The True Cost is a new documentary film I highly recommend. It is visually captivating and is definitely not easy to watch at times. Still, it clearly reveals what we so desperately need to learn and wake up to about the current fast fashion industry.
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Did you know most generic fabric meterage, bedding and clothing produced overseas is sprayed with formaldehyde or a flame retardant before being transported to Canada and USA? Fumigation spraying is irresponsible and highly hazardous to our health. Organic cotton fabrics and organic clothing are made from natural fibers grown without the use of pesticides, herbicides and other toxic chemicals, and are then manufactured without toxic chemicals.
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Patagonia continues to be a leader, and educator on reuse, recycle and repair. "One of the most responsible things we can do as a company is to make high-quality stuff that lasts for years and can be repaired, so you don’t have to buy more of it."
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I was impressed to hear MEC took measures to start recycling the fabric samples they were putting in the garbage. It would be great to see other Canadian manufacturers follow suit.
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FASHION & SUSTAINABILITY: DESIGN FOR CHANGE (2012, Laurence King) by Kate Fletcher and Lynda Grose reimagines the complex fashion machinery as a well-balanced ecosystem. An astute manual and manifesto for change - Paul Hawken (who wrote the forward) describes it as a "masterpiece of systems redesign.”
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