Fashion’s Missing Link

Perhaps you’ve seen buzzwords like upcycled, renewed, or repurposed on fashion websites and are feeling confused. Perhaps, too, you’ve invested in natural fibers when purchasing clothes but doing so simply doesn’t seem like enough. While the planet operates in a circular system in which everything is reused and repurposed, the fashion industry operates within a vastly different, linear system. Big Fashion gets away with an awful lot of unethical practices: you’re right, then, to wonder whether y...