SUSTAINABLE FASHION Definition & Meaning

sustainable fashion

[ suh-stey-nuh-buhl fash-uhn ]

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noun

a genre of clothing and other fashion products intended to reduce negative impacts on the environment through the use of ecologically responsible materials and manufacturing, the promotion of longer-lasting style trends, and the popularization of product reuse: circular fashion ( def ).
Our best-selling items of sustainable fashion are the T-shirts made from recycled water bottles.
They’re among the most credible producers of sustainable fashion because they’d rather you get good mileage from a small, versatile wardrobe than lure you into a new line of fashion every season.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of sustainable fashion¹

First recorded in 2005–10

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“Whole food sources, portion sizes. We help them navigate food and understand when they feel full. And how to do that in a long-term, sustainable fashion.”

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Having been purchased by the Truman Brewery estate, run by the Zeloof family who made their wealth through the clothing industry, they have undergone a £2m restoration project and are set to become the first UK base for Canadian-Egyptian sustainable fashion firm KOTN.

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L.A.-based Olderbrother is leading by example when it comes to sustainable fashion.

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Rachel Kinnard, an educator and clothing designer based in L.A., said her fall 2023 class on sustainable fashion at Chapman University was fully enrolled and engaged.

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Mindy Luo, a 21-year-old senior at UCLA, is the president of RefineLA, a campus organization focused on sustainable fashion.

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