Sustainable taste is the way forward for style

ERIKA: FASHION IS FAR MORE THAN WHAT MEETS THE EYE. THERE ARE MATERIALS DESIGNED, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, PEOPLE THAT PLAY A ROLE IN THE CREATION OF THE ITEMS WE WEAR. THIS PAST YEAR I MET LOCALS IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO JUST HOW ALL OF IT IS MADE. ♪ THE POWER OF FASHION AND BEAUTY IS UNDENIABLE. A PERSON’S AESTHETIC CAN CONVEY IDENTITY, CULTURE, AND VALUES. IN THE POWER OF THE INDUSTRY IS VAST. WITH BOTH DESK WITH BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES. CARA BARTLETT IS DEEPLY AWARE OF THOSE IMPACTS. A MAKER FROM A YOUNG AGE. >> I ALWAYS MADE MY OWN CLOTHES GROWING UP FROM THE TIME WHEN I WAS IN FOURTH GRADE. HOW IS THE INFLUENCER — ERIKA: THE FOUNDER AND INFLUENCER OF VEDDA, BARTLETT HAS EDUCATED HERSELF ON THE ETHICAL CONCERNS RELATED TO THE CREATION OF CLOTHING. WHO IS MAKING IT AND HOW IT IS MADE. >> THE FABRICS — THE FABRICS START AS A FIBER, GENERALLY. THEN YOU LOOK AT HOW THE FIBER IS TURNED INTO YARN. REPORTER: SOME ON REQUIRES A LOT OF CHEMICALS. THEN YOU LOOK AT THE FABRIC ITSELF. DOES IT REQUIRE DRY CLEANING? DOESN’T LAST A LONG TIME? IS IT HIGHER DEGRADABLE? WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE ELEMENTS EVERY TIME WE DESIGN A GARMENT. >> WE GOT SOME NEW SAMPLES IN. ERIKA: BARTLETT WAS TO GREAT LENGTHS TO MAKE SURE THE HANDS CREATING EACH GARMENT ARE IN GOOD HANDS THEMSELVES. >> INITIALLY RESTARTED ANY FACTORING ONLY IN THE U.S. AND WANTED TO BE ABLE TO WALK INTO A FACTORY AT ANY MOMENT AND SEE HOW PEOPLE WERE BEING TREATED. ERIKA: WITH SOME DETAILING NOW DONE OVERSEAS, BARTLETT DOES HER RESEARCH. >> FOR THOSE I ALSO VISITED IN PERSON, BUT IN ADDITION WE REQUIRE OUR FACTORIES TO BE AUDITED. ♪ ERIKA: IT WAS A MASS TRAGEDY IN BANGLADESH THAT START DEMANDS FOR CHANGE IN THE FASHION WORLD. THE 2013 COLLAPSE OF A DORMANT FACTORY ELTING — ACT REBUILDING. >> WAS A GALVANIZING MOMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF THINKING ABOUT THE ISSUES OF WORKERS AND THEIR SAFETY, AND WORKING CONDITIONS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN. ERIKA: MORE THAN 1100 PEOPLE WERE KILLED. DESPITE OBVIOUS SIGNS OF STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS AND COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE BUILDING WORKERS WERE COMPELLED TO KEEP TO THE ROUTINE A PROFESSOR AT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL RESEARCH IS GLOBAL BUSINESS ETHICS. >> THERE IS CLEARLY A PRESSURE TO FULFILL ORDERS. IN TERMS OF THE INTEREST OF PEOPLE, IT IS HARD, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE REPORT SOME OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE BUILDING, PEOPLE STILL WANT TO WORK. >> ONE OUT OF EVERY SIX PEOPLE IN THIS PLANET WORKS SOMEHOW CONNECTED TO THE INDUSTRY. WITH FASHION, YOU ARE PUTTING IT ON YOUR BODY, BUT IT IS CONNECTED TO SO MANY OTHER BODIES. ERIKA: JENNIFER BEARCAMP RIVER A PROFESSOR IN THE FASHION DEPARTMENT AT MASS ART. SHE SAYS ASKED FASHION, CLOTHING THAT IS CHEAP AND DISPOSABLE, HAS BEEN DEEPLY HARMFUL IN MANY WAYS. >> SO ALL OF MY DENIM IS USED MORALLY. WE NEED TO TEACH — TO TAKE A STEP IN AN ANTI-CONSUMPTION DIRECTION. THE KING AND EVERY