Fashion Impacts

Saving the World, One Purchase at a Time

We all know that feel good feeling of buying something new. That magical moment when serotonin hits our brains rewarding us for our latest purchase. Many of us are unaware of how this feel good-induced moment is a feel bad moment for our environment.

“Fast Fashion” Changes our Consumption

Fast Fashion: Fast fashion has completely reshaped how consumers consume clothing products. If you’re unfamiliar with fast fashion, it has been a growing trend that results from online shopping. Firstly, it is products that were made quickly to fit a momentary trend. Often, it offers us as consumers cheaper goods. Budget friendly to our wallet, costly to our planet. Secondly, fast fashion is guilty of largely impacting the following factors; waste, water usage, the carbon footprint, and pollution.

The Pains of Fast Fashion

1. Increased waste
2. Increased water usage
3. Increased carbon footprint
4. Increased pollution

Only Worn Once

Waste: The average person throws away 70 to 80 pounds of clothing annually. Overall, 95% of those textiles head to landfills, when they could be recycled. This means that we’re producing over 13 million tons of waste from textiles each year. This matters because it can take on average up to 200+ years for textiles to break back down into organic matter. 

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Save the planet in style by shopping second hand or consigning gently loved items that still have life left in them.

Water Usage

Water Usage: Did you know the cotton shirt you own sitting in your closet took 2,700 liters of water to produce? Not only does the fashion industry use 4% of our global freshwater, but it also contributes to 20% of the water pollution from dying textiles.

A Footprint You don’t Want to Leave Behind

Carbon Footprint: There’s a large carbon footprint behind transporting textiles. Equipment such as tractors are used to harvest cotton, from there they are transported to a factory, from the factory that creates the products they’re transported stores or to homes based off-of online shopping. How many miles have your clothes traveled? The average cotton shirt travels 19,883 miles before reaching the consumer.

• Carbon footprint starts from harvest to shipping.
• The average cotton shirt travels 19,883 miles before reaching the consumer.

Filling Up the Land Fills

Pollution: Beyond the pollution of textile materials, we’re wasting and dumping into landfills, annually cheap textile materials used especially during fast fashion contribute to 500,000 tons of microfibers that end up in the ocean. If you break that down, that’s the same as 50 billion plastic bottles.

Make a Difference

The fashion industry is negatively impacting our planet at alarming rates. That’s why it’s so important to be a conscious consumer. The good news is, being a conscious consumer doesn’t have to be expensive. When we decide to shop second hand, we’re reducing the harmful impact of the fashion industry.

That’s why we’re excited to help you make a positive difference without sacrificing your wardrobe. You can truly shop guilt free. When you shop and consign with us, you give a second life to gently loved items. We carry brand names and products with real materials. I’m especially in love with our wool sweater selection during the winter. We reduce the need for fast fashion, waste, water usage, the carbon footprint, and pollution. Wow! Who knew you could do that just by choosing to shop with us?

Consign to Recycle 

If you have gently loved items that you’re done using and no longer need, please schedule an appointment with us to consign them. This reduces the amount of material going to landfills and it also gives you a chance to make a quick buck off of your things you no longer use. Don’t worry, we make selling it quick and easy. All you have to do is schedule an appointment, we do the rest. You can schedule an appointment by emailing us.