CAN a stitch in time save nine for the fashion industry?
Christina Dean, the founder of Redress and The R Collective, argues that sustainability is for every pocket.
But she feels strongly that more must be done to keep it relevant to changing attitudes about operating in an appropriate fashion.
From climate change to cruelty-free raw materials, the discussion touches on the hot points of the luxury fashion industry and how this “octopus with 10 million intertwined arms” continues to bring out new lines every year, while stressing the planet’s resources.
Secondhand clothes and innovation are the route forward. But are consumers willing to shop more responsibly?
Christina believes that “luxury can do better in being braver, bolder and daring in its approach to giving us forward thinking products”.
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