In an ever increasingly fast-paced world, it’s high time we slow down and take a more ethical, sustainable approach to fashion, says Amy Norbury.
DERBYSHIRE’S Dame Vivienne Westwood summed it up perfectly back in 2017 when she stated consumers should “Buy less, choose well, make it last.” Speaking backstage at her London Fashion Week Men’s show – where she paraded a circus-themed collection featured recycled plastic bottles as shoes and aluminium cans pinned to tights as a campaign against fashion waste – the legendary designer urged the fashion industry to move away from producing so many cheap clothes, and for fashion fans to make more conscious decisions about the life cycle of their purchases…