10. If you shop
at Goodwill,
it probably
looks
something
like this...
which might make you not want to come
back when you can't find what you want, in
the size you want, that still looks like it's
from the current decade.
11. But what if you could combine designer
styles with second hand, donated clothes?
+
with a little and
14. ● Americans throw away more than 68
lbs of clothing and textiles per person
per year
● Clothing and other textiles represent
about 4% of the municipal solid waste
stream
(incase that's not bad enough...)
● The textile industry is the #1 industrial
polluter of fresh water on the planet
● Up to 2000 chemicals are used during
textile processing.
15. And what happens to the clothes that get
donated, but can't be resold?
We ship them by the ton to poorer countries
which can stunt the growth of their own
textile industry
17. This concept means taking used clothes
and cutting, sewing, and re-designing
them for a fashion forward customer.
This isn't the same as shopping vintage or
other stores that buy gently used name-
brand clothes to resell them, it's making an
entirely new design, with used textiles
purchased from stores like Goodwill and
the Salvation Army.
27. Build a sustainable organization that leads
by example with energy efficient lighting,
pay fair wages, and incorporates other
used items in the store such as furniture
and fixtures
28. Educate others how to re-design their own
clothes through classes at the store
