ECF Circular Fashion Education Toolkit
Online Learning Resources for Students and Teachers
More, more, more:
overproduction, overconsumption
and fast fashion business models
▼▲ Context
- 【2010年代回顧】速食時裝十載淘汰戰 卸下舊衣尋溯新時尚？
撰文：梁凱怡 出版：《香港01》 日期：2019年12月23日
▼▲ A long time ago… A short history of overproduction
- A Five-Minute History of Fast Fashion in the UK
by Lauren O’Neill, published in Vice Magazine on 25 February 2020
▼▲ Exploring overproduction: producing faster
- This Is How Many New Items Boohoo.com Uploads Every Day
by Lauren O’Neill, published on 2 March 2020 in Vice Magazine - Faster fashion: How to shorten the apparel calendar
by Achim Berg, Miriam Lobis, Felix Rölkens, and Patrick Simon, published on 17 May 2018 in McKinsey & Company - Boohoo, Asos & Missguided pave the way for 'Ultrafast Fashion'
by Vivian Hendriksz, published on 24 May 2017 in Fashion United - 消費背後──帶你檢視速食時
撰文：區美玲 出版：《星島教育》 日期：2016年4月20日 - 【新聞智庫】跟速食時裝說再見
出版：《Now新聞台》 日期：2019年9月3日
▼▲ Exploring overproduction: producing cheaper
- Can an English suit be made in Cambodia?
by Robert Spencer, published on 10 February 2016 in BBC News Magazine - Do you care where your clothes are made?
published on 26 April 2013 in BBC Newsround - What is the right price for fashion?
by Emily Fara, published on 29 June 2020 in Vogue - MPs criticise high street fashion's throwaway culture
by Zoe Wood and Sarah Butler, published on 27 November 2018 by The Guardian
▼▲ Exploring overproduction: producing more
- Fast fashion: Inside the fight to end the silence on waste
by Kelly-Leigh Cooper, published on 31 July 2018 in BBC News - 【名牌燒貨】「唔想落入唔適當的人手上」 Burberry燒$2.9億滯銷貨
出版：《蘋果新聞》 日期：2018年7月20日
▼▲ Exploring overconsumption: shopping habits worth breaking
- Speaking of Psychology: Psychology of Fashion
by Kaitlyn Luna and Carolyn Mair, published June 2019 in the American Psychological Association *BEST FOR OLDER STUDENTS - Bad fashion? Hongkongers found to spend HK$3.9 billion on clothes they never or seldom wear
by Raymond Yeung, published on 23 June 2016 in South China Morning Post - YouGov: Fast fashion: 39% of Hong Kongers have thrown away clothing after wearing it just once
by YouGov Staff, published on 6 December 2017 in YouGov - Greenpeace Report: Shopping doesn’t make us happy
by Frances Lo, published on 9 May 2017 by Greenpeace - Hong Kong tops the charts in unhealthy shopping habits, says Greenpeace
by Staff Reporter and Ben Pang, published on 9 May 2017 in Young Post - Oxfam: 3.6 billion clothes left unworn in the nation’s wardrobes, survey finds
published by Oxfam on 6 June 2016 - Greenpeace releases Hong Kong and Taiwan consumer report
by Greenpeace East Asia, published on 28 June 2016 by Greenpeace - What Do Gen Z Shoppers Want? A Cute, Cheap Outfit That Looks Great on Instagram
by Elizabeth Paton, Taylor Lorenz and Isabella Kwai, published on 26 December 2019 in The New York Times - 17%香港人屬購物狂！每買6件新衫唔要1件
撰文：Kay Cheung 出版：《U港生活》 日期：2011年1月26日 - 爽通識：青少年過度消費問題
撰文：Hong Sir 出版：《蘋果日報》 日期：2013年3月6日
▼▲ Exploring overconsumption: marketing madness
- UK will spend £2.4bn on Christmas clothes that barely get worn – survey
by Rececca Smithers, published on 16 December 2019 in The Guardian - Retail and Consumer Psychology 101: 8 Ways to Increase Sales & Influence Customers
by Abby Heugel and Francesca Nicasio, published on 21 August 2018 in Vend HQ
▼▲ Exploring overconsumption: the power of online shopping and social media
- Cheap fashion sales threaten the planet. Could online influencers be our saviours?
