February 5 – Sustainability and Fashion

Like many other people, Lyle and I are concerned with the life of our planet. In our own small way we do our best to recycle, preserve and conserve. So when we were watching TV and heard the commentator talk about sustainability and the fashion industry, our ears perked up. We listened attentively and then burst out laughing.

What was the joke? Well, as we listened, the earnest woman on our TV screen encouraged us all to wear each article of clothing at least thirty times before we refreshed our wardrobe. Only thirty times! Lyle and I looked down at what we were wearing. Possibly I had been wearing the same outfit every second day since the fall...and it wasn’t even new when I started out.

I’m not sure about you, but in these pandemic days when many of us are spending most of our time at home with little opportunity to go out and about in the company of other people, Lyle and I tend to wear our comfortable casual clothes over and over again. Thirty times! That was the joke. I haven’t been inside a clothing store for nearly a year and with the requirements of daily living in this corona virus era, I doubt that I will be rushing out shopping in the near future. Yes, I think that I will be able to follow this fashion advice towards sustainability.