Clothing that won’t hurt earth
There are no rights or wrongs in fashions. — Margaret
Adam
MARGARET Adam is on a mission.
She is trying to encourage more fashion lovers to embrace sustainable clothing.
“Some people say fashion is the most polluting industry. Some say it’s the second most polluting,” she said.
“No matter what, fashion is polluting the earth, right from the raw produce, with pesticides used on the cotton going into river systems.
“Do you know how much dye it takes to dye a piece of fabric? It’s okay as long as we know this, as then we know we have to use our fabric better.”
Ms Adam said one way to be more sustainable when thinking about clothing was to adjust old clothes to make them last longer.
“It’s all about fabrics. You need to teach people how to use fabrics,” she said.
The wardrobe therapist said with the proper tools and knowledge, such as sewing and using fabrics, all clothes could be adjusted and made to last longer.
“It’s all about finding the style that works for you and staying with it,” she said.
“There are no rights or wrongs in fashions.
“It doesn’t mean we can’t be stylish.”
She said while there were issues surrounding fast fashion clothing, such as the exploitation of workers overseas, once the clothes wore out they could be re-purposed and turned into something new.
“Fast fashion feeds our fantastic second-hand shops, so you’ve got to look at that positively,” she said.
“And if you love it, you will keep it and try to make it work if it works for you.”