less less less while fashion at the moment is more more more
photograph: Chloe A/W 2017 Sadly, given the majority of human beings recognise our environment is unstable due to humankind's impact on it (see the recent study of demise of winged insects in Germany) fashion has ramped up it's use of textiles, layers, and accessories. An additional result is the seasonless concept of fashion, useful perhaps, but ignoring the hair trigger changes in weather that result from climate change. While large corporate fashion conglomerates do acknowledge the volatility, instability, and complexity of our world, their response is to simply appoint new designers, whose work may have been formed by these conditions, but do not reflect an appropriate response, Chloe's designer (now at Givenchy) Clair Waight Keller's love of knitwear paired with peasant skirts reflects one coping strategy for the consumer.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/10/germany-s-insects-are-disappearing
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/10/germany-s-insects-are-disappearing
photograph: Mark Fast A/W 2017 A viable strategy for reducing consumption of fashion , electronics, etc. is repair. To repair a knit refer to Tasha's blog, Turn Stale Bread into French Toast.
Pagagonia has offered repair days for years, when consumers of their products may return with repairs or mends. What a lovely concept, although Patagonia has long been a leader in environmental issues, from organic cotton to using recycled materials and producing products made to last.
Tom van Deijnen's mission is the Visible Mending Programme which "highlites that the art and craftsmanship of clothes repair is particularly relevant in a world where more and more people voice their dissatisfaction with fashion's throwaway culture. By exploring the store behind garment and repair the Programme reinforces the relationship between the wearer and garment, leading to people wearing their existing clothes for longer with the beautiful darn worn as a badge of honour. By writing this blog, running darning workshops and taking repair work commissions I provide inspiration, skills, and services to people and hopefully persuade them that shop-bought clothes deserve care and attention too, just like precious hand-knit,
photograph: see Sarah Mower's interview with Demna Gvasalia
photograph: derailleur from eBay for ecomodista's 1972 Puegot bicycle The Swedish government is introducing tax breaks on repairs on everything from bicycles to washing machines, so it will not longer make sense to throw out old or broken items and purchase new ones. Electronics is one of the major consumables that is still in nascent stages of offering repairs. Sweden's ruling Social Democrat and Green party coalition has proposals before parliament to slash by more than half the VAT (Value Added Tax) rate on repairs for anything from shoes to clothing to cars. It will also submit a proposal that would allow people to claim deductions on income tax for half the labor cost on repairs for appliances such as refrigerators, dishwashers and washing machines. "We believe this could substantially lower the cost and so make it more rational economic behaviour to repair your goods," said Green party's Per Bolund, also Sweden's minister for financial markets and consumer affairs.
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