As far as I know, I don't think this has any bearing on fast fashion.. as most of those manufacturers are in other countries, and I'm pretty sure she mainly deals with US based designers. Should they or similar companies expand, that's different, but given how companies like Shein operate, I don't see it happening any time soon because of collection and processing fees, like the one thing they're conveniently neglecting to mention is that Fabscrap charges $2 per pound for an individual, let alone a company. Unless there are regulations put in place, forcing the recycling of materials, I'm afraid greed still wins out.
I’m a product developer in Los Angeles and work with many accounts including Disney. Let me tell you the amount of waste we create every day is insane. I appreciate this way of thinking, keep up the great work!
I wish I could work for Disney! So, did you create toys, merchandise, and souvenirs to be sold under the Disney brand in the theme parks? I would also love to hear from you about your experiences!❤
It’s also not just the designers fault. Manufacturers require minimum buys or they won’t produce it. Or even if they will they incentivize buyers to buy more to reduce the price per unit. It’s an industry wide issue all up and down the supply chain. We need to return to local small batch, small business manufacturing. It’s nonsense to continue on like this
It's not on the designer. If consumers didn't buy so many pieces then businesses wld not produce to much and focus on quality over quantity. Consumers generally want endless fast fashion to the detriment of the planet
I would think because they don't have the manpower to do it 😢 it was mentioned that volunters sort thru the fabrics by hand, I would probably take a lot of people to run the logistics of selling them online (inventory, packaging materials, shipping, costumer service, returns...)
Mixed media artists could use that. Quilters like me would love that. Imagine the scrap quilts you can make from Fabrics leftover just from one fashion house in one season. I personally would love that if I could live in a fabric store, I would be happy. If the fashion industry would stop producing so much crap where it’s obvious no one is going to buy that, they wouldn’t have so much trash left over. each fashion house and fabric design shop should Hire a bunch of members of their audience and set up review committees, where people could vote on the things they’d actually buy.
@@SL-lz9jr In part, it does. Only natural fibers decompose naturally. Cotton can take 5-6 month to decompose in a landfill. Polyester .... 20-200 years.
This is why I hate it when consumers are blamed for not recycling or reducing waste. Look at how much pre-consumer waste is created by the industry itself! BTW, so many companies produce or use plastic containers that are marked with the recyclable symbol but actually cannot be realistically recycled at most municipal recycling facilities. How crazy is that? Until all manufacturing industries take responsibility for the mess they made, don’t blame consumers. We didn’t choose this path.
Yes. No one back in the day, a few decades ago, ever yearned for cheap plastic polyester clothing. Never an inkling that changes would lead to this garbage pail clothing which wants to blame consumers for demanding. It’s ridiculous. Recycling containers 😂- There just wasn’t much disposable stuff until the 90s or thereabouts, very little waste compared to now, like 90% less, imo, rough estimate. yet constantly consumers are blamed as if it was their idea.
We're all in this world together. We all do our parts, good and bad, in many different arenas. The answer is to take responsibility for the outcomes. And always do what we can to make this a better place to live.
Thank you for sharing this! An hour ago I was pulling brand new clothing- some still with tags- out of a dumpster across the street. I was shocked! It will go to a local non-profit.
When I was teaching fashion design & merchandising in Guangzhou China between 2009 to 2013, i tried to convince my students to donate unused fabric to rural villages to make quilts, no one cares, and the logistics are complicated, no one wants to pay for transportation
I grew up with a mother who shopped "mill ends" & various leftovers. We went to a Munsingwear left over site & she got all she needed to make high quality men's shirts for example. Now days its hard to even find a regular fabric store.
JoAnn used to sell decent garment fabric but that was over 10 yrs ago. Quilt shops only sell cotton, so that's not a good option if you want fancy fabric. You have to buy the garment fabric online, and you have to trust it's decent.
@@dianebremer9408 yes!! I went to a JoAnn the other day and basically all they carried was plain weave cotton (quilting stuff) SO MUCH fleece 🙄 and then a small amount of other stuff like upholstery type fabrics. If you want to costume or make personal garments just forget it. You better bank on using fleece or plain weave cotton 😒 I am sure they have to cater to their highest spending market but it’s so ridiculous that a fabric store has been reduced to quilting and knotting fleece blankets. The fabric store used to be as inspiring as entering the craft store.
@velvetchiharu idk where you are living. If it is rural, maybe that is partly why. But, when I sewed in school, JoAnn's had some good stuff! (And a ton of quilter cotton!) But, true that was over ten yrs ago! Haven't been to the store in so long, idk what they have now.
@@jenilynn1010they make what people demand. There was a good video here on UA-cam about the rise of fast fashion. Started with Zara and Forever 21 back in the day, then Shein. Cheap clothes at cheap prices were what consumers wanted. So now places had to do the same to compete. Now everything except high end & maybe department stores is mostly fast fashion.
Yes and also not many people know how to sew anymore, compared to years past. Could be fixing our our garments or re-creating them into new styles. My mother and grandmother did both, I recall.
But that's if you can afford to pay for the quality. If you have a limited income, you are limited as to the 'quality' you can get. I say this because I'm not a sewer, I only have a certain amount to spend each year (usually well under $100) and I have to try clothes on to get something that fits. Give me a solution to that.
@@kimberlyokeeffe5360 Have you tried ebay or thift stores? I will say $100 isn't alot but I've picked up some brand name clothes from places like that or ThreadUp & Mercari. TJ Maxx also sometime sell discounted brands.
