{"id":12519,"date":"2023-12-06T05:37:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T04:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/06\/darn-it-five-writers-try-to-banish-their-fast-fashion-guilt\/"},"modified":"2023-12-06T05:37:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T04:37:46","slug":"darn-it-five-writers-try-to-banish-their-fast-fashion-guilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/06\/darn-it-five-writers-try-to-banish-their-fast-fashion-guilt\/","title":{"rendered":"Darn it! Five writers try to banish their fast fashion guilt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can small changes make our wardrobes more sustainable? Our writers spend a month selling, tailoring and mending to find out<\/p>\n<p>I feel I should begin by airing my dirty laundry: I\u2019m a middle-aged mother of small children who doesn\u2019t do any of the laundry in our home. I know, I\u2019m like the level of plastic particles in our waters: unprecedented. But it\u2019s my sartorially fastidious partner, Claire, who does the laundry while my duties include walking the dog, cooking, cleaning, shopping, birthing babies, wiping bums \u2026 all of which casts a spectrum of stains across my wardrobe. So when I\u2019m challenged to wash my clothes less \u2013 which is one of the small ways we can individually reduce the aforementioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2023\/mar\/08\/plastic-particles-oceans-marine-pollution-production\">microplastics entering the ocean<\/a> \u2013 the first thing that happens is a row with my partner over the sensitive question of whether I can claim to \u201cwash less\u201d considering the small matter of not actually doing any washing at all.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/2023\/dec\/06\/darn-it-five-writers-try-to-banish-their-fast-fashion-guilt\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/a3f6c9bf0fee898091a2cc241de06f735aa81b10\/0_0_8000_4802\/master\/8000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=ecc2f3db43189729ebec2e686dc4e6e2\" title=\"Darn it! Five writers try to banish their fast fashion guilt\" \/>Can small changes make our wardrobes more sustainable? Our writers spend a month selling, tailoring and mending to find out<br \/>\nI feel I should begin by airing my dirty laundry: I\u2019m a middle-aged mother of small children who doesn\u2019t do any of the laundry in our home. I know, I\u2019m like the level of plastic particles in our waters: unprecedented. But it\u2019s my sartorially fastidious partner, Claire, who does the laundry while my duties include walking the dog, cooking, cleaning, shopping, birthing babies, wiping bums \u2026 all of which casts a spectrum of stains across my wardrobe. So when I\u2019m challenged to wash my clothes less \u2013 which is one of the small ways we can individually reduce the aforementioned microplastics entering the ocean \u2013 the first thing that happens is a row with my partner over the sensitive question of whether I can claim to \u201cwash less\u201d considering the small matter of not actually doing any washing at all. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can small changes make our wardrobes more sustainable? Our writers spend a month selling, tailoring and mending to find out I feel I should begin by airing my dirty laundry: I\u2019m a middle-aged mother of small children who doesn\u2019t do any of the laundry in our home. I know, I\u2019m like the level of plastic &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/06\/darn-it-five-writers-try-to-banish-their-fast-fashion-guilt\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Darn it! 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