by Emine Saner, published on 7 October 2018 by The Guardian - I Used to Promote Fast Fashion on Instagram - But I Had to Stop
by Lolita Mas as told to Rosie Hewitson, published on 26 February 2020 in Vice Magazine - Style challenges, OOTDs and influencers: How fashion jumped on the TikTok trend
by Anna Zwettler, published on 14 July 2020 in Fashion United - How Social Media has Revolutionised the Fashion Industry
by Ashley Cooksley, published on 5 July 2016 in The Social Element Agency - How social media is transforming the fashion industry
by Katie Hope, published on 5 February 2016 in BBC News - Fashion firms focus on social media
by Lucy Burton & Tom Espiner, published on 15 September 2017 in BBC News - Influencers: How a 'new breed' of social media stars changed the game
by Steven McIntosh, published on 22 April 2019 in BBC News - Case Study: How Zara dominates the ecommerce fashion industry (case study)
by Contact Pigeon, published on 22 April 2019 in Contact Pigeon Blog - 網購平價衣物質素差易浪費 時裝設計師籲市民勿過度消費
撰文：鄧穎琳 出版：《香港01》 日期：2017年7月22日
▼▲ Exploring overconsumption: cheap tricks
- Before you jump on the Black Friday sales train ask yourself: do you need this?
by Eva Kruse, published on 29 November 2019 in The Guardian - How a £1 bikini revealed the changing shape of fast fashion
by Zoe Wood, published on 22 June 2019 in The Guardian *BEST FOR OLDER STUDENTS - Bras for £2, pyjamas for £5 … how low, low prices keep Primark tills ringing
by Sarah Butler, published on 9 November 2019 in The Guardian - Black Friday: Brands opt out for environment reasons
by Laura Foster, published on 15 November 2019 in BBC News
▼▲ Exploring overproduction and overconsumption: environmental problems
▼▲ A better future: sustainable production and consumption
- 'I wear my grandad’s old boxers': meet the people who haven't bought clothes for a decade
by Sirin Kale, published on 12 March 2020 in the Guardian - Forget fast fashion: slow style pioneers on the clothes they've worn for decades
by Sirin Kale, published on 11 June 2019 in The Guardian - MPs call for 1p clothing tax and darning classes in schools to cut waste
by Jonathan Watts, published on 19 February 2019 in The Guardian - Is fast fashion giving way to the sustainable wardrobe?
by Sarah Butler, published on 29 December 2018 in The Guardian - Fast fashion: Who should pay to make clothes more environmentally friendly?
