5 CareTips To Make Your Clothes Last Longer
Patagonia’s Chief Product Officer once said “The most environmentally sustainable jacket is the one that's already in your closet”
That’s a very true statement but the sad fact is many of us are obsessed with continuously buying NEW and because clothes have become so cheap, we no longer care as much about the quality. We just buy new garments as soon as the old ones lose their shape or appeal.
If we stop buying poor quality, it will push brands to improve. It will also allow us to keep our clothes longer, which is good for our wallets and for the environment.
More and more fashion brands are taking into account the environmental and social impact of their production. The more we demand sustainable clothing, the more will be available. Just like organic food was hard to find 15yrs ago, now it is widely available in most supermarkets today.
You can find our favorite sustainable brands in the section The Brands We Like
Check out the following 5 tips to help take care of the clothing already in our closets before we go out on the next shopping spree.
Try to use an Efficient Washing Machine, you can save up to 30,000 liters of water per year by doing so.
Wash Full Loads, it saves water, energy and money.
90% of the energy used for washing clothes goes into heating the water.
Reducing the number of loads significantly saves water, energy and money.
Dryers use a lot of energy. Also, clothes last longer when you line dry.
Conventional dry cleaning uses harmful chemicals. Avoid dry cleaning and if you do, use green dry cleaners.
Sometimes with a bit of imagination, you can repair or even redesign a torn garment.
