DoomsdaysCW#Degrowth and fashion: How #upcycling innovators show us how to rethink and reuse waste
by Handan Vicdan, The Conversation
June 19, 2025
"We emphasize the growing interest in the story of waste material, which is reinforcing strong connections to waste and its origins. Upcycling designers highlight local and material heritage in the production of upcycled clothes, which is necessary to foster the ecological and material consciousness required for a degrowth transition. Designers we interviewed evoked the idea that 'nature doesn't waste anything', and mentioned being inspired by and mimicking nature's cycles in the design process."
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Degrowth and fashion: How upcycling innovators show us how to rethink and reuse waste
Every year, some 100 billion garments are produced worldwide, and 92 million tons of clothing waste end up in landfills. Given this enormous amount of waste, it is logical to think that the only way forward is to degrow fashion. But can fashion and degrowth co-exist?
