When my friend Knut was at the Game Developer Conference a couple of weeks ago, he texted me a link to a new website and app called Closet Swap, where you can you exchange clothes with others. To use the site, you make a login and then make a virtual closet with pictures of your clothes that you own, so that you can lend out and eventually borrow from others.
The site is an initiative to promote sustainable fashion, upcyling, and sharing instead of purchasing. On Closet swap, there is a section that talks about the garment industry and the reasons behind why clothing is so cheap. Cheap labor, poor working conditions, and the global scale of most clothing manufacturing makes it so we can afford to get more clothes at cheaper prices.
Closet Swap is the intersection of fashion and sustainability. The project promotes the respect of people and the environment. It also aims to get others to think more about our clothes and how we wear, buy, and use them. The site is considered to be something to “play” like a game, and has promotions, contests, and other resources to promote awareness and playing closetswap.
Got a sweater you don’t wear often? Got your eye on someone else’s shoes? Make an account with Closet swap and see if you can be part of a community where sharing and swapping replace purchasing and buying. As the site reads, “ Don’t shop – swap!”
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