Can Fashion Designers Really Learn to Be Sustainable?

What might be most impactful for students is a value shift away from today’s culture of waste, where we buy more clothes than ever but never keep them for long.

Per the Clean Clothes Campaign, only about 2 percent of the world’s 60 million garment workers earn a living wage.

Customers say they want to be ethical consumers, buying vintage and upcycling on Depop. Reformation calls itself the most sustainable option other than being naked, while Eileen Fisher has pledged to use “sustainable materials” in 100 percent of its products. Yet what sustainability actually means in this context has become increasingly nebulous.&n... See more