How to Engage with Ethical Fashion | Clara Vuletich | TEDxSydney 

1) Buying second hand 2) Donate clothing 3) Research ethical brands 4) Buying better quality 5) Buying less

It fascinates me whenever I hear about people throwing out t-shirts after a few wears. If they're too worn for outside wear we turn them into night shirts or relax/house shirts since after tons of washes they're wonderfully soft and comfortable. Once they're too thin for that they get added to the rag bin and used until shredded. Now that my mom has discovered how to turn them into t-shirt yarn to crochet with it adds another step on their life cycle.

I'm a fashion student myself and feel stupid for not knowing how fast fashion contributes to our environment and the people.

As a lover of fashion and what it has meant to us throughout history, I would love, love love to be able to make my own clothes!

Education is key. Countries that have the sustainable debate the most in the public space are those who educate their children and young people about sustainability, like Germany. Sustainability should now become a value in our society as we are all affected by it and we all need to take responsibility. It is too big an issue for a small group advocats to publicise, the main stream media and our governments need to bring the discussion to the spotlight

Spot on advice on our taking the responsibility of sustainable fashion back! Even using a home sewing machine and little home alterations means we begin to see the effort and value in the making of our clothing.

My intro to Fashion class opened our eyes to the harms of fast fashion and the fashion industry in general. Now I'm looking to start my own eco-conscious clothing company. If anyone has any tips on where to start looking please let me know :)

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As a dude that barely buy clothes for years..... I always confuse why people shopping clothes like every month... that doesnt make any sense..... it is not like it is broken or something.... one t-shirt could survive for 10 years without scratch... 20 years until it look weird... please people clothes is not food... it value decrease by a lot of time not one time used

Amazing speech. I am from Venezuela and I had not ever heard about these ideas and I had no idea how harmful textile industry is for the enviorment. Definitively worth spreading, thanks

Really amazing and one of the most underrated video on RU-vid

By far the best commentary I've heard on the issue!

So happy you approached this topic

Very knowledgeable lady. She knows about fast fashion at its core. Definitely worth watching from start to finish.

This is really awesome and educational. I loved it!

Yes!! We Love this!!

Very well said, Clara. Thank you for doing this talk and for sharing it with us. Cheers!

uploaded a podcast with 2 nyc fashion designers creating outfits from second hand clothes, its such a cool concept!

I totally understand her. I tried to make startup that could reduce the waste , it sadly did not work out. I am now trying to make RU-vid about it as well as talk about it on Instagram. Most things move through stages on the market acceptation as following "innovators--> early adopters --> early majority". For something to take off it has to move into early majority. It will take a lot of work to move people from that category. People care, it just the question of convenience. I feel like she lacked the general conclusion. The problem is the Life Cycle Thinking, it have to be done on a part of the producer and the government to move mountains. As consumers we can do a lot about it, but first when we get the numbers. But we can a specially controlling our personal habits, they rob of on people. If you want to make a change , change your personal actions, with a lot of people moving it will create snowball effect. Since today it is just financially hard to create a moderately priced sustainable clothing and clothing should not be cheap in general. It is hard for them to compete with conventional. Moving yourself will move the demand. There is also no consensus when something is sustainable on terms of product, to winch degree it is, it is such a mistreated word. You can control who you support with your money . If you have "shopping" addiction as a lot of people do you can make clothing exchange events . It sort of make you feel like you have a lot of new things.

I'm glad i get here

fabulous

one word, taylors. expensive? nope. order one piece from taylor is not more expensive than buying many cheap ones. we must go back hundred years. no chinese products. local taylors were used. i dont want to suport china, i wan to suport local people. its also the most original piece, you get to choose the style, you get to choose the fabric and you get perfect fit. hopefully people realise it fast.

Look for GOTS labelled clothes when you buy something new and you can be sure that the whole process is environmentally and worker friendly.

amazing thank 5

Instead of solving problems, what might be most effective choice in the grand scheme, might have very well been her choice to sit with them and share a simple and mindful act. It seems to me that is the way.

Loved her shose so stylish

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Look for C2C garments they really sustainable and plannet friendly

I would love to join this awesome group of design activist.iam a designer.

Very nice voice

Ethical fashion isn't ethical until it also considers the animals in the supply chain.

Today Chinese Industry also start to care about the sustainable fashion. But the difficult thing is How to build the awareness to the consumers. Like She said : It is all about the value.

