India's green fashion lovers switch to secondhand
India's enormous garment sector churns out billions of dollars' worth of new clothes each year. Still, some local fashion lovers are switching to secondhand to assuage worries about the industry's environmental impact. New Delhi is dotted with markets offering secondhand clothes, a thrifty alternative for those on low wages -- or making an ethical choice. 'It's an environmentally conscious decision,' said Yuvika Choudhary, a 21-year-old student shopping for vintage clothes.
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India's enormous garment sector churns out billions of dollars' worth of new clothes each year. Still, some local fashion lovers are switching to secondhand to assuage worries about the industry's environmental impact. New Delhi is dotted with markets offering secondhand clothes, a thrifty alternative for those on low wages -- or making an ethical choice. 'It's an environmentally conscious decision,' said Yuvika Choudhary, a 21-year-old student shopping for vintage clothes.
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00:00I generally come to Janpath or Sarojini and I have recently found a thrift store in Chennai.
00:08And I think it's an environmentally conscious decision because as it provides a wide variety of clothes and wide range of clothes to choose from.
00:20So I think it's better for the pocket also and also for the environment and since our generation, Gen Z's are more conscious towards the environment.
00:29So it's a better option plus there's a lot of options here in Delhi.
00:33With the whole Instagram, with the whole climate awareness, the youngsters are very, very much aware of what it is and thrifting plays a part in their lives.
00:58So that even if it's second hand, even if it's surplus goods, they are like, okay, we are taking small steps towards being conscious.
01:28For every person in this world, there is enough clothes that are already produced.
01:37And for the generations to come, there is enough garment that is already produced.
01:42Every year, according to the numbers and the figures, there are about 80 to 100 billion garments that are still being produced every year.
01:52So it's important for us to be able to bring that change.
01:58It's important to circulate things that are already existing and the only way to circulate them is to think about ways to rent, to thrift, to repair.
02:08The idea of upcycling is to innovate on the material that already exists.
02:29So you're not disintegrating it into new material, you're not going back in process or heavy industrial processes to convert this into a new material.
02:40So the energy consumption in those processes are much lesser.
02:44You are adding value to something that already exists.