ITEM AND SAYING NOT JUST, THAT WAS A PICTURE ON INSTAGRAM SO I CAN’T WEAR IT AGAIN, BUT HUMAN BEINGS MADE THIS, I BOUGHT THIS WITH MONEY I EARNED, I SHOULD WEAR IT AGAIN AND SHOW IT TO THE WORLD. ERIKA: NOT ONLY IS SUSTAINABILITY CONSIDERED, BUT CONSUMPTION TOO. BARTLETT’S COLLECTIONS ARE BASED ON FIVE ITEM CAPSULES THAT TOGETHER CAN CREATE 30 OUTFITS. >> MOST WOMEN IN THE U.S. ONLY WEAR ABOUT 20{1988d9d489508ec78ab74a3fa170fc3a0f353566b665413f00453621c0c8b81d} OF THEIR WARDROBE ON AVERAGE. THE CONCEPT OF A CAPSULE OR DROVE BASICALLY IS TO HAVE FEWER PIECES IN A SIMILAR COLOR PALETTE THAT CAN ALL MIX AND MATCH AND WORK WELL TOGETHER. ERIKA: RESPONSIBLE FASHION CAN STILL BE FUN. ON VETTA’S WEBSITE, A QUIZ HELPS DETERMINE WHICH FITS YOUR STYLE. ♪ ERIKA: I LOVE THIS. THE PANTS ARE SO CUTE AND THEY ARE SO SOFT. THIS IS SO SNUGGLY, THIS LETTER. THIS CAN BE WORN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY? >> THIS TURTLENECK PART ON BUTTONS. ERIKA: NOW IT LOOKS LIKE A DIFFERENT SWEATER AND IT HAS ZIPPERS. THIS IS A FRENCH TOP. >> YOU CAN WEAR THE T-SHIRT FIVE DIFFERENT WAYS. ERIKA: THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT YOU WERE WEARING, WITH NO SLEEVES. >> WE TOOK THE SLEEVES OFF. ERIKA: IT LOOKS TOTALLY DIFFERENT. >> WE ARE TRYING TO HELP WOMEN CREATE A MORE THOUGHTFUL OR DRUG, IN TERMS OF MORE CURATED AND ALSO THOUGHTFUL IN TERMS OF KNOWING WHERE IT COMES FROM AND THAT IT HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON PEOPLE AND THE PLANET. ERIKA: VETTA FOUNDER KERA BARTLETT SAID SHE BECAME MOTIVATED TO START A COMPANY AFTER WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT SWEATSHOPS AND THEN GOING THROUGH HER OWN CLOTHES. SHE RESEARCHED BRANDS SHE WAS — SHE OWNED AND WAS UPSET TO LEARN MANY HAD VIOLATIONS. SHE SAYS WHEN LOOKING FOR SUSTAINABLE FABRICS, CONSIDER SUSTAINABLY-HARVESTED WOOD PULP. COTTON WIRES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WATER, IF YOU ARE BUYING COTTON CONSIDER ORGAN

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Erika takes a have a look at techniques to make your taste extra sustainable whilst staying trendy

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Vetta is a sustainable clothes corporate that began in South Boston. Founder Cara Bartlett skilled herself at the moral considerations associated with the advent of clothes, who’s making it and the way it is made and stated she runs the corporate with that during thoughts.https://www.vettacapsule.com/MassArt professor Jennifer Varekamp teaches within the style division. She could also be co-founder of the Sustainable Style Collaborative.https://massart.edu/lecturers/systems/fashion-design

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Vetta is a sustainable clothes corporate that began in South Boston. Founder Cara Bartlett skilled herself at the moral considerations associated with the advent of clothes, who’s making it and the way it is made and stated she runs the corporate with that during thoughts.

https://www.vettacapsule.com/

MassArt professor Jennifer Varekamp teaches within the style division. She could also be co-founder of the Sustainable Style Collaborative.

https://massart.edu/lecturers/systems/fashion-design