published on 19 February 2019 in BBC newsround - Black Friday: Breathe, take a break – the planet can’t handle it anymore
by Kirsten Brodde, published on 24 November 2016 in Greenpeace - Forever 21宣佈破產 快速時尚是否真的將沒落？
撰文：Jane Cheuk 出版：《明周文化》 日期：2019年10月2日 - 「在香港推行可持續發展教育」學習教材套: 綠色消費
出版：香港教育局 - HKDI畢業生盼以時裝解決社會問題
出版：《灼見名家》 日期：2019年10月2日 - 你真的需要那麼多衣服？美國部落客挑戰「一個月穿同套洋裝」反思時尚
撰文：Lan Liu 出版：《La Vie》 日期：2017年8月30日
Fashion’s dirty secret:
clothing pollution and textile waste
▼▲ Context
- What to Wear? Why Fast Fashion Is Costing the Earth
by Silja Kudel published in Green European Journal published on 13 March 2019 - ‘Clothing destined to become garbage’ - Fashion industry grapples with pollution, waste issues
by Emma Newburger published in CNBC on 8 February 2020 - 將可持續生活納入本地小學課程
撰文：周靄霖、吳怡、陳祉晴 、林嘉琪 出版：《世界自然基金會香港分會》 日期：2019年
▼▲ Material matters: The eco-impact of clothes production
- 5 Fashion Materials You Didn't Realise Were Bad for Wildlife
by Lucy Jones published in BBC Earth on 15 March 2019 - 環境災難：時裝業不為人知的黑暗面
撰文：露西·瓊斯 出版：《BBC》 日期：2019年3月15日 - Fashion Frolicking In Oil
by Dawn McGregor published in China Water Risk on 17 July 2020
▼▲ The lay of the land: deforestation, land use and biodiversity loss
- Burning issue: how fashion's love of leather is fuelling the fires in the Amazon
by Lucy Siegle published in The Guardian on 29 August, 2019 - Deforestation for fashion: getting unsustainable fabrics out of the closet
by D G McCullough published in The Guardian on 25 April, 2014
▼▲ A deep dive into freshwater scarcity
- The Country that Brought a Sea Back to Life
by Dene-Hern Chen published in BBC Future on 23 July, 2018
▼▲ The murky truth about water pollution
- Bangladesh Pollution, Told in Colors and Smells
by Jim Yardley published in The New York Times on 14 July, 2013
▼▲ Microplastics and oceans: from fashion to the food chain
- Fashion's Dirty Micro Plastics Secret
by Rachel Cernansky published in Vogue Business on 30 January 2010 - 微塑膠是什麼？你知道我們身上的衣服正在污染海洋嗎？
撰文：綠色和平 出版：《BeautiMode》 日期：2019年6月10日
▼▲ Emission impossible: energy, greenhouse gases and climate change
- “Can an English suit be made in Cambodia?”
by Robert Spencer published in BBC News Magazine on 10 February 2016
▼▲ Textile waste: think before you throw
- All dressed up and nowhere to go … except to landfills: fast consumer fashion habits add to Hong Kong’s textile waste
by Simone McCarthy published in SCMP on 29 December, 2018 - Value Village stages a 'Clothing Spill' on Earth Day to dramatize recycling
by Patrick Robinson published in Westside Seattle on 22 April, 2016 - Burberry stops burning unsold goods and using real fur
published by BBC News on 6 September, 2018 - How the UK’s fast fashion habits are polluting a country halfway around the world
by Penny Marshall published in itv News on 15 February 2020 - Art From Fashion: The Artist Making A Sustainable Stand
by Christy C published in Hive Life on 21 March 2019
▼▲ NGO, business and Government actions: making a change worldwide
- Clothing industry shows progress in cutting hazardous chemicals
by Greenpeace International, published on 12 July 2018 by Greenpeace
The future of fashion:
innovative technology and circular business models
▼▲ The circular economy across different industries
- Muji Launches Furniture Rental Subscription Service With Work-From-Home Sets
by Sally Ho, published on 15 July 2020 by Green Queen - Hong Kong’s Breadline App Redirects Leftover Loaves To People In Need
