Project Diary: Stage Nine
Where do our clothes end up?
What happens to our unwanted clothes? Where do they end up? (200-300 words)
What are the negative impacts of the fashion industry? (200 - 300 words)
Explain what you understand by ‘overconsumption’ and ‘micro trends’, in relation to fashion. What can we do to combat these issues (100 - 200 words)
What’s the most sustainable thing you can do with unwanted clothing and other textiles? (100 - 200 words)
Show us your scraps! Did you end up using all of the items you gathered? How much textile waste did you produce creating your outfit? Please weigh any leftover materials
If you completed the survey exercise, please upload your survey results.
This stage of the Project Diary aims to question where our unwanted clothing goes once we have disposed of it.
The focus is on how we can make decisions that change whether our unwanted clothes go to landfill or not.
We want participants to consider how much waste they have produced in creating their outfit, have you taken this into account throughout their design process?
