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14 Oct, 12 tweets, 4 min read

It is now acknowledged that fashion is one of the most polluting industries on the planet.

What fashion and beauty choices can you make now to help tackle climate change? thetimes.co.uk/article/a-step…

Rifle through charity shops

Research from the luxury e-tailer Farfetch shows that on average one pre-owned purchase saves 1kg of waste, 3,040 litres of water and 22kg of carbon dioxide.

Stop buying plastics

Check those labels. You’re looking for plastic, typically polyester, which overtook cotton as the world’s most popular clothing fibre in 2007 and has kept growing.

Become an eco-savvy renter

While weddings are a prime candidate for rental, consumer demand for rental is expanding beyond special occasionwear.

Read the full guide: thetimes.co.uk/article/a-step…

@victoriaprew

“When I started three and a half years ago I was told that sustainable fashion was a trend and not a movement,” says @victoriaprew, a co-founder and the chief executive of the fashion rental platform Hurr.

“And now here we are, at a time when fast fashion is on the front page of every newspaper.” thetimes.co.uk/article/meet-v…

“I’m a millennial, so I’m from a generation that doesn’t question shared ownership. I’ve watched first-hand the massive disruption and rise of platforms like Uber and Airbnb. We rent houses, we rent cars, and I was convinced that the future of fashion was a rented wardrobe.”

“The more I looked into it, the more convinced I became that fashion had a structural problem and that actually we needed to move to an access model, and that this whole ‘take, make, chuck’ model of linear fashion needed to become more circular.”

Kind to coral reefs, avoiding polymers and using local ingredients — these are the eco-friendly beauty brands to choose, guilt-free, says Kathleen Baird-Murray. thetimes.co.uk/article/the-be…

What sustainable brands should we turn to?

Our writers on the eco-fashion choices that are a perfect fit for today — and tomorrow too. thetimes.co.uk/article/the-su…

@AnnaGMurphy

Fashion director @AnnaGMurphy found a way to counter her eco-fashion guilt. thetimes.co.uk/article/eco-fa…

Read the full guide: thetimes.co.uk/article/a-step…

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