"What is SUAY?"

"什麼是SUAY？"

and I, now at this point, only can answer

而我，現在只能在這一點上回答

that SUAY is radical positive change.

蘇艾是徹底的積極變化。

(upbeat music)

(歡快的音樂)

My name is Lindsay Rose Medoff

我叫林賽-羅斯-梅多夫

and I'm the CEO of SUAY Sew Shop.

而我是SUAY縫紉店的CEO。

We are a production sewing shop

我們是一家生產型縫紉店

and we specialize in upcycling,

而我們專門從事升級改造。

meaning we cut up old post-consumer product

意思是說，我們把舊的消費後產品切割開來。

and turn it into new, desirable product.

並將其轉化為新的、理想的產品。

Growing up, fashion was a true way to express myself

在成長過程中，時尚是一種真正的表達方式。

and I remember the first time I went to a thrift store.

我還記得我第一次去舊貨店的時候。

This was the 7th grade and I walked in and it hit me,

這是七年級的時候，我走進去，就被打動了。

this is the mother load, this is the mecca,

這是母體負荷，這是聖地。

this is who I am.

這是我的身份。

The textures, the colors, the history, the opportunities

紋理、色彩、歷史、機遇。

that I saw in that thrift store as a young 7th grader

我七年級的時候在那家舊貨店看到的

has driven me for the rest of my life

驅使我的餘生

to take all of this old stuff that no one wanted anymore

把這些沒人要的舊東西都拿走了

and turn it into new product.

並將其轉化為新產品。

Fashion is one of the biggest polluters on the planet

時尚是地球上最大的汙染源之一。

yet it's one of the most celebrated ways

但它卻是最著名的方式之一。

of expressing yourself.

的表達自己。

So how did we get here as an industry?

那麼我們這個行業是怎麼走到今天的呢？

The textiles that don't get thrown in the trash

那些不會被扔進垃圾桶的紡織品

are being baled up.

正在打包。

Some of those bales are being buried in landfills

其中一些包被埋在了垃圾填埋場。

or being shipped into other countries

或被運往其他國家

where we're selling it off by the pound.

在那裡，我們正在賣掉它的英鎊。

But the stuff that does keep sitting

但是，這些東西，確實保持坐

and does keep staying, we keep collecting and saving

而且確實一直保持著，我們一直在收集和保存。

and it really has nowhere to go.

而它真的無處可去。

And that's where Remade can really step in.

而這才是Remade真正可以介入的地方。

(upbeat music)

(歡快的音樂)

And so, what we're doing is we're basically

是以，我們正在做的是，我們基本上是。

take a bale of old flannel shirts and cut them up

破舊立新

and turn them into entirely new product.

並將其轉化為全新的產品。

We're able to cut up hundreds of thousands of pounds

我們能夠切出幾十萬英鎊的東西

of old textiles that were deemed for landfills

舊紡織品中被認為應予填埋的部分

and that's what makes us so powerful.

所以我們才會如此強大。

(upbeat music)

(歡快的音樂)

So sustainability is not just a word

所以可持續發展不只是一個詞

that's attached to a product, it's a way of life, I think,

那是附著在產品上的，我想這是一種生活方式。

that we all really have to embrace.

我們都真的要接受的。

I mean the way it's gonna work is if everyone becomes

我的意思是，它要去工作的方式是，如果每個人都變得

the everyday hero in their own community.

在他們自己的社區中的日常英雄。

And speaking up for what they know

併為他們所知道的事情說話

is actually gonna have an effect

實際上是會有影響的

on whether we have a sustainable future.

我們是否有一個可持續的未來。

So we have a store of post-consumer product,

所以我們有一個消費後產品的商店。

a beautiful sewing shop and we're all kind of like

一家漂亮的縫紉店，我們都有點像。

busy little bees running around cutting up garbage

小蜜蜂

and sewing it back together for the world.

並將其重新縫合到一起，讓世界。

It's cool. (chuckling)

它的涼爽。（笑著）

And then when COVID hit, it changed everything.

然後當COVID擊中，它改變了一切。

We actually quite quickly jumped to our feet

其實我們很快就跳起來了

and started raising money to start producing masks

並開始籌集資金開始生產面具

and give them away to front liners and community members

並將其贈送給前線人員和社會人士。

and people that were immuno compromised.

和免疫力受損的人。

And we've given away over 75000 masks to date

到目前為止，我們已經送出了超過75000個口罩。

and are still giving away masks every week.

並且每週還在贈送面膜。

SUAY is also now half store half food bank.

SUAY現在也是半店半糧庫。

We recently started a food bank for garment workers

我們最近成立了一個服裝工人的食物銀行

and now each week we're feeding up to 250 garment worker

現在每個星期我們要餵養多達250名服裝工人。

families a week.

一週的家庭。

I really urge people that are involved in fashion,

我真的勸從事時尚的人。

if you're wearing clothes then you should care about this

如果你穿的是衣服，那麼你就應該關心這個。

because these are the same people that are sewing

因為這些人都是在縫製... ...

the clothes that you have on your back every single day.

你每天揹著的衣服。

'Cause change is habitual, right?

因為改變是習慣性的，對吧？

What we have to do from a personal level

我們要從個人層面做什麼

is to make shifts to create the kind of change

就是要轉變觀念，創造出一種變化。

that the world desperately needs.

世界迫切需要的。

We're here to show the world

我們是來向世界展示的

that you do have the opportunity to live every day

你確實有機會過好每一天。

doing a little bit better than the day before.

比前一天做得更好一點。

Change is here and we just have to keep trying

改變就在這裡，我們只需要繼續努力。

to get more people on board.

以讓更多的人加入進來。