Month 2 has come and gone, much quicker than I expected it to! Here is my slow fashion spending summary for this month:
Total items: 1
Total Spending: About $18
Yes, I spent $18 on clothing this month, coming to around $150 so far this year.
(If you haven’t read January’s post yet, read it here).
What was this 1 item? Just a pair of black pantyhose I picked up in a rush on my way to work after discovering that my last pair had a giant hole in it. Made in Canada.
Though this Made in Canada stamp does make me feel better about the people behind the product, I started thinking about how often pantyhose rip and get thrown out, and what happens to them as they sit in a landfill somewhere. They’re made primarily of nylon, which takes 30 to 40 years to decompose and is not biodegradable. To quote Kate Black in her book Magnifeco:
…manufacturing nylon releases nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas that is significantly stronger than carbon dioxide and causes global warming.
Not cool, nylon.
How cool!
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