Fashion is an important part of my life, it's an important part of how I express myself. Somedays I loath getting ready and sometimes I stair into my closet with despair but putting a great outfit together is satisfying. A feeling washes over me when I look in the full length and I feel at my best, I love feeling like I look like the girl that I want to be. But there is a sickness in the world of fashion, there is a sickness in the world from climate change to police corruption and a broken school system. I could go on and on and on about these things but instead I DO things, I buy a greener product, I eat organic food, drive my car less, attend events that promote new ideas and I SPREAD WORDS.
THIS FRIDAY >> @ the Textile Center
I was in Scotland when I heard about the sad, sad story of Rana Plaza collapsing. I was visiting my brother on his study abroad journey and there it was on the front page of the newspaper at the hotel concierge desk. The picture was graphic and the death toll was much, much lower than it would eventually become.
I had been working with Sol Inspiration's for a while, the issues of fast fashion and careless corporations were becoming closer and closer to my heart. I had been educating myself, learning about the horrors of factories, value perception, cheap labor, etc. But this was on a whole new level, this was an inexcusable catastrophe.
I took the paper back to my room, I read the article, I watched coverage on TV, I obsessed and read everything online. It took me out of my vacation for hours. I WAS (and AM) SO ANGRY. And so, so motivated.
LET'S CONTINUE MOVING THAT MOTIVATION TOWARDS REAL CHANGE and a really educated public!
I will see you on Friday and we will continue making steps in the right direction, the direction that respects the people in the fashion industry as well as the ecosystem that surrounds it. Bring your friends that aren't the ones working for Greenpeace, bring the ones NOT already buying everything they own second hand, bring those friends that LOVE Forever 21 and Charotte Russe.
Simply bring your friends, your grandma, your neighbor! Invite your social networks and really make this experience one that will change the mindset of many!
I had been working with Sol Inspiration's for a while, the issues of fast fashion and careless corporations were becoming closer and closer to my heart. I had been educating myself, learning about the horrors of factories, value perception, cheap labor, etc. But this was on a whole new level, this was an inexcusable catastrophe.
I took the paper back to my room, I read the article, I watched coverage on TV, I obsessed and read everything online. It took me out of my vacation for hours. I WAS (and AM) SO ANGRY. And so, so motivated.
LET'S CONTINUE MOVING THAT MOTIVATION TOWARDS REAL CHANGE and a really educated public!
I will see you on Friday and we will continue making steps in the right direction, the direction that respects the people in the fashion industry as well as the ecosystem that surrounds it. Bring your friends that aren't the ones working for Greenpeace, bring the ones NOT already buying everything they own second hand, bring those friends that LOVE Forever 21 and Charotte Russe.
Simply bring your friends, your grandma, your neighbor! Invite your social networks and really make this experience one that will change the mindset of many!
LINKSSSS for learrrrning
Bangladeshi factory collapse: Clothing companies fail to pay into Rana Plaza fund that provides compensation for victims of 2013 disaster
Time for a Fashion Revolution!
Collapsed Factory Was Built Without Permit
Bangladesh Factory Collapse: Death Toll Climbs To More Than 300 (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
Time for a Fashion Revolution!
Collapsed Factory Was Built Without Permit
Bangladesh Factory Collapse: Death Toll Climbs To More Than 300 (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
Big BIG Thanks to Hannah of Life+Style+Justice for making this thing happen!
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Fashion is a beautiful thing, and sometimes beautiful things get out of hand, but it's time to reign this crazy destruction in. We will use education, we will use social media, we will use all of the tools in our box to ensure that our planet no longer has to suffer at the cost of fast fashion addicts.
xoxo, kp
xoxo, kp
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