After seeing the consequences of fast fashion, one woman is on a mission to change the way we think about repurposing clothes
Mary Fleming was on holiday in Kenya when she saw it: a mound of secondhand clothes heaped by a river, the pile so vast and unruly it was spilling into the water.
The sight shocked her. At home in Ireland she was a passionate shopper and bought a new outfit almost every weekend. Now in east Africa she was seeing the consequence of fast fashion and mass consumption.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/03/because-secondhand-is-feckin-grand-how-clothes-swapping-became-huge-in-ireland
Author : Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
Publish date : 2024-10-03 11:46:42
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