Woman dresses 365 days only with second-hand clothes
A woman committed to promoting environmental sustainability in the fashion industry undertook to use only second-hand clothes during 365 days. Christina Dean, founder of ReDress, organization of eco-fashion, is to use throughout the year of 2013 second-hand parts, 100% discarded or donated â€" with the exception of underwear and shoes, which are hers.Christina, living in Hong Kong, shows their daily choices on Instagram. These include dresses found in the recycling container, the boyfriend's jeans that just needed a wash and shirts that look new after ironing.Every month visit a recycling center called Friends of the Earth, receiving clothing donated by townspeople, and chooses about 30 outfits. With the help of a stylist, she wears clothes recycled parts using specific criteria, such as reuse, creating for herself or the arrangement."The recycling center have bags stuffed with clothes of all sizes, shapes and styles," says Christina. "Between the waste there are amazing clothes, whatever their well-known brands, fabrics and high quality finishes, brand new, vintage or handmade, I have used throughout this year."A chequered shirt Ralph Lauren is just one of the examples of amazing clothes that a woman finds. Other pieces include a white Tux salvaged, to which Christina cut the sleeves to make it look more "finished" and "modern", such as a red silk dress that just needed a new button to hold the back of the neck.Christina reveals that it was after having witnessed firsthand the daily dump of some of about 217 tons of textile waste â€" most of which non-biodegradable â€" into landfills in Hong Kong that decided to take action."I realized that the environmental gains made by sustainability initiatives of the fashion industry â€" a hint of better recycling, a dose of energy efficiency and a dash of water economy â€" are lost when confronted with this abyss of post-consumer textile waste repugnant," she explains.Less than three months to complete this project, Christina intends to sell all clothing worn to raise money for the ReDress and the Friends of the Earth.
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