I Quit Fast Fashion 🌿 5 Year Update

Five years ago (honestly it's closer to six at this point, but five is such a nice, clickable number), I decided to quit buying clothing from fast fashion companies. Cutting out fast fashion whenever possible, living with less, and buying from sustainable and ethical sources when I could has taught me a lot about my relationship with shopping. In this video, I share what was easy for me, what was difficult, and how my thoughts on sustainable fashion has changed over the years. I've discovered that the best, most important aspect of buying clothing is not always necessarily where you shop, but rather that items are purchased with intention, properly cared for, and held onto for as long as possible. That is true "slow fashion".
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Resources:

[1] United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2018:
https://unfccc.int/news/fashion-indus...

[2] Interview with author of Fashionopolis:
https://www.vox.com/2019/9/12/2086062...

[3] Livia Firth 30 wear challenge:
https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/...

[4] Defining a sustainable wardrobe:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20...

[5] Vogue article actually following the 5 item rule for a year:
https://www.vogue.com/article/i-only-...

[6] Hot or Cool Institute Report (quotes taken from pages 31-32, 42, and 55):
https://hotorcool.org/wp-content/uplo...
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:00 Overconsumption
3:40 Changing How I Shop

8:46 AD BREAK

8:50 My Relationship with Fashion
12:37 Moving Forward
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Music:

Intro: Just a Kid by Water Mirrors
Coffeehouse by Large by Matt Large

Licensed by Epidemic Sound

Thanks for watching!
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Contact and Socials:

Personal Instagram: @the_stitchess

Shop Instagram: @softs.ugar

My Brand: https://www.softsugar.shop

Business Inquires: softestsugars @gmail.com
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This video has not been sponsored.
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