Upcycling and sustainable Fashion

 

The production process of the textile industry is complex and needs huge amounts of energy, water, polluting chemicals, among other resources.
It is very polluting to the environment and its supply chain often isn’t an ethical one.
Therefore, Upcycling comes as a nice solution that is starting to be developed not only by small artisans but also  in big companies in order to keep the impact as lowest as possible.
Scraps, vintage fabrics,  or damaged clothes which no longer fit for wearing, are collected  and “disassembled”. 
Their textile parts get to reused for the creation of some other piece of wherever the designer’s creativity takes them.

 

Is Upcycling Eco-Friendly? The Ecological Value Of Upcycling

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If we look at upcycling from a large, scale perspective, we can say that in theory, it contributes to the reduction of CO2 emissions. Not only because the lifetimes of the materials used are extended, but also because there’s, in theory, contributes ultimately to reducing carbon emissions by extending lifetimes of used materials, components and products, and spending less energy in extracting, transforming, new ones or recycling.