{"id":86816,"date":"2022-06-10T18:15:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T18:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.theluxurycloset.com\/2022\/06\/10\/choosing-pre-loved-fashion\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T17:41:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T17:41:41","slug":"choosing-pre-loved-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theluxurycloset.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/10\/choosing-pre-loved-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Choose Pre-Loved Fashion?"},"content":{"rendered":"

To most people out there, clothes are so much more than simply something to wear \u2013 we use them to make statements; to tell people at a glance about who we are, where we are from, and what we believe in. Clothes are crucial to us, and we have a global fashion industry worth over $1.5 trillion to prove it.<\/p>\n

The world is now slowly awakening to the damage being done to the planet by carbon emissions and other forms of pollution. The fashion industry, along with all the others, has been called upon to play its part in reducing or eliminating the use of harmful materials and processes. Fast fashion, for instance, is responsible for up to 8% of all carbon emissions and 20% of global wastewater production (en.wikipedia.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n

As consumers, we are the final link in the fashion chain, making us significant in bringing a change in the industry. We largely dictate the market with what, when, and how we buy, which translates into a shift for the producers in the market.<\/p>\n

In recent years, campaigners have begun to use the term \u201ccircular fashion\u201d as the ultimate goal of the sustainable fashion movement. Circular fashion is a regenerative process where clothes<\/a> are used and circulated until their apex value is retained. This approach enables the effort to slow global warming by:<\/p>\n