ShoeWho
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Some of us think climate change is a libtard conspiracy, others think a climate apocalypse is well under way and nature has begun what will be a well-earned and colossal cull of our species.
But let's not debate that here, let's talk about how we are changing our consumption of clothing in order to reduce our impact on the climate.
For myself, almost everything I've bought in recent years (except underwear) has been second hand. I started doing this to adjust to a lower income, for the sake of less stress, more sleep and better health. But my self-interest turns out to have been a greenish thing to do.
At the same time I got much, much bolder in my choices, so I began buying stuff by Versace, Gaultier, Vivienne Westwood, Etro and D&G. Usually the kind of thing where someone paid £300 or £500 for it a few years ago, they wore it once (or never!), and I won it for £30 to £120 on ebay.
Unfortunately this has been so much fun that I've become slightly addicted, and I now have much more stuff than I can morally justify. I daren't count my boot collection, but it must be 40 pairs or so. I'm the new Imelda Marcos.
So I've deleted all my ebay saved searches and resolved to have a year of selling, not buying....just as soon as my final splurge of purchases has arrived...still got a few treats in transit.
For the rest of the year my fashion fun will be in modifying or upcycling things I already own. I'll still have the pleasure of wearing stuff that is new to me, but I'll get the added buzz of knowing that some of it was my own work. I've dyed a couple of jackets in recent years, very successfully. And I modified a Russian flying suit to make it wearable. I can't pretend it was a very eco-sensitive purchase! But it's good for parties, and much better than buying some sort of themed jokey party outfit from China which only gets worn once, like most of the crap that people buy for costume parties or Halloween.
But let's not debate that here, let's talk about how we are changing our consumption of clothing in order to reduce our impact on the climate.
For myself, almost everything I've bought in recent years (except underwear) has been second hand. I started doing this to adjust to a lower income, for the sake of less stress, more sleep and better health. But my self-interest turns out to have been a greenish thing to do.
At the same time I got much, much bolder in my choices, so I began buying stuff by Versace, Gaultier, Vivienne Westwood, Etro and D&G. Usually the kind of thing where someone paid £300 or £500 for it a few years ago, they wore it once (or never!), and I won it for £30 to £120 on ebay.
Unfortunately this has been so much fun that I've become slightly addicted, and I now have much more stuff than I can morally justify. I daren't count my boot collection, but it must be 40 pairs or so. I'm the new Imelda Marcos.
So I've deleted all my ebay saved searches and resolved to have a year of selling, not buying....just as soon as my final splurge of purchases has arrived...still got a few treats in transit.
For the rest of the year my fashion fun will be in modifying or upcycling things I already own. I'll still have the pleasure of wearing stuff that is new to me, but I'll get the added buzz of knowing that some of it was my own work. I've dyed a couple of jackets in recent years, very successfully. And I modified a Russian flying suit to make it wearable. I can't pretend it was a very eco-sensitive purchase! But it's good for parties, and much better than buying some sort of themed jokey party outfit from China which only gets worn once, like most of the crap that people buy for costume parties or Halloween.
