{"id":44640,"date":"2019-11-08T15:51:28","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T15:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=44640"},"modified":"2020-10-30T13:09:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T13:09:29","slug":"could-you-stop-buying-new-clothes-for-one-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/could-you-stop-buying-new-clothes-for-one-year","title":{"rendered":"Could you stop buying new clothes for one year?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/76779523_1504226486400483_7541087459304538112_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/76779523_1504226486400483_7541087459304538112_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/76779523_1504226486400483_7541087459304538112_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/76779523_1504226486400483_7541087459304538112_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/76779523_1504226486400483_7541087459304538112_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/76779523_1504226486400483_7541087459304538112_n-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/76779523_1504226486400483_7541087459304538112_n-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/76779523_1504226486400483_7541087459304538112_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/76779523_1504226486400483_7541087459304538112_n-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/76779523_1504226486400483_7541087459304538112_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/76779523_1504226486400483_7541087459304538112_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/76779523_1504226486400483_7541087459304538112_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/76779523_1504226486400483_7541087459304538112_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/76779523_1504226486400483_7541087459304538112_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/76779523_1504226486400483_7541087459304538112_n-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/76779523_1504226486400483_7541087459304538112_n-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/76779523_1504226486400483_7541087459304538112_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/76779523_1504226486400483_7541087459304538112_n-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Fashion retailers tend to produce a huge amount of clothes every season.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">British shoppers have been buying less clothes in recent years due to environmental concerns and declining pleasure from shopping, even as prices fall.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2016, there has been a 40% reduction in earnings forecasts for the largest clothing retailers in the world, including ASOS, Zalando, Macys, and Marks &amp; Spencer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the UK, there are around 300,000 tonnes of garments sent to landfill every year but recently, consumers have raised awareness of environmental impacts of the fast-fashion industries, especially among female millennials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some bloggers, vloggers and influencers have brought a \u201cno-buy\u201d movement to society by pledging to use the things they already own rather than buying new clothes and beauty products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We asked people in Cardiff whether they could stop buying new clothes for one year to mitigate the environmental crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ines Martinez,  29, waitress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75264848_2572219229530173_2640800988868378624_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75264848_2572219229530173_2640800988868378624_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75264848_2572219229530173_2640800988868378624_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75264848_2572219229530173_2640800988868378624_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75264848_2572219229530173_2640800988868378624_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75264848_2572219229530173_2640800988868378624_n-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75264848_2572219229530173_2640800988868378624_n-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75264848_2572219229530173_2640800988868378624_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75264848_2572219229530173_2640800988868378624_n-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75264848_2572219229530173_2640800988868378624_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75264848_2572219229530173_2640800988868378624_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75264848_2572219229530173_2640800988868378624_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75264848_2572219229530173_2640800988868378624_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75264848_2572219229530173_2640800988868378624_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75264848_2572219229530173_2640800988868378624_n-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75264848_2572219229530173_2640800988868378624_n-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75264848_2572219229530173_2640800988868378624_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75264848_2572219229530173_2640800988868378624_n-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI can&#8217;t do it because we live in a city surrounding by so many stores and shops&#8230; and when you are watching TV, there are many advertisements as well. You can see famous people wearing fashion clothes&#8230; yeah, one year is too long, maybe I can do it for four or five months.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">John Blow, 72, retired<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75371522_407389586583487_4496126422930161664_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75371522_407389586583487_4496126422930161664_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75371522_407389586583487_4496126422930161664_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75371522_407389586583487_4496126422930161664_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75371522_407389586583487_4496126422930161664_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75371522_407389586583487_4496126422930161664_n-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75371522_407389586583487_4496126422930161664_n-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75371522_407389586583487_4496126422930161664_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75371522_407389586583487_4496126422930161664_n-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75371522_407389586583487_4496126422930161664_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75371522_407389586583487_4496126422930161664_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75371522_407389586583487_4496126422930161664_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75371522_407389586583487_4496126422930161664_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75371522_407389586583487_4496126422930161664_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75371522_407389586583487_4496126422930161664_n-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75371522_407389586583487_4496126422930161664_n-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75371522_407389586583487_4496126422930161664_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75371522_407389586583487_4496126422930161664_n-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI could, yes, no problem. My wife couldn\u2019t. She bought clothes three times a month but I\u2019ve got enough. I don\u2019t need anymore\u2026 I think it [fast-fashion] is a big issue and a lot of protests are going on at the moment and I agree with them\u2026 What they do is basically right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Philip Crossley, 23, sales<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74360833_2200344696932444_2185976695389945856_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74360833_2200344696932444_2185976695389945856_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74360833_2200344696932444_2185976695389945856_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74360833_2200344696932444_2185976695389945856_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74360833_2200344696932444_2185976695389945856_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74360833_2200344696932444_2185976695389945856_n-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74360833_2200344696932444_2185976695389945856_n-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74360833_2200344696932444_2185976695389945856_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74360833_2200344696932444_2185976695389945856_n-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74360833_2200344696932444_2185976695389945856_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74360833_2200344696932444_2185976695389945856_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74360833_2200344696932444_2185976695389945856_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74360833_2200344696932444_2185976695389945856_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74360833_2200344696932444_2185976695389945856_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74360833_2200344696932444_2185976695389945856_n-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74360833_2200344696932444_2185976695389945856_n-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74360833_2200344696932444_2185976695389945856_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74360833_2200344696932444_2185976695389945856_n-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYes. Last two years, I haven\u2019t bought any clothes for myself&#8230; I did it purely because I wanted to save money and I had plenty of clothes&#8230; also it\u2019s quite environmental as well because I turned to be a vegetarian few years ago and stop having eggs and milk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Joan Carroll, 60, art manager<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74687700_496656374534108_8170902691950624768_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74687700_496656374534108_8170902691950624768_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74687700_496656374534108_8170902691950624768_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74687700_496656374534108_8170902691950624768_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74687700_496656374534108_8170902691950624768_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74687700_496656374534108_8170902691950624768_n-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74687700_496656374534108_8170902691950624768_n-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74687700_496656374534108_8170902691950624768_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74687700_496656374534108_8170902691950624768_n-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74687700_496656374534108_8170902691950624768_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74687700_496656374534108_8170902691950624768_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74687700_496656374534108_8170902691950624768_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74687700_496656374534108_8170902691950624768_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74687700_496656374534108_8170902691950624768_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74687700_496656374534108_8170902691950624768_n-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74687700_496656374534108_8170902691950624768_n-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74687700_496656374534108_8170902691950624768_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/74687700_496656374534108_8170902691950624768_n-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cProbably not stop buying anything, but I do agree we should buy less clothes. For me, the amount of money that people get paid to make this stuff. They are slave labours, aren\u2019t they? This is another important issue for me&#8230; We&#8217;re living in a throw-away society now. It doesn\u2019t affect me but it does affect young people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pablo Rodriguez, 34, occupational therapist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75258554_416437535955617_401118527760629760_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75258554_416437535955617_401118527760629760_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75258554_416437535955617_401118527760629760_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75258554_416437535955617_401118527760629760_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75258554_416437535955617_401118527760629760_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75258554_416437535955617_401118527760629760_n-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75258554_416437535955617_401118527760629760_n-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75258554_416437535955617_401118527760629760_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75258554_416437535955617_401118527760629760_n-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75258554_416437535955617_401118527760629760_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75258554_416437535955617_401118527760629760_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75258554_416437535955617_401118527760629760_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75258554_416437535955617_401118527760629760_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75258554_416437535955617_401118527760629760_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75258554_416437535955617_401118527760629760_n-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75258554_416437535955617_401118527760629760_n-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75258554_416437535955617_401118527760629760_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/75258554_416437535955617_401118527760629760_n-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI can. I have stopped buying new clothes for a long time ago. I\u2019m not consumers and I can stay with the same clothes\u2026 and I don\u2019t like to spend too much time and money shopping\u2026 All the clothes look similar to me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clothing sales have decreased gradually every year and one of the reasons is growing environmental concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":501,"featured_media":44851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[213],"coauthors":[744],"class_list":["post-44640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-culture","tag-fashion"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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