0:55 Yeah right I only have three sets of clothing (underwear, pants, shirt, socks) I have to make sure my laundry gets done overnight just so I can alternate between them

Thank you for such an interesting and important talk! It is hard to be perfect but we can definitely all start by taking small steps in our everyday decisions that will make a difference. I recently posted my first YoutTube video "12 Top Tips for being Sustainable with Fashion" for people who want to make a change but don't know how 😊♻️

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Piilgrim are a great ethical brand trying to combat this

The philippines is one of tbe dumping areas of used clothing from weztern countries . And filipinos are one of the great resellers of fast fashion products .made from china Both situations are a threat to local tailoring shops.

So she starts by saying that the mending workshops weren't the answer and ends up saying that mending is the answer 😂

Could any one help me to know how to find out if the brand is ethical or not?

SheIn entered the chat No fr tho i really hope this is a transitioning phase even if it's a long one. It's much needed, and the need only goes up every day.

this is great. but true sustainability is in the form of abundance. For anyone interested, please read "CRADLE TO CRADLE: REMAKING THE WAY WE MAKE THINGS" by William McDonough & Michael Braungart. Here's a beautiful quote from the book that sums it up: "Consider the cherry tree: thousands of blossoms create fruit for birds, humans, and other animals, in order that one pit might eventually fall onto the ground, take root, and grow. Who would look at the ground littered with cherry blossoms and complain, “How inefficient and wasteful!” The tree makes copious blossoms and fruit without depleting its environment. Once they fall on the ground, their materials decompose and break down into nutrients that nourish microorganisms, insects, plants, animals, and soil. Although the tree actually makes more of its “product” than it needs for its own success in an ecosystem, this abundance has evolved (through millions of years of success and failure or, in business terms, R&D), to serve rich and varied purposes. In fact, the tree’s fecundity nourishes just about everything around it. What might the human-built world look like if a cherry tree had produced it?"

I appreciate her talk and message, however wanted to level set that it’s Very frustrating to hear her call-out Designers as if we don’t want or know how to Design Sustainable fashion- We are under massive selling pressure to keep our jobs. We are under strict requirements to meet pricing and create looks that sell and are the cheapest possible. Most of the US designers have major student loans taken out for these extremely expensive fashion schools and must keep our jobs, even if the pay isn’t great. I fight every day at my job to be more sustainable, but ultimately if it doesn’t sell, or if it doesn’t meet the price, it’s cut from the line. It’s a tough job

If you are interested in fashion and the environment, listen to fashion model and campaigner, Nimue Smit here @

Reaching out to the Kardashian’s / Jenner family and the World 🌎

2:13 After 10 years in the fashion industry she is unable to point the finger at those responsible for the human and labor losses. Don't listen to her smoke-screen techniques and outright lies 11:25 and 12:10 (the workers are happy. NOPE.): her incrementalist political reforms will never solve the root of the problem: The Big brands, and their wealthy CEO's, and all the apologists who insist on "change" are all responsible 9:03. The solution requires us to organize garment workers, general-strike, and either abandoning or taking over the factories. Stop production, return to the countryside, fast-fashion retail workers can give away all the current stock and go on solidarity strike. The industry cannot be reformed, it must be abolished, and the owner elite must see massive profit loss. Her solutions are false. How many times does she mention "empowerment", "sustainability", and "self-made". Any cursory study into this subject. 15:22 She advocates that we learn how to sew, rate brands with apps, instead of pushing for corporate transparency or government reforms. My "inner knowing" is telling me that this is BS. Watch the documentary: The True Cost

I read somewhere that fur was considered sustainable.. technically it is and better than “fast fashion”.. am I off on that

what's up?

What with the "happy young Chinese women working in factories who are glad and thankful to have a job allocating them to save a ton of money" ? Is it such a "dream" everywhere ? Is it just a majority of factories ? I don't get it.

Buy less but in better quality

It is surprising that anybody may accept uncritically the perception of happiness of the Chinese workers this video refers to. Working in the factory is heaven compared to the exhausting farm work and famine stricken communities they come from.

you should've visited india

Are you ok? You seem out of breath during this talk.

no real information in this video..

She just said known facts, nothing new from the speak

Ironically the woman who lectures on ethical fashion basically has nothing but good things to say about Chinese garment factories. Am I on crazy pills? She’s obviously compromised and her words mean nothing.

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let machines handle all the process, problem solved.

good speech, but could you please stop walking around when you talking, you make me and cameraman headache......

no one cares lmao