For more information on how you can become a more conscious consumer of fashion, we invite you to check out the following links:
Textile Recycling - please don't throw your old clothes in the trash! Consider these options:
Bay State Textiles will take any clean clothes or textiles in their donation boxes if you're in the Northeast US
Buy a Terracycle Box specially to recycle your old clothes
H&M will recycle your clothes - just take them to any H&M location worldwide
North Face will also take your clothes - just take them to any North Face store in the US, Canada, or Germany
Secondary Materials And Recycled Textiles has a searchable directory to help you find clothes recycling resources in your area
Council for Textile Recycling will also connect you with local clothes recycling resources in your area
Wearable Collections will pick up your used clothes for recycling if you're in NYC. Now that's white glove service!
Buyer's Guides - know what you're buying and buy smarter:
Good On You - a comprehensive searchable directory of fashion brands and ratings/information on the manufacturing practices of many major labels
Teen Vogue's guide to Eco-Friendly Fashion
The Redress Awards Educational Resources
Research on Science & Social Issues Surrounding Fashion - get educated on the real issues with fashion:
A look at modern slavery in the fashion industry, featuring Nicholas Bernhardt, CEO of Informed365.com
@ajabarber - Follow Aja Barber, a writer and style consultant who specializes in sustainable fashion and social justice issues, on Instagram for insightful daily material!
The EPA's study on Advanced Sustainable Materials Management
Textile Recycling - please don't throw your old clothes in the trash! Consider these options:
Bay State Textiles will take any clean clothes or textiles in their donation boxes if you're in the Northeast US
Buy a Terracycle Box specially to recycle your old clothes
H&M will recycle your clothes - just take them to any H&M location worldwide
North Face will also take your clothes - just take them to any North Face store in the US, Canada, or Germany
Secondary Materials And Recycled Textiles has a searchable directory to help you find clothes recycling resources in your area
Council for Textile Recycling will also connect you with local clothes recycling resources in your area
Wearable Collections will pick up your used clothes for recycling if you're in NYC. Now that's white glove service!
Buyer's Guides - know what you're buying and buy smarter:
Good On You - a comprehensive searchable directory of fashion brands and ratings/information on the manufacturing practices of many major labels
Teen Vogue's guide to Eco-Friendly Fashion
The Redress Awards Educational Resources
Research on Science & Social Issues Surrounding Fashion - get educated on the real issues with fashion:
A look at modern slavery in the fashion industry, featuring Nicholas Bernhardt, CEO of Informed365.com
@ajabarber - Follow Aja Barber, a writer and style consultant who specializes in sustainable fashion and social justice issues, on Instagram for insightful daily material!
The EPA's study on Advanced Sustainable Materials Management