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# taz.de -- Guilty Fashion: Call Me Captain Lycra
> Like a moth to the flame, I am attracted to anything that shines,
> sequins, vinyl, and any number of polymers.
Bild: Sheep, not fashion
I have often been the champion of lost causes. Take fashion pollution, for
instance. I like to think of myself as a “slow fashion“ hero in a
fast-fashion world. Before I bore you with all the unfathomable figures one
can read about elsewhere (that the fashion industry is either number 2 or 3
behind the oil industry, yes, really) let me just count myself among the
many Dr Evils out there. I’m the worst polluter, I admit it. Maybe not THE
WORST, but bad. I cannot bring myself to stop shopping, let alone wear only
bio-degradable fabrics.
After watching [1][Alex James’s incredible film], Slowing Down Fast
Fashion, and his solutions to stopping it (buy wool! it can be buried and
dissolves within 3 months!), I went through my closet with disgust.
Look at this [2][film made about my closet] many moons ago. I’m wearing
anything and everything manmade. Like a moth attracted to the flame,
anything that shines, sequins, vinyl, and any number of polymers used to
make that fantastic Miu Miu coat.
Of the wool items I own, only a few of which are 100% wool, most are
already in the process of bio-degrading. The moths are fast in this town.
That’s it: I’ve found my scapegoat. The moths, in the end, are the
promoters of fast fashion. My hands are tied.
But then there are the many items they turn their noses up at: the blends,
wool plus poly-something. Let me spell that out for you if you haven’t seen
Alex James’s film: it means that that shit will not dissolve, ashes to
ashes, EVER.
So one could make the pledge, “Never ever will I buy anything other than
100% wool,“ and feel smug and smart and heroic. Captain Lamm to the rescue.
Buy only wool and, here’s the best part in doing my part to help
capitalism: I will always have a need to shop unless I want to walk around
looking like Swiss cheese.
This feeling lasts for a week. (Maybe it’s been two.) I go to stores and
leave empty handed having kept x-number of blendy items out of my shopping
cart.
In the end, I cannot bear the idea of life without lycra or lurex.
Solidgold, after all, is my middle name! (One word. Really. You gotta give
it to the Queen Mum for having a sense of humor.)
Sure, I can resell things on Kleiderkreisel.de making them not my problem
anymore, or I can donate them to the [3][Red Cross]. But what kills me,
what makes me feel non-heroic is my need for more, which is unquellable!
The answer? Vintage?
To be continued….
6 Mar 2018
## LINKS
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Alex-James-Slowing-Down-Fashion/dp/B01IDQPULG
[2] http://hey-woman.com/2016/closet-diaries-april-von-stauffenberg/
[3] https://www.harpersbazaar.de/fashion/alte-kleidung-recycling
## AUTOREN
April Lamm
## TAGS
Fashion
Fast Fashion
taz international
Aldi
taz international
Fashion
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