With the web flooded with slow fashion stories, there is a growing trend within the fashion world for sustainable, ethical clothing. At the forefront of this movement is Carin Mansfield, a designer who devotes herself to the art of “slow fashion”, says BBC.
Lately, Pantagonia started the campaign asking people to buy only what they need, as the clothing firm starts designing clothes that lasts forever. Slow fashion aims to wean us from cheaply made, high-volume, fast-fashion brands, instead, in having us stock our closets with a modest high quality, long-lasting garments, made in a way that doesn’t hurt the environment – or the workforce creating them, a trend which is catching up in Charlotte.
Fast fashion trends begin going from runway to chain-store-at-the-mall making patrons chasing trends lasting only few weeks until the next trend that led to millions of discarded clothing. Consumers are very wary with the fast fashion system, as the process doesn’t take care of workers and the environment.
Slow fashion isn’t a one-size-fits-all theory. Some makers source items locally, others use goods from other states or overseas, but from sources they say are ethical and eco-friendly. Some come with a high price tag; some items are similarly priced to their mass-market counterparts.
It’s still a wait and watch story for others, no sooner people realize and it actually become a trend, needs to be seen!!
