Rag & Roguish in Cronulla Beach, New South Wales, Australia | Vintage shop

Rag & Roguish

Locality: Cronulla Beach, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 401 622 235

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24.01.2022 CARBON FOOTPRINT Fabric takes a lot of energy to produce. Globally, it is estimated that we produce 60 billion kg of fabric per year. This accumulates to just over a 1,000 billion KWh of electricity. Because of this, the textile industry has become one of the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the world, making its carbon footprint significant. This is due to the many products and processes needed to create textiles themselves and then move them to the locations where we eventually purchase them. Now we’re not saying here that we have to learn how to make clothing out of other fabrics, but we do have to be aware of just how much input has to go into a single item that we wear.

12.01.2022 CLOTHING CARE ITSELF As consumers, it’s important that we purchase clothes consciously and with the environment in mind. However, a lot of damage is done post-purchase. So how we care for our clothing is another factor in our garment’s full environmental footprint and another opportunity to positively influence our impact. When we wash our clothes, we use electricity. However, only 10% of the electricity is used to power the motor that spins the machine. The remaining 90% is energy used to heat the water needed for hot water cleaning cycles. Given that hot water isn’t always needed to clean most items, you can reduce your footprint at this stage by up to 90% by pressing one button ‘Cold Cycle’! Too easy, right?

11.01.2022 Many of us will have read about the accelerating and harmful impact that the growth of ‘fast’ and ‘disposable’ fashion has had on our environment locally and abroad. Over the last couple of years, the global fashion industry has been in the hot seat as a result of issues, ranging from questionable manufacturing processes right through to an increasing contribution to a landfill that is beginning to resemble something like the world’s largest dirty laundry pile! But what exactly can we do about it? This blog post is designed to bring you the facts about the impact of some our consumption habits on the environment and empower you as a consumer with some ways you can help to improve this through your own purchase behaviour while also saving money it’s a win-win!

11.01.2022 So what drives us to make this decision so lightly and not think about the impact it may have on our planet? Are we bad people because we are bombarded with slabs of marketing and want to buy nice things? Whichever way we look at it, it’s a habit a bad habit. In saying that, we’re not going to be able to change all of our habits overnight. We can however only hope to have a longer-term and less painful solution. So, let’s take a closer look at the problem itself and break down how we as consumers can improve things in our day to day decisions:

09.01.2022 The scale of the fashion industry’s impact on our planet If you were asked to think about your eco-practices in regards to fashion consumption, where would you rate yourself? Maybe a 7 out of 10? Chances are it’s probably a little lower than you think. We know what you’re thinking who, me?! Don’t worry you’re not alone! Most of us wouldn’t even think twice when the shop assistant hands us that plastic bag and bids us farewell, and we continue our journey into the next fashion outlet. But unfortunately, there are some hidden costs in our behaviour that are worth understanding more about particularly with respect to where all of this stuff ends up (and we’re not talking about your overfilled closet either!).

06.01.2022 WATER USAGE After the paper and oil industries, the textile industry is the third largest consumer of water in the world. This is because natural fibres such as cotton, silk and linen need water to grow, and in a climate that normalises fast fashion, water consumption is only increasing to meet consumer demands. To put this consumption into perspective, it takes 2,700 litres of water to make a single cotton top that’s more water than one person can consume in three years! I...f you do the math on this you’ll quickly realise that if we continue consuming a precious and scarce resource like water in such an irresponsible way, the cost of that resource will inflate to the point that the lure of affordable, disposable fast fashion can easily become not so affordable after all especially when you consider the costs outside of the cost at the checkout. See more

04.01.2022 If you were asked to think about your eco-practices in regards to fashion consumption, where would you rate yourself? Maybe a 7 out of 10? Chances are it’s probably a little lower than you think. We know what you’re thinking who, me?! Don’t worry you’re not alone! Most of us wouldn’t even think twice when the shop assistant hands us that plastic bag and bids us farewell, and we continue our journey into the next fashion outlet. But unfortunately, there are some hidden ...costs in our behaviour that are worth understanding more about particularly with respect to where all of this stuff ends up (and we’re not talking about your overfilled closet either!). Did you know that Australians are the second highest consumers of textiles per capita in the world?The average Australian purchases 27kg of clothing per year- that’s twice the global average and second only to the United States! What is perplexing about this is that the average Australian woman only uses about a third of what’s actually in her wardrobe, leaving the rest to be thrown away and inevitably end up in landfills. And how much does that end up being? It’s around 6 tonnes of clothing every 10 minutes! That’s the retail value of $500 million worth thrown in the bin per year that’s right: half a billion dollars of economic value. Wasted. That’s madness! #fashion #sustainability #circulareconomy