Are you in dire need of some green inspiration? Check out what some of ecofashion’s pioneers are saying.
We worship chefs but we also worship the home cook – I’d like to see the same thing happen in the world of clothing. – Elizabeth Cline.
Cheap fashion means disposable fashion, and encourages more consumption, creating a vicious circle. – Sandy Black.
Making a product last is very different from making a long-lasting product. – Kate Fletcher.
How we consume shapes the future of the planet. – Katherine Hamnett.
Our planet and workforce are already stretched at the seams; to go faster is not the option. – Jessica Robertson.
People have never looked so ugly as they do today. We just consume far too much. I’m talking about all this disposable crap. What I’m saying is buy less, choose well. Don’t just suck up stuff so everybody looks like clones. – Vivienne Westwood.
We want every fashion consumer to look at garments in a different way – to see the recyclable potential, the quality of cloth and durability of design. – Annika Sanders & Kerry Seager.
As appealing as it may seem at times, what we need to do is refrain from fast fashion! When we buy a £3 t-shirt, we don’t see the true cost of fashion because the producers don’t sit on our doorstep to remind us. – Jen Marsden.
I think that sustainability is a trend that is really about going back to basics: you know what you’re wearing, eating, playing with, who you’re working for. You’re being conscious about your life and the way you live it. – Lonneke Engel.
The idea that second-hand and recycled items pass on their life experiences is what imbues redesigned clothing with its sense of value. When wearing a pre-owned item of clothing it is as if you inherit a history of lived experiences. – Sass Brown.
And not only the supergreen have sensible things to say about the sustainability of our wardrobe (or the lack thereof). Read some inspiring examples here.
To continue to buy clothes that cost about the same as a piece of gum, and then to express shock that they were not woven by contented couturiers, hand-sewing the goods while reclining on satin quilts in a Paris atelier, seems more than a touch naive. – Hadley Freeman.
So many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like. – Will Rogers.
So much of fashion is inspired by nature and in turn, we must respect its delicacy. – Diane von Furstenberg.
True fashion is about non-toxicity. If fashion pollutes, it should no longer be called fashion, it should be called pollution. – Horst Rechelbacher.
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. – Oscar Wilde.