by Sally Ho, published on 19 March 2020 by Green Queen - Foodpanda Singapore Partners With BarePack To Bring Reusable Packaging For Food Deliveries
by Sally Ho, published on 10 June 2020 by Green Queen - 永續升級再造：三星與永續紡織品牌Kvadrat合作開發環境友善配件系列
出版：《三星新聞中心》 日期：2020年3月13日 - 廢棄時裝轉化成再生布料 製作Upcycling傢俬
撰文：YK 出版：《明周文化》 日期：2018年4月21日
▼▲ Creating fashion’s circular economy: designing out waste and pollution
- H&M Conscious Collection To Use Vegan Leather Made From Wine Waste
by Sally Ho, published on 4 February 2020 by Green Queen - What to Wear? Why Fast Fashion Is Costing the Earth
by Silja Kudel, published on 13 March 2019 in Green European Journal - Zara clothes to be made from 100% sustainable fabrics by 2025
by Scarlett Conlon, published on 17 July 2019 by The Guardian - How brands like Patagonia are using regenerative agriculture in China to lessen fashion’s damage
by Elaine Yau, published on 3 October 2019 by South China Morning Post - Dressed in waste: how fashion can help clean up our oceans of plastic
by Joachim Marc Christensen, published on 8 June 2017 by Global Opportunity Explorer - Adidas & Allbirds Partner To Develop ‘Lowest Ever Carbon Footprint’ Sports Shoe
published on 2 June 2020 by Green Queen - Arch & Hook Launches Clothes Hanger Made From Marine Plastics® At London Fashion Week
by Julia O-Driscoll, published on 13 September 2019 by Eco Age - Can Chinese manufacturers ever be clean, green and profitable? Garment factories search for the answer
by Sidney Leung, published on 12 September 2017 by South China Morning Post - Gap Inc. and Arvind Limited Join Together to Reduce Apparel Industry’s Water Use and Drive Water-saving Innovation
by Gap Inc. Blogs, published on 11 June 2019 by Gap Inc. - Fashion on Demand
by Imran Amed, Anita Balchandani, Marco Beltrami, Achim Berg, Saskia Hedrich, and Felix Rölkens, published on 19 February 2019 by McKinsey - What We Carry: 與國家地理雜誌推出短片系列，Prada 以回收海洋原料製造尼龍袋
撰文：Nana Wong 出版：《明周文化》 日期：2019年9月3日 - 雨衣革命 台灣青年發明全球首件純棉雨衣
撰文：彭嘉洪 出版：《明周文化》 日期：2017年11月7日 - 【綠色生活】舊鞋也能「開花」 台設計兄弟為拖鞋找尋新出路
撰文：彭嘉洪 出版：《明周文化》 日期：2017年9月5日 - 「草系」環保皮革 以食物纖維製作純素仿皮
撰文：彭嘉洪 出版：《明周文化》 日期：2017年9月5日 - 時裝App網上度身造靚衫
出版：《信報財經新聞》 日期：2018年5月14日
▼▲ Creating fashion’s circular economy: keeping products in use
- Fashion’s growing interest in recycling clothing
by Alden Wicker, published on 21 August 2019 by Vogue Business - Retailers try clothing rental, but will it be a good fit?
by Anne D’Innocenzio, published on 10 February 2020 by ABC News - The App Buying Back Your Unwanted Clothes To Fuel The Circular Economy
by Brooke Roberts-Islam, published on 16 December 2019 by Forbes - Future Of Fashion: COS Trials Subscription Rental Service With China’s Rent The Runway
by Sally Ho, published on 12 December 2019 by Green Queen - Fast Fashion Goes Circular: H&M Debuts First Rental & Repair Concept
by Sally Ho, published on 3 December 2019 by Green Queen - China’s fast-fashion antidote: second-hand stores and clothing swaps to lessen ecological impact
by Robynne Tindall, published on 1 February 2018 by South China Morning Post *BEST FOR OLDER STUDENTS - Pre-owned resale luxury fashion on the rise in Hong Kong as buyers shun Chinese superstition
by Reuters, published on 2 May 2019 by South China Morning Post - A Hula for unwanted children’s clothing takes off in Hong Kong, and looks to expand overseas
by Divia Harilela, published on 30 Aug 2018 by South China Morning Post - Not too shabby: what will it take to make secondhand clothes mainstream?
