Comments on: What is the problem with fast fashion and a challenge for you all!

By: Zoe

Zoe — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 19:26:49 +0000

That's great Kathryn – keep up the good work!

By: Zoe

Zoe — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 19:25:27 +0000

That does sound like a challenge Cheryl and I like your positive attitude!

By: KathrynH

KathrynH — Wed, 28 May 2014 14:57:53 +0000

I completely echo what Sandy said. A couple of months ago I ended up buying £5 jeans for my girls from a well known v cheap High Store shop and then felt SO bad about buying them that I began to think more about the actual cost of fast fashion. Have since been trying to mend as many clothes as possible and rethink my wardrobe.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Mon, 12 May 2014 09:11:48 +0000

This sounds like a great challenge. The whole ethics of cheap, disposible clothes bothers me. I like charity shops, because at least some clothes are getting a second life, but I do like to make or upcycle as well. My challenge is finding fun, ethical clothes for my two tween daughters, who have a whole different kind of peer pressure than adults do. Much easier with son. We'll win.

Looks forward to following your challenge.

By: Zoe

Zoe — Sun, 11 May 2014 07:01:02 +0000

You are doing really well with not buying clothes. I don't care about being in fashion either, but a lot of people do and I want to see how easy it is to emulate the latest trends without buying anything new.

By: theFIREstarter

theFIREstarter — Sat, 10 May 2014 13:06:58 +0000

I agree with all points about fast fashion, it is ridiculous and wasteful, although I have only really recently realised this thanks to your and other blogs/sites.

However... I will pass on the challenge this time around! This is due to:
1. I'm a guy, I'm motoring my way into middle age, and to be honest I don't really care whether I am in fashion or not :)
2. I'm doing very well with the whole "Not buying clothes" right now anyway, so I am just going to carry on doing that.

Mrs TFS wanted me to buy a new shirt the other day for example, saying I didn't have anything nice to wear, I took her to the wardrobe and counted out 21 shirts!!!! I said if I can't find anything nice to wear out of those then I must have dreadful taste and it's not worth buying anything new as it will likely be just as bad... :)

All the best for your challenges, I will sit on the sideline and spectate - looks like you got a lot of interest on twitter so I will be interested to see what people come up with.

By: Zoe

Zoe — Wed, 07 May 2014 20:13:29 +0000

I am impressed with all your making and mending Sandy! I haven't worked out how to darn socks yet, and have an ever accumulating pile of worn out socks!

By: Sandy

Sandy — Wed, 07 May 2014 14:46:02 +0000

This is what I'm growing more interested in, too. I want to drastically reduce the amount of new clothing we buy. We visited a nearby city last week. A few years ago I would have jumped at the chance of cheap clothes in a certain fashion chain store, but this time I stood outside and decided not to go in. I remembered that cheap prices are unlikely to mean good working conditions/wages and that the more 'stuff' we buy, the more 'stuff' is produced – simple supply and demand – so even buying a couple of cheap tee-shirts has an impact that is both cultural and environmental… probably more of an environmental impact than we'd care to imagine. In the past few months I have darned socks, crocheted table mats from recycled cotton, crocheted a kid's jacket, stitched a belt back on to a torn dress and sewn a hem around a piece of reused cloth to make a tablecloth. I also managed to get hold of an old flat sheet with a flower print which I have now turned into a throw. Making do and mending is great fun if you're at all creative or practical. I will await future posts with baited breath 🙂