Fast Fashion vs Slow Fashion

Recently, fast-fashion has taken over the fashion industry. Big companies are mass-producing cheaply-made items made by labourers and low prices entice us into buying more even though we may not need more. First off, we can try and buy the things we need and want, instead of buying something because its cheap. An awesome alternative to fast-fashion is shopping thrift. Not only are we supporting the world of slow-fashion, we can often find a wide range of styles and many one of a kind pieces."Extending the life of clothing by a further 9 months would reduce carbon, waste and water footprints by around 20-30% each,” says Fashion Revolution on Instagram. 

There are many amazing thrift and vintage stores available locally in Victoria. A few of my personal favourites are Flavour Upstairs, Vintage After Death, Luna Collective and Open House.

I also co-own an online thrift and vintage brand with my friend Danika called days + hazy thrift. We are going to be attending Heartwood & Co's Holiday Night Market as a vendor next week on Thursday. If you would like to check out our selection among the many other amazing local vendors, come to 1402 Broad street next Thursday, December 12th at 5pm. Click here for more info. 

If you want to learn more about the harmful effects of the fashion industry, check out the ‘Earth Awareness’ highlight section on our Instagram profile page, (click here)!

If you have clothing that you no longer want or need, here is a helpful blog post by the bloggers of My New Neighbour