Tuesday October 19: Sustainable style
Tuesday October 19: Sustainable style
Shoes made from recycled water bottles? A fashion line focused on selling less clothing?
Yes, the power of fashion and beauty is undeniable. A person’s aesthetics can convey identity, culture and values. And the power of the fashion and beauty industries is vast with both positive and negative consequences. Cara Bartlett is keenly aware of these impacts. Designer from a young age, I always made my own clothes growing up from the moment I was like in fourth grade, how is the influencer? The founder and CEO of vera, a sustainable clothing company that started out in south Boston? Bartlett educated herself on the ethical concerns of designing clothes, who makes them and how they are made. The fabric begins as a fiber. Usually the first step is to determine what resources are being used and whether they are renewable. Then you watch how the fibers turned into yarn. Some yarns require a lot of chemicals. Then you look at the fabric itself, does it require dry cleaning? Does it last long? Is it biodegradable? We need to look at each of these elements. Every time we design an item of clothing, one in six people on this planet works in some way or another related to the fashion industry. You put it on your body, but it’s connected to so many other bodies. It happens to you, jennifer vera camp is a professor in the mass art fashion department. She says the rise of fast, cheap, disposable fashion clothing has been deeply damaging in many ways. We used to stay close, we used to pass them on. Previously there was more value and craftsmanship and we didn’t think about just throwing it away because it meant something to us.
Tuesday October 19: Sustainable style
Shoes made from recycled water bottles? A fashion line focused on selling less clothing?
Update: 5:27 p.m. EDT October 14, 2021
Shoes made from recycled water bottles? A fashion line focused on selling less clothing? Some fashion companies are shaking up the industry in their efforts to reduce waste. Erika Tarantal visits Vetta Capsule in South Boston, checks in at Rothy’s, which makes stylish shoes from plastic water bottles, and goes to a consignment store on Newbury Street. Erika also talks to local scientists and entrepreneurs who are developing beauty products you can feel good about.
Shoes made from recycled water bottles? A fashion line focused on selling less clothing? Some fashion companies are shaking up the industry in their efforts to reduce waste. Erika Tarantal visits Vetta Capsule in South Boston, checks in at Rothy’s, which makes stylish shoes from plastic water bottles, and goes to a consignment store on Newbury Street. Erika also talks to local scientists and entrepreneurs who are developing beauty products you can feel good about.