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Sustainable Clothing: What Not To Wear

Michael Massey, November 2007

The World Today, Volume 63, Number 11

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Whether fashionista or fogey, we all have an interest in clothing. Its most basic function may be to protect us from the elements - and embarrassment - but it says so much more: whether we are at work or play, blue or white collar, supporters of Tottenham or Arsenal. Increasingly it also says a lot about the world and our relationship with the planet and the people we share it with.