Kate Sanders, you are officially irrelevant. The Lizzie McGuire Movie came out in 2003, I was a 13-year-old girl obsessed with everything Hilary Duff, Disney & Pop Culture. How I remember Y2K being was, it was the decade of learning superficiality. If we all weren’t watching Paris Hilton, we were refreshing PerezHilton.com for the next stream of gossip. But hey, it wasn’t all bad. Y2K was the start of Social Media (thank God for Tom & his MySpace). We all learned how to selfie, had top 8’s & Marketing to the younger generation took on a whole new meaning with the internet.
In the early 2000s, fast fashion was reaching a whole new high. Consumerism was something we all did and didn’t care to think of the long-lasting effects of what we consume. As that decade rolled out we rolled into the most harmful fast-fashion decade of our History.
“While people bought 60% more garments in 2014 than in 2000, they only kept the clothes for half as long.” - McKinsey & Company, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
For 10+ years we learned to grow a habit of consuming and tossing. Through this consumer habit, Big Business learned how to cheapen their clothing products, manipulate/abuse human labor & filled our air with toxins we all now breathe. Being aware of this I started Popsikle Shop in 2012 after attending 2 years at FIDM, I learned that the only consistent thing about the Fashion Industry is that they were creating their own demise with the direction they continued to walk in.
It’s 2021 and I’m here to tell you all, “My name is Crystal Rey and I am the Queen of Outfit Repeating.” To prove this to you, I will show you how to style one Mustard Turtleneck & one pair of Vegan Doc Martens in multiple ways. I hope this inspires you to challenge your style and what you can do with it!
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My insta is @alex_.elizabeth, I try to reduce fashion waste by turning old clothes into new ones instead of just throwing them out. Ex, I had a cute pair of high waisted black ripped skinny jeans, but I was wearing them for a job when I ripped the knee hole so bad it basically made it a pair of shorts 😂, so I did just that and cut them so it have a stylish pair of ripped black shorts
IG Name: @mothnferns I really try reducing textile waste by using what I have for as long as possible, which usually involves a lot of repairs, alterations, and tailoring on my part to keep everything looking it’s best!
I’ve been reducing my personal textile waste by thrifting when I can, and buying secondhand clothing from online shops like Depop and other places like that. Before I buy a piece of clothing I always make sure it’s not going to be a one time use, and that it can go with multiple items of clothing. I’ve also recently pulled our old sewing machine out of my basement in an attempt to learn how to fix up old clothing that doesn’t fit any more (mostly two small since I gained my freshman 15 in college). I also like to give clothing to friends or take their old clothes. I have a long sleeve shirt a friend gave to me secondhand in high school that I still wear almost every week.
IG: ash._.cat
To try to reduce my textile waste, I have recently (as in just in this past year) started to support small businesses and go thrift shopping instead of heading to the mall and, therefore, supporting fast fashion. I have also been donating my clothes since I was a little kid and I used hand-me-downs from my sister for years and still continue to do that with some of my mom’s clothes!
ig: @_heather_strom_
I try to reduce textile waste by shopping second hand, and giving clothes to people directly (as opposed to donating to thrift stores since sometimes things can get thrown away)
A_big_rat is my Ig :-) <3