Day 5: My Challenge

I originally choose this challenge 5 days ago and since then i have been doubting myself weather it was a good enough challenge compared to others. However, after doing some research I have realised that my challenge is just as good as anyone else’s. 

For 30 days and hopefully more, I am not buying any clothes from any fast fashion places. What’s fast fashion you ask.

Fast fashion is defined as cheap, trendy clothes that is produced for high street stores at rapid speed to meet consumer demands. Examples include: Shein, Zara, H&M, Urban Outfitters, Penneys and many more.

Although some people might not think of this as a hard challenge, I want to show you how much clothes has an impact on our environment and how i am going to stop contributing to that damage. 

I am going to expose myself and say i am a huge consumer of clothes. On average i could spend up to €400 a month on clothes. I want to challenge myself and find clothes that i like from charity shops, Depop and any other second hand places. 

The fashion industry produces 10% of all humanity’s carbon emissions and it is the second-largest consumer of the worlds water supply. Therefore hopefully i can inspire more people from my challenge to stop buying clothes when you need a new outfit and re-wear as much as you can or buy from second hand places. 

 

Goodluck to everyone!!