Repairing Fashion Cultures: From Disposable to Repairable

It is time to change the unsustainable fashion culture and build a new paradigm. In the last 20 years we have experienced the emergence of a fast fashion culture, which has succeeded exponentially from a business point of view but has caused ever increasing environmental impacts. The increase in fashion consumption and increase in textile waste streams are part of this phenomenon. This text presents the current unsustainable practices in the fashion field, but it also shows that some evidence of change is happening through the aspect of repair. The change in repair culture can be approached from two angles: from consumer and from business point of view. Through this approach, a new paradigm can be constructed in consumption–production, and the current unsustainable fashion cultures could be challenged.