RECYCLED FASHION

Recycled Fashion

Recycled Fashion

Review

The trend of recycling and reuse of textiles has increased in the past few years. People who are involved in the textile industry should make sure that the products that they are manufacturing are utilized properly and if they are not utilized in the way they should be, they will have to make sure that the products are recycled so that they can be utilized later. The increased global concerns of the country have increased the trend of recycling. Recycling is also appropriate for countries where people are unable to afford new clothes. In such countries, the textile is reused and is sold to countries where people cannot afford new clothes (Paler & Clark, 2004, pp. 23). This enables them to purchase products because they are sold at a much lower price. The market of second hand clothes has increased a lot in the past few years.

Recycling of textile means that the clothes that are discarded by people are reused and are manufactured again in a new way in such a way that the whole product is modified and becomes a new product. This is one reason why reuse of textile is not considered good by many people. People do not like to wear second hand clothes because they think that they are not new and have been used previously. This concept should be cleared, because this is not the case. Clothes that are being reused and recycled are of good quality and are modified in such a way that it makes them new. People should be made clear of the fact that these clothes are new and are not old nor have been used by anyone previously (Hethorn & Ulasewicz, 2008, pp. 19).

The main messages conveyed in the case, is that second hand clothing is benefitting a lot and is making sure that the people who are in need of second hand clothing are getting the product. Another main message conveyed in this case is that though second hand clothing has positive impacts on the people of different countries, it has some negative impacts as well. It damages the local production of countries where this product id traded. This leaves negative impact on their sales; however, the positive impacts are much more than the negative impacts.

This also makes the usage of this product prevalent because they are offered at a very low price and because they are unable to buy new clothes, they buy second hand clothes. The case discusses the same issue that people who cannot afford to buy new clothes are the direct target market of these clothes (Baden & Barber, 2005, pp. 14). The case shows that this industry is booming and is proving to be bread and butter for certain families. This is the reason that people prefer to buy such clothes and are making sure that they do not buy new expensive clothes.

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