Posts tagged Rental Fashion
Rental Fashion In Review: 2020’s success story or climate change contributor?

A study by Environmental Research Letters, a Finnish Scientific Journal, has been causing quite a stir in the industry after The Guardian reported on hidden environmental costs of rental fashion, suggesting in its headline that even landfill may be greener. But renting fashion is still seen as a positive move by sustainable advocates as we make a collective effort to move away from the traditional and wasteful linear model towards alternative systems like the sharing economy. We take a closer look at both sides of the debate…

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The Rental Revolution: Would You Rent Your Child’s Clothes?

In the fight for sustainable fashion, we often overlook the vast amount of children’s clothing heading to landfill each year. Just consider the fact that most children grow seven sizes in the first three years of their lives, it’s inevitable that kid’s clothing will constitute a huge amount of textiles waste. But can the circular fashion model offer childrenswear the eco-friendly makeover it so desperately needs?

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How the Rental Fashion Market Has Made Itself Pandemic-proof

Despite initial fears that Covid-19 would kill people’s desire to share their wardrobes, rental fashion sites are now thriving. My Wardrobe HQ, in particular, has seen a 50% increase in their listings since the start of lockdown. So how has the rental fashion model survived the pandemic and why is the sharing economy needed now, more than ever?

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