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WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND

LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND.

And that is particularly true for the new, and very important, wave of pre-loved, upcycled, and recycled clothing that’s emerged as a powerful response to the reckless consumption of fast fashion. Too lofty a concept? It’s also proven to be just the antidote to the ennui that many a wardrobe suffers from.

Here’s a hard to digest fact: According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology Report of 2022, only 15 percent of used clothes and articles are recycled, which means 85 per cent of it goes straight to landfills and incinerators. However, not all is lost. A report by the Global Fashion Agenda predicts that by 2030, the circular fashion

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