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Get REDRESSed Public Exhibition
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Jul 03, 2011

“handkerchief” has participated in the “Get REDRESSed Public Exhibition” an awareness building campaign towards second hand clothing and textile waste.

“REDRESSed” exhibition will party with some of Hong Kong’s hottest, best-heeled fashionistas and most talented young designers. “handkerchief” with other 14 designers will join the catwalk, each will reveal 2 ‘new’ pieces that had been reconstructed from second-hand clothing, sourced from multiple used clothes recycling banks.

On average, the Hong Kong community discards 253 tonnes of textiles, including second-hand clothing, into Hong Kong landfills daily according to the Environmental Protection Department. This volume represents a ‘mountain’ of textile waste the size of a basketball court reaching to a staggering 5m apex.

Already, Hong Kong has over 190 used clothes recycling banksthat could offer a solution to clothing waste while also benefiting local Hong Kong charities. However, we believe that there is a low level of awareness in the community about the importance of recycling used-clothing and textiles. Second-hand clothes and textile recycling needs a fashionable revival…

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