circular fashion
English edit
Etymology edit
Coined in 2014 by Anna Brismar, the owner of Green Strategy, and another expert in Sweden.
Noun edit
circular fashion (uncountable)
- (fashion, ecology, neologism) Clothes that are designed and made in such a way that they will last for a long time, can eventually be repaired or redesigned instead of being thrown away, and cause little or no damage to the environment. [from 2014]
- Antonym: fast fashion
- 2022 September 19, Madeleine Hill, “What Is Circular Fashion?”, in Good On You[1]:
- Circular fashion is the intersection of the circular economy (a model that exchanges the typical cycle of take-make-waste in favour of reusing and recycling as much as possible) and sustainable and ethical fashion.