circa il 10% delle emissioni mondiali di gas serra.
- Inquinamento dell'acqua, inquinando fiumi e mari con la mancanza di cura per l'ambiente durante la creazione di questi indumenti.
- Inquinamento del suolo, soprattutto quando gli indumenti finiscono nelle discariche, decomponendosi in sostanze chimiche nocive e lasciando dietro di sé plastica che non si decompone se gli indumenti sono realizzati in poliestere.
- Consumismo, in quanto promuove una cultura di vestiti compra e getta come desideri senza considerare l'impatto delle tue azioni.
- Sfruttamento dei lavoratori, con salari molto bassi, condizioni di lavoro disumane e lavori simili alla schiavitù, è in parte il motivo per cui questi vestiti sono così economici.
- Rubare la proprietà intellettuale, questa pratica commerciale ha bisogno di nuove tendenze costanti ed è disposta a fare qualsiasi cosa per ottenerle, come rubare progetti ad artisti indipendenti senza dargli credito, questo è successo molte volte in passato.
Questo elenco potrebbe continuare all'infinito, purtroppo, e ilenvironmental impacts of fast fashion are very bad, ma se vuoi saperne di più sui problemi legati a questa pratica commerciale, ti consigliamo di leggere Huffington Post’s article on Fast-Fashion.
why is ethical fashion important?
Now that you know how bad Fast Fashion really is, it becomes clear why fashion movements that want to achieve sustainability in the fashion industry are so important because they ultimately want to end the big environmental and social footprint the industry has. It is rather a necessity, because if Fast Fashion continues to grow and prosper the world as we know it may end, suffering permanent damages that we will regret as species for the rest of our existence.
Ethical Fashion as you may know focuses a lot more on the humane treatment of workers and agents involved in the production process, but there is a lot more to that. Promoting fair trade and the creation of new small businesses aims to develop those countries that are still, unfortunately, suffering from poverty. This does not only affect the lives of millions of people worldwide but will ultimately affect all of us, even from the richest countries on earth.
That is because the existence of countries that are economically underdeveloped negatively affects the entire world, because of the opportunity costs that we have if those countries were developed and contributing to the development of humanity as a whole, that is why it is harder to become a rich country if you are surrounded by poorer countries and vice versa.
Not only that, poorer countries have fewer resources to care about and resolve things like their environmental footprint and pollution, which affects all of us, and not only that, the entire planet earth and its ecosystem.
So at the end of the day, Ethical Fashion is a crucial part of achieving sustainability in the fashion industry and saving our planet and species from inevitable doom, which is, unfortunately, closer and closer as Fast Fashion grows uncontrollably. That is why Ethical Fashion is so important, for the sake of our planet and humanity, and it should always be complimented by Slow Fashion and Sustainable Fashion.
what can i do to support ethical fashion?
We have seen a lot of things about this fashion movement, but how can you support Ethical fashion? What can you do to be more ethical and support a sustainable fashion industry that cares for the workers, the environment, and also you? Well, you are lucky because there are a lot of options you can do right now from the comfort of your home! Having said this, here is how to support Ethical Fashion:
- Shop from businesses that you know are respecting their workers and agents involved in the production of their garments, preferably small businesses because you will be also supporting small families that also have to eat, and sadly today most big businesses simply do not care about their actions on the world, because of the Diffusion of responsibility phenomenon.
- Do not simply avoid all clothes made from underdeveloped countries, the fact that they are made in a country with less favorable conditions does not mean that the garment has been made with inhumane labor, countries that are rich today like Singapore, Taiwan, or South Korea have been producing garments with cheap labor for years before they finally developed. The problem is that Fast Fashion with its cheap low added value garments exploit the workers and do not even contribute to a fair development of the producing countries, which is very bad. That is why you should look for the ways the clothes are produced, and not where they are produced, because even in developed countries there can be garments made with forced labor.
- Read the business’ morals and how they are dealing with the sustainability of their operations, if they don’t even talk about sustainable practices then do not have trust in them, it is better to find a good business that cares for the people and doesn’t treat them like buy-n-throw tools to make extra money.
Here are some of the key things you can do to become more ethical with your fashion choices and support a sustainable fashion industry that cares for the people and the environment. Now you just need to put this into good practice 🙂
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We hope you have learned a lot about Ethical Fashion today because so did we. Do not hesitate to read our blog, we have a lot more interesting articles like this one available to you. The important thing at the end of the day is to put this information into good practice, to inform yourself and especially others because only consumer awareness can combat the environmental danger of Fast Fashion.
Siamo entusiasti di insegnare a persone in tutto il mondo 🙂 Inoltre,sapevi davvero cos'è veramente la Fast Fashion e le sue terribili conseguenze per l'ambiente, il pianeta, i lavoratori, la società e l'economia?Sai esattamente cos'è il movimento Slow Fashion o Moda Sostenibile?Dovreste davvero dare un'occhiata a questi articoli su questo argomento dimenticato e sconosciuto ma molto urgente e importante,clicca qui per leggere “La moda potrà mai essere sostenibile?”, OModa veloce 101 | Come sta distruggendo il nostro pianetaperché la conoscenza è uno dei punti di forza più potenti che puoi avere, mentre l'ignoranza è la tua peggiore debolezza.
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