Sustainable & Ethical Design
📋 What it is
Sustainable fashion reduces waste and pollution and treats workers fairly, instead of “fast fashion’s” throwaway clothes.
🗣️ Coach says
Fashion has a hidden cost. “Fast fashion” makes cheap clothes fast, but creates huge waste and pollution and can treat workers unfairly. Sustainable design makes clothes that last, use less, and are made fairly. Style with a conscience.
🧠 Memory hook
Sustainable = lasts longer, less waste, made fairly. The opposite of throwaway.
😂 Giggle
Why did the zipper break up with the button?
Because the button was too clingy and the zipper needed some closure!
😲 Whoa!
The fashion industry is one of the world’s biggest sources of waste — a lot of clothing is worn only a few times before being thrown away.
✅ Quick check: What does “sustainable fashion” try to do differently from fast fashion?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
It reduces waste and pollution and treats workers fairly — making clothes that last, instead of cheap throwaway clothing.
Sustainability is a defining ethical issue in modern fashion.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Name one thing a person could do to make their clothing choices more sustainable.