Sustainable Fashion: The Age Of Fashion In The World

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“I think they will remember this as the age of lamentations, The age of broken minds and broken souls, “reads the poem “Epitaph” of the prior century. When the typical modern man is asked to consider what his twenty first century will be touted as in prospective history books, images of clashes between Israel and Palestine, warped beauty standards, mental disorder and corrupt regimes will rampage from his mouth. However, I disagree. I reckon that the twenty-first century is the age of sustainability and organic living. This is the age of optimism, the age of activism for social change, the age of man attempting to become a less wasteful and more considerate species. Sustainable fashion, or eco fashion, is trending and transcending throughout ethnicities and geographical localities, and according to haute couture brand and designer Stella McCartney (Vogue, May 2007), it is affixing itself permanently in the look books of celebrated designers. Progressive entrepreneurs and designers alike are inspired by sustainability to fashion apparel fabricated from organic and natural fibres such as hemp and Mohair, and are attesting that eco-couture does not have to be “hippy-Esq.” through their minimalistic, contemporary designs. Although fashion design is not the only design discipline which is being strongly influenced by …show more content…

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