by Jo Walker, published on 19 November 2019 by The Guardian - John Lewis launches hand-me-down clothing drive
by Rebecca Smithers, published on 29 February 2020 by The Guardian - What It’s Like to Sell Secondhand Clothing on Depop
by Tahirah Hairston, published on 2 March 2020 by Teen Vogue - A Swedish denim label wants to change the way we wear our jeans
by Leah Borromeo, published on 17 March 2014 by The Guardian
▼▲ Creating fashion’s circular economy: recycling
- Zara and H&M back in-store recycling to tackle throwaway culture
by Hannah Gould, published on 26 May 2017 by The Guardian - Why clothes are so hard to recycle
by Abigail Beall, published on 13 July 2020 by BBC News - Fashion's latest trend? Why H&M, other big brands are investing in garment recycling
by Lillian Childress, published on 22 January 2020 by GreenBiz - Napapijri Receives a Distinguished Sustainability Certification
by VF Corporation, published on 31 July, 2020 by CSR Wire
▼▲ Creating fashion’s circular economy: upcycling
- Upcycling sports shirts and aeroplane seats
by Justin Harper, published on 8 March 2020 by BBC News - Levi’s & The R Collective Creates 100% Traceable Denim Jeans With Eco Wardrobe Tips & Green Fashion Facts
by Sally Ho, published on 8 May 2020 by Green Queen - Patagonia’s new line is made from old clothes damaged beyond repair
by Elizabeth Segran, published on 14 November 2019 by Fast Company - 環保牛仔褲新登場！The R Collective與Levi’s聯手合作推出新系列
出版：《ELLE》 日期：2020年7月6日 - 【環保設計】Patagonia回收廢棄漁網製帽檐 升級再造「綠」帽子
撰文：黃沛鵬 出版：《香港01》 日期：2020年6月25日 - 升級再造拼湊出環保美學 再造衣設計師：舊衣承載了過去經歷
撰文：一条 出版：《香港01》 日期：2018年11月15日 - 設計師為消費者提供更優質的選擇
撰文：陳樂兒 出版：《香港01》 日期：2018年2月28日 - 專訪 Redress 創辦人 Christina：永續時裝的革命
撰文：陳煥欣 出版：《明周文化》 日期：2019年8月28日 - 綠意迎春 升級再造利市封
出版：《明周文化》 日期：2019年1月24日 - 【巴黎時裝周】Vivienne Westeood回收舊面料 續拼環保時尚
出版：《蘋果即時》 日期：2019年3月3日 - 可持續時尚之物盡其用
撰文：偉文 出版：《小校報: 綠色生活》 日期：2019年11月7日
▼▲ Fix up, look sharp: looking out for “greenwashing”
- Reading the fine print: Ensuring Circular Business Models are truly sustainable
by Gwen Cunningham, published on 9 June 2020 by Fashion United - More work needed to stop fast fashion greenwashing
by Clare Press, published on 17 December 2019 by Raconteur *BEST FOR OLDER STUDENTS - 6 Ways To Be Greenwashing Vigilant
by Emily Chan, published on 13 February 2020 by Vogue UK - Can we ever really know if our clothes are sustainable?
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More, more, more
Overproduction, overconsumption & fast fashion business models
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Fashion’s dirty secret
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The future of fashion
Innovative technology & circular business models
ABOUT REDRESS
Redress is a pioneering Hong Kong based environmental charity with a mission to educate and empower the fashion industry and consumers to reduce clothing’s negative environmental impact by shifting to circular solutions. Our education programme focuses on educating consumers in Hong Kong of all ages about their fashion footprint and empowering them to drive change through circular solutions like buying more responsibly, donating clothes for reuse, or shopping secondhand.
ABOUT THE ECF CIRCULAR FASHION EDUCATION TOOLKIT
This bilingual education toolkit including a handful of student and teacher resources is funded by the Environment and Conservation Fund and the Environmental Campaign Committee. It was designed in consultation with teachers and curriculum advisors from the English Schools Foundation, the Education Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and our wider network of Hong Kong schools, who provided invaluable guidance, support and feedback.