Outfit Twenty Two

MY SUSTAINABLE FASHION STORY

This is a near and dear topic to my heart. I love fashion and love the planet so sustainable fashion is where I geek out. I actually went to school for Product Development and Ethics and Sustainability at Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC, so I got to dive deep on this. I was doing product life cycle assessments, making things out of mushrooms, touring landfills and so much more. This is actually where my journey with low waste living began. I started to see the ways that the fashion industry was affecting the planet and thought... we can do better.
The documentary the True Cost really opened my eyes to the way things work in the fashion industry. They show the behind the scenes of how products are made from start to finish and talk about the cost that it has on the environment and the people. Then I got to see how brands were doing things differently. We got to talk to Adidas, Eileen Fisher, Patagonia, Fabscraps, Stasher, in school and then through HEH I have worked with Steve Madden, Rent The Runway, Von Holzhausen, Able and so many more!
I love to participate in sustainable fashion. Which to me looks like, wearing the clothes I already have. Fixing clothes that I would maybe throw away, buying second hand, borrowing lots of clothes (thanks to my sis) , renting and when I want to buy something new I wait a little before I buy and make sure I am buying quality items that will last long and stay in style for a while!
This is how COOTD was actually born... to inspire people to show off their conscious outfits of the day and learn to love what they have!

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