reclaim fashion
Factories waste so much good stuff.
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Renewal Workshop partners with the world’s best-loved apparel brands and turns there broken clothes into renewed apparel.
In June 2015, Emily Hedlund gave herself a challenge: She would go an entire year without buying any clothes.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
It's supposed to be so well-made that it'll last 30 years -- or the designer will replace it for you.
If they told us more, would we listen?
I ditched almost everything I owned to travel the world -- and it wasn't that hard.
Textile waste decomposes to produce potent greenhouse gases.
Now the company is trying to hit rewind.
I had shirts in my kitchen cabinet. Something needed to change.