excessive consumption

photograph: courtesy Evening Standard Prada A/W 2017 Greenpeace's Detox campaign has successfully targeted the global textile industry to eliminate the hazardous chemicals from their supply chain by 2020. Recognizing however, that rampant consumption continues to exert a negative impact on the environment, Greenpeace has recently conducted and interpreted an International Fashion Consumption: 
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/publications/Campaign-reports/Toxics-reports/After-the-Binge-the-Hangover/

photograph: courtesy Trendstyle Asia Prada A/W 2017 note Prada does move to fake fur for the 2018,do love that crocheted bra/top though It's difficult to conceive of the level of consumption in Greenpeace's survey, the German responses more reflective of mine, although less consumption, and certainly to purchase clothing one can not afford is inconceivable. To purchase specific clothing resulting from social media is especially difficult to understand and certainly a sad indictment of our consumer "culture." 

Just as California, New York and other states and corporations have pursued long term environmental goals, despite Trump's attempts to destabilise the movement, consumers too, must continue to weigh every purchase in terms of environment. Living in NYC, certainly one's consumption is limited by space, although it's possible to consume unstintingly anyway, build tunnels through piles of clothing, handbags, and shoes...but ecomodista grew up in a family with innumerable cousins and friends wearing clothing belonging to others which after being outgrown, was then passed along. When ecomodista met her husband, she owned one pair of jeans, several t-shirts, 2 skirts, one mohair jacket, one Calvin Klein Collection kahki linen top, ski jacket & pants, a swimming suit, tennis shorts, 3 sweaters including a cashmere sweater that had belonged to a former lover's ex-wife, and 1 dress. Eight years ago ecomodista became committed to knitting her own sweaters and accessories and primarily buying recycled (pre-owned) clothing, only exceptions--coats,handbags, boots. Unfortunately, due to purchase of study knits for projects, she is woefully weighed down by this pursuit, but hoping to donate collection to appropriate museum.