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This article is based on an expert interview with Ashley Kahn, conducted by wikiHow Staff Editors. Ashley Kahn is a Wardrobe Stylist based in Houston, Texas. With over 10 years of experience, Ashley styles women both in-person and virtually and is passionate about empowering women through the art of personal style. She believes every woman deserves to feel comfortable, classy, and confident every single day. Ashley holds a business degree from Sam Houston State University. She has been featured on KPRC's Channel 2 Houston Life and ABC 13's Check This Out Houston and in the Houstonia magazine. Ashley has also hosted Macy’s “The Wardrobe Edit” and the “It List” fashion shows.
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It’s no secret that a lot of fashion isn’t good for the environment. Fortunately, nowadays there are a variety of ways you can build a wardrobe in a more sustainable, environmentally-friendly way. In this video, fashion stylist Ashley Kahn shares her favorite sustainable fashion tips so you can go green when you shop for clothes.
Key Takeaways
- Try shopping brands that make clothes using recycled materials.
- Shop vegan and buy faux leather belts and shoes instead of real leather pieces.
- Buy lightly used clothes at the thrift store instead of buying brand new.
Video Transcript
So if you're really into sustainable fashion, there's actually so many different options nowadays. So there are a lot of different brands that will use recycled goods to make T-shirts, and they're actually really super soft. Another thing is if you're really wanting to contribute to the environment and that’s something that you feel passionate about and that you're helping, you can always go vegan and use, instead of leather, you can use faux leather belts, faux leather shoes. You can definitely contribute in ways also like thrifting. So if you're concerned about the print that clothing is making with their manufacturing places, you could always thrift your clothes instead of buying new ones to contribute.
