Fashion Reimagined

[Gerry]

Looks like an interesting, upcoming documentary. It backs up what tailors have been saying for ages:

https://youtu.be/mEGkjFvwYwo

[SO_tailor]

Just saw the trailer and your quite right. Even though it is more focused on fashion design than custom or bespoke tailoring, it still gets the point across about the absolute garbage fire fashion waste has became. Too bad they didn't get any tailors from the Row to give their thoughts, though.

[Gerry]

I agree, they should have included tailors, because their paths occasionally cross. Some tailors have even gone on to work in the fashion industry, or at least collaborated with fashion houses/designers. It would be a good way of highlighting a sustainable alternative to mass consumerism.

The late Vivienne Westwood had a loyalty to British cloth, often creating garments of wool and tartan. So fashion can be more aware. Either way, it's mostly harmful, and on so many levels other than the environment (exploitation of labour in third world countries and a devastating impact on traditional cloth producers, for example).

[SO_tailor]

Either way, it's mostly harmful, and on so many levels other than the environment (exploitation of labour in third world countries and a devastating impact on traditional cloth producers, for example).

Absolutely agree. Sweatshops have basically became another name for slavery. Especially in China I heard that the slavery plantations sweatshops have even "employed" children, the workers are underpaid and that the factories have awful working conditions. It's truly disgusting and despicable, especially when you consider that it's where China's main economy is coming from.

[Gerry]

In the UK, a vast amount of the clothing donated to charity shops ('goodwill' in the US) ends up being shipped out to West Africa, where it's sold at markets. This cheap source of clothing puts local clothes makers and textile workers out of business. Not only that, but the stuff that's unwearable ends up being junked in landfill. Some of it even gets washed out to sea.

One of many reports on the subject:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB3kuuBPVys