Laura aka LoboTCApr 30, 2025
‘You sold it – now recycle it’: the #protesters mailing worn-out #clothes to the shops they bought them from
#recycling #textiles #ragtrade #greenliving
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/29/you-sold-it-now-recycle-it-the-protesters-mailing-worn-out-clothes-to-the-shops-they-bought-them-from
‘You sold it – now recycle it’: the protesters mailing worn-out clothes to the shops they bought them from

Charity shops won’t take them. Councils incinerate them. Retailers dump them on the global south. We’re running out of ideas on how to deal with our used clothes – and the rag mountain just keeps growing

The Guardian
skuaAug 27, 2023
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The #PisdicNeckline will spark a major new direction in #Fashion.
The #Ragtrade needs to sit up and take note.
sMay 29, 2023

I grew up in the Surry Hills rag trade of the 1970s & 80s (and the artist-run spaces that took over in the 90s & 00s). This article is a good summary of that history.

#SurryHills #Sydney #RagTrade #history

https://theconversation.com/surry-hills-was-once-the-centre-of-new-south-wales-rag-trade-a-short-history-of-fashion-manufacturing-in-sydney-206490

Surry Hills was once the centre of New South Wales’ ‘rag trade’: a short history of fashion manufacturing in Sydney

A heritage-listed hat factory has burned down in Surry Hills. The suburb was once a hub of fashion manufacturing.

The Conversation