Sustainable Winter

For todays blog I would like to talk about the luxury of adding sustainability to your winter wardrobe. Below i have two examples of sustainable outerwear.

This jacket ranges from $99 to $300. More expensive items are usually a higher price. Bernardo is the name of this designer he creates many different women’s jackets such as, vests, rain jackets, bombers, and fur coats. These jackets are most likely made of recycled, polyester, and nylon.

This jacket is called the outer known it ranges from 342 to 550. This company creates sweaters and lighter jackets for the winter using sustainable items. They have a variety within men’s and women’s wear clothing. They include multiple recycled materials such as “(polyester, nylon, polyamide cotton, and wool), TENCEL™ Lyocell, regular wool, cupro, and RDS-certified down.”

Black Friday

Black Friday sales is something that people all over the world look forward to. However I came across a website that is called the “Fashion Revolution.” These people believe Black Friday is a waste and must babe stopped due to the effects of overproduction. Customers are mindlessly purchasing an insufficient amount of items that turn into waste overtime. Cyber Monday is also part of this, and the overconsumption will not stop when items are lowered to a more affordable price that causes bulk unnecessary shopping.

Fashion Facts

In this blog I wanted to share 3 random facts about my dream career or working in the fashion industry. There are many things behind the scenes that people do not know about when it comes to the world of fashion.

Fact 1: “One in three young women, the biggest segment of consumers, consider garments worn once or twice to be old.” I agree with this fact because, as a female for certain events I would rather buy a new outfit instead of reusing one. It may just be the feeling of shopping for an occasion that us females find exciting.

Fact 2: “The fashion industry is responsible for 10% of annual global carbon emissions.” “These high quantities of carbon dioxide come as a result of agricultural practices, processing  techniques and transportation. Conventional cotton – one of the most widely used fabrics greatly contributes to carbon emissions.” This a prime example as to why sustainable fashion is important for the environment.

Fact 3: “The world uses an estimated 80 billion pieces of clothing every year, a 400 percent increase from two decades ago” Now that clothing stores have big sale selections, it’s easier to purchase more pieces of clothing at a time. Knowing that fast fashion has given us to opportunity to buy clothes more often, it leads to unnecessary shopping with the attitude of “we will buy more within the same month.”

Fashion & Self Esteem

Wearing unique outfits and designs that are created by hand could be extremely meaningful to the model. These different outfits that aren’t usually found in stores help build confidence and self esteem. Fashion helps people express themselves just through the style of the clothing or even the different fabrics that are added to make that one masterpiece.

This is an image of a model wearing an upcycled outfit on a runway fashion show.
https://www.exberliner.com/berlin/in-with-the-old-its-time-for-the-upcycling-revolution/

Now here is an image of me modeling for a designer in WCC that created an outfit with a similar color scheme as the one above. This outfit boosted my self esteem, as you can see in the photo I am smiling and the crowd behind me is also very intrigued. This unique piece of upcycled fabrics had a great impact on myself and the people watching the fashion show as well.

Coach Upcraft Items

In today’s blog I wanted to show you all this up cycled bag from Coach. I currently started working at coach and during one of my trainings I learned that coach has “Upcrafted” bags. As you can see there is a variety of of patterns on this bag that were put together piece by piece. This one item costs $725.00 because of its significance. I love the fact that even luxury stores contain up cycling methods for a variety of items. Would You Buy This Bag? Take a look at a few other options, https://www.coach.com/shop/coach-reloved/upcrafted?page=2

Below are a few other examples of upcrafted bags sold by Coach!

$795

$895

Bethany Williams

Bethany Williams is an artist that creates her own fabrics the sell garments that are sustainable and unique. These textiles are made by hand with recycled materials from her workshop. This designer is located in the UK, which caught my attention and is perfect to spread the word of recycling in fashion. Her innovative designs will lead all creative artists across the world to become inspired! Down below is an example of Bethany’s work. Continue Reading… https://www.fashionrevolution.org/usa-blog/7-fashion-brands-that-are-designing-out-waste/

H&M Supporting Recycling in the Fashion Industry

Many people do not know which companies support recycling and up cycling in the fashion industry. I recently found out that H&M supports these ideas and believe in recycling clothing. This company contains many different style clothing pieces that a variety of people buy from. It is important to recycle clothes and re-use items to create new designs and outfits. In this post I wanted to share a video that H&M released as an AD that immediately caught my attention.

The title of this video is “H&M Conscious: Sustainable fashion through recycled clothes” Continue Here to see the video: https://youtu.be/s4xnyr2mCuI?si=Y0YE5DsuZ9eF6dzP

Patch Work Design

There are multiple ways to up-cycle and recycle clothes in the fashion industry. For example this image displays patch work with denim, which personally I’d say is my favorite style of recycling fabrics. The different shades of denim and stitches combined is what helps create the expensive look to the outfit created. This artist added a bag and accessories as well to help enhance the creation. Continue reading… https://www.vogue.in/fashion/content/owning-a-one-of-a-kind-upcycled-garment-is-the-new-wardrobe-flex