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Can Fashion Be Sustainable?

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“Sustainainable” is such a buzzword these days – sustainable agriculture, sustainable sources of energy. It may seem challenging in an area as fickle and ephemeral as fashion, but there is a sustainability movement in the fashion world. More and more customers areconscious of how their clothes are made, how much energy and water go into their looks – and what working conditions are like in the countries of manufacture.

We talk about the issue with our resident fashionista, Zoey Washington, a fashion editor and CEO of the company LITTLEbird, a fashion consulting service for teens and tweens.

More of the interview here:

C_WEB_EXTRA_Zoey_Sustainability_.mp3

Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.