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Title Slow fashion: saving the planet with style Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet The Conversation Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 14/04/22 Description This article cites Amber Martin-Woodhead's Conversation article 'Why I will be wearing only 10 items this month':
Amber Martin-Woodhead, an assistant professor of human geography at Coventry University, has another recommendation for people eager to embrace slow fashion: shrink your wardrobe. During March, she took part in The Great Fashion Fast, launched by UK charity Tearfund.
“To take part, you choose ten main items of clothing (with some exceptions such as sportswear, underwear and uniforms) and wear only these ten items for the whole month,” Martin-Woodhead says.
“I’ve previously taken part in UK campaign group Labour Behind the Label’s Six Items Challenge, where you only wear six items over six weeks. As the research suggests, I found it really helped me realise just how few clothes I need.”
If you’d like to do something similar, you might find Martin-Woodhead’s tips useful. These include picking “a few matching colours so that everything goes together”, “pick[ing] different items that can make lots of different outfits” and choosing “versatile items that can be layered and worn in different ways”, like a jumper that can also be worn as a cardigan.Producer/Author Jack Marley URL https://theconversation.com/slow-fashion-saving-the-planet-with-style-181366 Persons Amber Martin-Woodhead
Keywords
- Sustainability
- Fashion
- Sustainable consumption
- Sustainable fashion
- Minimalism