Slow fashion is nothing new. Trust me! It has been redefined with newer and fancier terms recently. However, it’s an age-old philosophy of using and reusing your clothes responsibly for an elongated period of time. It’s an ideology which we all have seen our parents and grandparents following and preaching.
Atleast, I can vouch for the Indian scenario.
You all must have heard your moms, fathers and grandparents gloating about how many decades old their clothes are and yet so well maintained. They can’t stop talking about the sheen, the colourfastness, the quality and their skill of keeping and maintaining them for decades.
We Indians take immense pride in conserving our culture, heritage and memories. We don’t believe in getting rid of things very easily and quickly, especially if they have been bought with a special sentiment or on a special occasion. Like clothes. If someone gifts us anything, then that thing holds ever more value for us because of the memories linked with it. But, no, we are not hoarders either. Having said all of this, don’t confuse slow fashion with hoarding.
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Barring my wedding outfits and trousseau, the oldest piece of garment that I own is a cotton dupatta. I absolutely love it and hold it dear to my heart. Its green-yellow colour combination, the quality of hand block print and the fabric is not you will get in the market easily. The newer and inexpensive blend of fabrics and dyes have taken over the garment industry and pure cotton is left only for the riches. It’s sad because a fabric that was meant to be for the masses, has now risen above and has reached the category of classes.
My mom still has her pure Banarasi, hand-woven silk wedding saree and whenever that saree comes out of the “Baksa” (बक्सा) alongwith few others, she, very proudly and nostalgically, starts telling about it. And instead of buying a new outfit, I chose to wear that saree on my engagement ceremony.
My father had decades-old neckties and safari suits when they were hot in fashion. He wore a tie to his work for a substantial amount of time; wore them to weddings and parties even. He still wore the ties but packed the safari suits and preserved them neatly and nicely folded in a suitcase as they were not in trend anymore. He even resued his Holi outfit every year for decades, unlike the majority of us who just throw away the colour laden outfit after the Holi celebrations are over. He would handwash it and keep it the back of his cupboard and take it out every year for Holi.
Well, now you hardly ever spot anyone wearing ties. A piece of garment so classy and elegant is slowly losing its value. The silver lining is that a handful of top bureaucrats, government officials, white collared CXOs and servers in the restaurants and parties still can be seen with a tie.
Slow Fashion is not hoarding. Time to time, as and when you feel the need for discarding a garment, try to think of ways it can be reused or repurposed. I always prefer handing them down to family or house helps. I also make dusters, wipes and mops out of my old clothes.
Ladies and gentlemen, the examples of my family above are slow fashion. It’s not just about buying sustainable or responsibly sources expensive fashion garment and then use for a long time. It’s nothing to be ashamed of. It only makes you wiser with your money and intelligent with your spend on clothes. If someone tries to mock you for repeating clothes, laugh back at them because they don’t know the price you paid, the value that garment holds and the time you spent on finding that right colour and fit.
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||Let’s Talk Slow Fashion|| Slow fashion is nothing new. It has been redefined with newer and fancier terms recently. However, it’s an age old philosophy of using and reusing your clothes responsibly for an elongated period of time.👗👚👖👠👟👢👞🧤🧣👕👙👔 . It’s an ideology which we all have seen our parents and grandparents following and preaching. Atleast, I can vouch for the Indian scenario. . You all must have heard your moms, fathers and grandparents gloating about how many decades old their clothes are and yet so well maintained. They can’t stop talking about the sheen, the colorfastness, the quality and their skill of keeping and maintaining them for decades😁 . Well, my mom does. She still has her wedding saree and whenever that saree comes out of the “baksa” (बक्सा) alongwith few others, she, very proudly and nostalgically, starts telling about it. And I chose to wear that saree on my engagement😊 . Ladies and gentlemen, the example above is slow fashion. It’s nothing to be ashamed of. It only makes you wiser with your money and intelligent with your spend on clothes.✅ . I have repeated outfits on my grid and otherwise in my day-to-day life I don’t buy clothes very frequently. My choice completely. I don’t care if you notice or don’t🤷🏻♀️ (Swipe left) . Slow fashion is the need of the hour. It’s one more way of: 🌏sustainable living 🌏being responsible towards environment 🌏saving money 🌏reducing waste 🌏reusing the available resources 🌏being environment friendly . Think big, ladies and gentlemen. Rise above this mentality of “not repeating outfits”. My question to you is – why not?🤷🏻♀️ That’s your money and time spent on buying those clothes💁🏻♀️ Think hard😊 Think big🙏🏻 . This post today is inspired by Namrata’s @namratabs post today on a hate comment she received about repeating outfits. So proud of her for voicing it out. . What’s your take on slow fashion? Let’s talk in comments below. . Much love💕 . @prettymummasays #prettymummasays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #slowfashion #reusefashion #sustainablefashion #recycledfashion #ecofriendlyliving #responsiblefashion #reuserepurposerecycle #responsiblestyle #responsibleconsumption #ecological #sustainability
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Slow fashion is the need of the hour. It’s one more way of:
🌏sustainable living
🌏being responsible towards the environment
🌏saving money
🌏reducing waste
🌏reusing the available resources
🌏being environment-friendly
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Think big, ladies and gentlemen. Rise above this mentality of “not repeating outfits”. My question to you is – why not?🤷🏻♀️
That’s your money and time spent on buying those clothes💁🏻♀️
Think hard😊
Think big🙏🏻
What’s your take on slow fashion? Let’s talk in comments below.
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