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Sustainability Week: Fast Fashion and a Circular Economy
Thursday, 21 March, 2024
The past 10 years has witnessed an explosion of consumption, particularly with personal goods such as clothing items. Not only has the amount of clothes we consume risen, but the life cycles of these garments have shrunk dramatically.
With a constant influx of trends saturating the market in short bursts, their ‘trendiness’ lasting only weeks, people are throwing…
Students create sustainable fashion for Community Foundation Wakefield District
Tuesday, 19 March, 2024
Level 3 Fashion Textiles students from Wakefield College have teamed up with Community Foundation Wakefield District to create and help promote sustainable fashion across the district. As part of this, the students have transformed clothes that have previously been donated to the charity’s shop or fabrics which would usually be sent to landfill to create new fashionable garments or accessories.