The modern method of producing material goods revolves around quantity over quality. Clothing companies are releasing new items and styles at an ever-increasing rate, and consumers are purchasing more items per year than ever before. Because of how quickly products are expected to be designed, produced, and sold, quality control and production regulation has severely decreased. As a result, the garment industry has become one of the most unsustainable and unethical in the world. Each year, 11 millions tons of clothing are sent to landfill in the US alone. Today, a new trend is on the rise: consciously ethical consumption of clothing, or “slow fashion”. This method of buying items produced by the fashion industry revolves around the tenants of using the items you already have, keeping them in good condition, and when you do need to buy a new item, purchasing it second hand or from a certified ethical producer.

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      Our event, “We Stan Second Hand,” focuses on the power that consumers can wield by voting with their dollar. If all shoppers (even broke college students) utilized their power as consumers and consciously chose to buy their clothing from thrift stores or resale shops, rather than from fast fashion retailers, a powerful message would be sent to garment producers: we care about our Earth, and where our belongings come from.