The world now consumes a staggering 80 billion items of clothing each year.

現在世界每年消耗800億件衣服

That's up 400% in the past two décades.

在過去的二十年裡，這個數字上漲了400％

Now it's so important to understand that advertising and big businesses are selling us the idea that we need more stuff.

我們必須了解是廣告和大企業向我們推銷我們需要更多東西

Whereas the fashion industry used to have four seasons. They now have 52 seasons a year

時裝業以前只有4季，然而他們現在一年有52季

that means new stuff is coming in each week and their aim is to try and persuade you that you need that item

這意味著每週都會有新的東西出現

in your Life. We now have hard evidence to suggest that the more we concentrate on these values of money

他們的目標是試著說服你，你需要這件東西在你的生活中

consuming and material importance the more depressed anxious and unhappy we actually become

我們現在有明確的證據表示

Stuff does not make us happy

我們越是看重這些金錢消費的價值、物質的重要性

But I'm afraid to say that we have completely bought into it

我們實際上變得越來越焦慮和不快樂

Myself included .

東西不會讓我們開心

even though our wardrobes are completely saturated

但我恐怕得說我們已經完全被說服了

We are obsessed with this constant newness

包括我自己

because the fashion industry has instilled into us this fear of being out of fashion

儘管我們的衣櫃完全飽和

But how can we be in fashion when there's 52 seasons a year

我們痴迷於追求新鮮感

for so long? I never even questioned it

因為時裝業灌輸我們害怕不時髦的想法

I used to go down H&M or Zara and get a bargain

但是，當一年有52個季時，我們怎麼跟得上流行

I thought I was winning right and that's what people are doing

一直以來我沒有質疑過這問題

more and more people are buying more and more clothes

我曾經去H＆M或Zara血拚

And we're not keeping them as long as we used to

我以為我贏了，對吧。大家都在這樣

the fashion industry has become

越來越多的人購買越來越多的衣服

Disposable in a way that it never used to be

而我們卻不像以前那樣保留它們

we are now in the age of fast fashion

時裝業變成了一次性商品

All of that comes at a very real cost

已跟以往大相逕庭

only 3% of the clothes in America are actually made in America the rest are made in developing countries

我們現在正處於快時尚的時代

in unfathomably bad conditions

所有這一切都以非常現實的代價實現

the majority of these workers are women

美國只有3%的衣服是美國製造的

that earn less than three dollars per day.

其餘的則是在發展中國家

These countries so desperately need the work

以非常惡劣的條件下製造

that they have no choice, but to lower their prices and cut corners such as workers safety.

這些工人大多數是女性

Otherwise the big businesses would just look elsewhere

每天收入少於三美元

The conditions are so bad

這些國家非常需要這些工作

that people are dying and yet, the big businesses just turn a blind eye. How is that okay?

他們別無選擇，只能降低價格，像是犧牲工安等

The fast fashion industry has a massive negative environmental impact :

否則大企業只會去找別的地方

water pollution, the use of toxic chemicals and insane amounts of textile waste.

狀況非常糟糕

Even when we donate clothes to charity shops or thrift stores, only ten

人們在死去，但大企業卻視而不見

percent of them actually get sold

這怎麼可以？

the rest of them end up in landfill or they ship them to developing countries where they

快時尚產業對環境造成巨大的負面影響

completely destroyed the local industry.

水污染、有毒化學品和巨量紡織廢棄物

I know this is super depressing,

即使我們捐贈衣物到慈善商店或二手店

but if you're like me and you care about people and the planet we have to be aware of the truth

實際上也只有其中的10%被賣掉

So what can we do? what can we do together as a community?

其餘的則進入垃圾掩埋場，或被運往發展中國家

well

徹底破壞了當地的工業

first things first we have to make an effort to buy less clothing so

我知道這非常令人沮喪

Get inventive, creative

但是如果你像我一樣關心人們和地球

Grab some old pieces of clothing and see how you can do something new with them

我們必須意識到這真相

hold swap shops with your friends every once in

所以，我們能做什麼？

a while to switch up your wardrobe

作為一個社群我們可以一起做些什麼？

When you do go shopping make sure you look for things that are higher

好

quality and will last you longer even better head to your local thrift shop, charity shop, consignment store or vintage shop.

首先我們必須減少購買衣服

Secondhand shopping is the way forward and it's actually really fun. It's pretty easy on the wallet, too.

發揮想像、創意

We need to change the way we think about fashion and clothes

拿出舊衣服，看看你可以如何翻新它們

Pick something that you'll really love so you know you'll want to keep it for a while.

不時與你的朋友交換衣物

I have a pair of green trousers in my wardrobe that I have had for probably over five years

讓衣櫃換點新氣象

I love them and I wack them out every single autumn without fail

當你去購物時，買耐用、高品質的物品

look good sustainably and help reduce the impact of fast fashion on the environment

甚至更好你可以前往當地的二手店、慈善商店、寄售商店或古董商店

Get out there you beautiful people and Start The Wave

買二手品是很直接的方式，而且也很有趣