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Sustainability -
Future Fashion
Trend
Fashion industry makes efforts to create sustain-
able consumption and production behaviour
By Lynne Rao in Luzhou
often leaves consumers with an over-
loaded wardrobe. Four in ten Hong
Kong shoppers said they threw away
clothing after wearing it just once,
according to YouGov, a private re-
search centre, in 2017. The survey
shows that the number of garments
purchased by individuals grew by 60
per cent each year between 2000 and
2014 alone.
“People buy and throw away their
garments so quickly, and that causes
so many environmental problems,”
says Toby Crispy, an upcycling fash-
ion designer who used to work for a
commercial fashion brand.
Crispy points out that overcon- Toby Crispy, Upcycling Designer (Photo courtesy of Toby Crispy)
sumption is accelerated by fast-