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  Many studies show that millennials are actively finding solutions to address the negative implications and outcomes of a disposable, fast-fashion global marketplace. Thrifting has now become more than a mainstream music suggestion provided by rapper Macklemore in his hit song “Thriftshop.” Millennials are now incorporating this practice into their daily lives in order to […]

  For many clothing consumers, the term “credential” may be unfamiliar or draw an unclear definition of what the term actually means. Many in the fashion industry tend to think that “credential clothing” refers to a variety of recycled materials and that the end goal in producing these materials is exclusively an environmental interest. In

  Building a personal fashion collection by using items from an earlier era or owner is a practice that is increasingly becoming in vogue, given the challenges of wasteful fashions and the overflow of landfills. Many studies show that millennials are now turning to the process of thrifting – which was at one time a

  Statistics indicate that one of the least likely recycled materials among consumers is textiles. According to CBC, consumers channel much of their attention and efforts where recycling is concerned, with materials such as newspapers, plastic containers, glass, plastic, and cardboard. In Ontario alone, as of 2016, only 15 percent of discarded textiles were being

  While textile consumption continues to be at a noted high, consumers are growing increasingly interested in alternative textile markets that show an ethical interest in the environment and a responsible attitude towards spending. Experts argue that this impulse for “textile ethics” has grown – in part – out of the rise of “fast fashion.”

  While thrifting used to be a less-than-desirable activity, building your clothing collection from used items is now considerably popular for many millennials. Aside from saving consumers a significant amount of money, studies show that it also enables clothing aficionados to keep up with constantly changing trends (by, in part, harkening back to trends of

  In a recent episode of What Makes Us Human, Tasha Lewis (an assistant professor in the Department of Fibre Science & Apparel Design in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University) argued that the fashion industry has a significant and detrimental impact on the environment, not only during production and manufacturing. These effects are also

  In recent years, media outlets have reported that clothing has an enormous and even toxic environmental footprint. This is particularly true as consumers unnecessarily send their items to landfill rather than finding new ways to recycle materials they may no longer deem necessary. For example, statistically, we know that the average shirt in the

  While many credential clothing owners certainly know the contours of the new journey they intend to take their item on, they may not necessarily know of the journey it took to get their item into their hands.   Credential clothing, also known as “original clothing,” refers to items or materials that are considered unwanted

    In the United States, experts estimate that the annual average of waste per US citizen amounts to nearly 70 pounds of clothing and textiles. The EPA has drawn together statistics that indicate that the nearly 13.1 million tons of municipal waste collected each year occupies nearly 5% of all landfill space. Experts agree