Fashion, fortunately for
the companies that involve themselves in it, changes all the time.
Everyone knows that ?? it??s one of the things that make buying presents
for the fashionista so darn hard. What??s in one moment is out the next:
sometimes so quickly that one is never sure whether the thing that is
now out was ever in at all, or whether one was mistaken all along. Fear
not, though, for a new trend has hit the high street ?? one that ticks
everyone??s box, no matter who they are. Recycled fashion ?? the art of
making cool stuff out of stuff that used to be something else.
Fashion, of course, doesn??t simply apply to clothes. Home wares,
kitchen items, decorative options: they all go through the fashion mill
on a regular basis too. And some of the coolest stuff around, in these
categories, is coming in from the recycling bin. Recycled Laundry
Basket, Recycled Bins, Jewellery Rolls all made from the bits and
pieces of older things.
Recycled fashion
oozes ethnicity, in the coolest way possible ?? these things, which
otherwise would have contributed to landfills in some of the poorest
places in the world, have been resurrected as useful objects for the
home and garden.
See, recycled fashion
isn??t just about being cool ?? though cool it undeniably is. The
recycled goods and clothes that make up the latest wave of awesome
stuff to hit the UK market represent a unique opportunity for all the
consumers. For once, the nation can buy something it really wants, and
relax in the knowledge that, by buying, it??s helping another country to
do something about its lack of opportunity.
The ethics of recycling fashion doesn??t stop with a bit of conscience
salving, either. Imagine this: a world where big corporations are
prevented from destroying the planet completely, because everyone has
started buying stuff made from old stuff, rather than stuff made from
new stuff.
Buying recycled gear is a way
of saying ??no?? to the endless consumption of the planet??s materials ??
while, at the same time, getting some fresh new threads, or a great
bag, or even some seriously funky dinner plates for the new home.
Consumption, the message
says, doesn??t have to be all-consuming. Trying a little new-from-old is
a great way to get that Holy Grail of all fashion items ?? the unique ??
whilst tickling a newly-found conscience, too. Who knows ?? if the
recycled fashion bug really bites, we might see a whole new way of
making ??new?? things happen. And that would be the coolest trick of all.
