Coco Chanel. Source of image: Vogue

Fashion is a never ending story. It is a dynamic world and fast changing industry where we can express our identity the world. Fashion also holds an important role in the global economy, community’s heritage reflecting the values, traditions, and history of various cultures. 

On the other side, fashion is the most pollutant industry for the earth where it dries up our rivers, cuts off our trees, and builds up toxic landfills which caused widespread pollutions to our air, land, and water where more than 80% of all textiles go to the dump each year.

Since last year the luxury fashion segment began to have weaker demand which leads to slowing sales and performance due to subdued economic growth, persistent inflation, and weak consumer confidence in spending. Geopolitics is the number-one concern for fashion industry.

While fast-fashion competition is set to be have stronger role in the fashion industry, brand marketing and sustainability will be under the spotlight where brands and retailers will be focusing more on production transparency and strategic partnerships.

As consumers, we need to be more conscious about the ugly truth of fast fashion. So here are fashion quotes that can help us to have healthier perspectives where we can be responsible and sustainable fashion consumers:

1. “The difference between style and fashion is quality.” – Giorgio Armani.

2. “I´m for style. Fashions change too quickly.”- Coco Chanel.

3. “Good design is a sustainable design” – Imran Amed

4. “Fashions fade, style is eternal.” – Yves Saint Laurent

5. “Don’t throw things away, buy things to keep, buy things to look after.” – Prince Charles

6. “I think for all of us it means an attention more on craft, on creativity, and less on the idea of clothes that are instantly disposable, things that you will throw away just after one reading.” – Anna Wintour

7. “We need to emphasize more on sustainability.” – Anna Wintour

8. “Buy Less. Choose Well. Make It Last.” – Vivienne Westwood

9. “If you love something, wear it all the time. Find things that suit you. This is how you look extraordinary.” – Vivienne Westwood

10. “I’m so lucky to be able to wear so many incredible clothes for my performances and public appearances. I wanted to celebrate their beauty and the craft of everyone who designed and made them by wearing them again.” – Billie Eilish

11. “Fashion cannot make you sexy. Experience makes you sexy. Imagination makes people sexy. You have to train yourself, you have to study. and you have to live your life.” – Yohji Yamamoto

12. “Protecting the environment is an act of self-care.” – Amber Valetta

13. “It is better to have fewer things of quality than too much expendable junk.”- Rachel Zoe

14. “Sadly, it seems it’s far easier to imagine almost any dystopian scenario than the possibility that we might actually still have the competence to act, to create something else, to dig ourselves out of the many holes of our own making.” – Rob Hopkins

15. “I do believe if we can continue to progress, and if we truly want it, then we can replace bad business with clean business.” – Stella McCartney

16. “What if we all used our skills to heal our ecosystems?” – Cara Delevingne

17. “No more fashion victims.” – Katharine Hamnett

18. “There is no such thing as “away”. When we throw anything away it must go somewhere.” – Annie Leonard

19. “Clothes aren’t going to change the world. The women who wear them are.” – Anne Klein

20. “When you wear vintage, you never have to worry about showing up in the same dress as someone else.” – Jessica Alba.

21. “I’ve been wearing vintage and consignment my whole life, and I’m so glad it’s become more of a thing.” –  Chloë Sevigny

22. “Sustainable Fashion is not a trend but the future.” – Antonia Böhlke.

23. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank

24. “Clothes could have more meaning and longevity if we think less about owning the latest or cheapest thing and develop more of a relationship with the things we wear.” – Elizabeth L. Cline.

25. “You can never be overdressed or overeducated.” – Oscar Wilde

26. “Care for your clothes like the good friends they are.” – Joan Crawford

27. “Realize the political power of your money and spend it with the brands you know are treating their workers and the environment in the best possible way.” – Lily Cole

28. “What if we started by slowing down and not consuming so much stuff, just because it’s there and cheap and available. It’s amazing how that process makes sense financially, it makes sense ethically, and it makes sense environmentally.” – Andrew Morgan

29. “Waste isn’t waste until we waste it.” – Will.I.Am

30. “You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.” – Jane Goodall

Sources:

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• Billie Eilish Explains Why She Recycled Her 2020 Oscars Look
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