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Sustainable clothing: Fashion from second-hand goods for fashion labels in Sweden

An inspiring Weltspiegel report on new design strategies for used clothing:

She is working on a fashion revolution: Swedish designer and scientist Anna Lidström says the world doesn't need a single new piece of clothing anymore. It is committed to keeping existing garments alive for as long as possible.
At the School of Textiles in Borås in southern Sweden, Anna is developing methods for companies to bring unsold and sorted goods back into a commercial cycle. For example, it brings together distributors of workwear and fashion brands. The sorted workwear can then be reworked for the streetwear brand. Or she creates new fashion from second-hand clothing. With a Swedish fashion chain, the 37-year-old has now produced a collection of former second-hand goods on a larger scale for the first time.
Through her work, Anna wants to curb climate change. Studies show that 80% of a garment's footprint is created on the way from the cotton field to the shelf in the store, she says. She is annoyed that the garbage mountain of textiles is growing and growing and every year around 92 million tons of textiles are thrown away in the world. This senseless waste of raw materials and creativity must stop, she finds. And wants everyone to learn how to use clothes differently and how to deal with resources in a completely different way.

Duration: 14:07 minutes
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