I had a beautiful encounter 25 years ago with Carolina Herrara. It was in Los Angeles at a launch of her '212' perfume. She came up to me and started talking about her college daughter. I said to her "um, well I'm 35 years old." She took a step back, doing a double-take. She then gave me the biggest compliment "Keep doing what you're doing." (Maybe she does this with every potential customer, flattering them to buy her product!!! It seriously felt to me she thought I was college-aged.)
Too bad there’s stores like TJMaxx, Marshall’s, Dirt Cheap, and Ross that sell a lot of clothes made from synthetic fabrics like polyester and rayon. That’s usually where the overstock goes once it’s liquidated and salvaged out from the original store it was being sold.
@@jdotslittleshopofwonders Absolutely. And every producer of clothing is using polyester. There was nothing quality about that scrap of fabric they passed around. They are just trying to repackage the same bull puck so they can keep the same system going. There are designers selling polyester dresses for thousands of dollars. We all have to read labels and stop compromising. Same thing for the food industry.
@@janellescott210 you are right. I used to shop at places like TJMAXX all of the time, which don’t get me wrong, they have nice cute clothes, but some of the garments don’t have integrity or longevity and they either tear easily, make you sweat to death, shrink when you wash them (God forbid you dry them on accident), or don’t last long beyond the season they were initially designed for (fast fashion). A lot of the time too those garments are irregular and fit awkward. I’ve since donated a lot of clothes to either Plato’s closet or my local thrift store, but I’m more mindful now about my clothing purchases and look for 100% cotton whenever possible. They last longer and feel way better on my skin/body and don’t make me sweat. Plus cotton can be reused as washing rags, cover leather purses/shoes, the list goes on.
@@janellescott210 what’s even sadder is a lot of US based clothing factories used cotton for clothing, but once they get outsourced to other countries, hello Poly and Ester, RayOn, and viscose.
I am glad they are finally doing their part, kudos to Carolina Herrera for being part of the solution. As a reseller, I hunt for overstock and thrift items to resell - we all need to cut back, we don't need 20 pairs of shoes and 12 dresses. Save the environment is saving the planet right where we are all at.
I sew, and I try to use deadstock or rescued thrifted fabric when possible. I prefer these deadstock fabrics due to cost and usually quality. No matter how much I buy and use though, I don’t make a dent in the fabric waste. We need more businesses like this.
Fabulous segment! ❤ This inspired me. The two ladies who have made a business out of “garbage” is genus! The fabrics they must come act must be phenomenal.
So glad someone is finally addressing this. Sometimes I'll go into a Macy's or other store and it is packed with discounted clothes. I think they are making too much and continue to use cheap labor.
After watching the story on UA-cam about Bangladesh...this has to be fixed. The problem will not go away simply by giving away scraps. No disrespect to those who are trying. But, we need to create less a lot less. Imagine how much water is wasted on such things...
why not use some of this deadstock to make some of the things commonly thought of as single use. If the material is going to be incinerated or landfilled it could at least replace some plastic and paper production. Natural materials could be used to make Swiffer pads, paper towels, napkins, washable sanitary napkins, etc etc. There must be thousands of items it could be used for.
It's Temu and Shein's fault LOL 😕Jk. But I think FabScrap should go develop their non profit in more states so that other organizations nationally can become apart of the process. Imagine her opening more stores in other places where people can purchase the scraps. Know a few folks who sew...Love this!
A lot of the clothing items from Goodwill may end up in a landfill, at least in my area, because the prices for the used items are often not much less than or sometimes equal to items bought new at discount stores or on sale. I used to buy the majority of my clothing at thrift shops. But now I rarely do. Sure, one can find quality pieces while thrifting. But it takes a lot of time and luck, sifting through the merchandise. More than I have of both.
Deadstock fabric has been appreciated in the denim community for a while now. Especially denim made on old school shuttle looms from US mills that have shut down. The fabric is seen as more durable, thus superior to the cheaper alternatives being produced today. So jeans made from deadstock carry a premium.
We should look at frequency, instead of average. 2 women of size 8 and 24 yield the average size of 16. Producing 2 size 16 clothes would add to the problem, not diminishing it.
About 5 years ago, I stopped buying things I don’t TRULY need. It was simple, and shockingly easy. Once I realized I was being “baited” into buying stuff I don’t actually need, I stopped. I now have more money than I did before because I do t spend much… and much less clutter in my house. Highly recommend.
Thank you for doing somethingabout this terrible problem. These companies are top end and I'm sure their fabrics are of good quality. Offering them to the public at a discount and saving space in our landfills is something everyone can get behind. I wish you all the best.
No one I know is keeping up. High school girls, maybe, but fashion is a luxury people can't afford anymore. We are too busy trying til earn money for food.
I could use the yarn from the knitwear to make scarves, hats, cowls, or even coasters. The extra fabric I could use to line the insides of the handmade bags too and then help the less fortunate or make big money. This feature gave me big ideas for making more projects and also helping the environment and the economy.
I rarely buy new cloths. I visit the thrift stores when I need. What I don’t use I pass on to needy people in the clinic I visit for hubby 3x a week. There’s no need to buy new when there’s sooo much out there. I can’t tell you how many garments I’ve purchased that still had there price tags.
In high fashion ,there used to be , spring summer, fall winter and resort wear in the winter. Now there are 10 collections a year. Fast fashion has changed fashion. They have new clothes weekly. They also over make the amount of clorhes.buyers used to calculate the amount of clothes needed baced on previous years sales. These clothes are being shipped to many countries to fill up in land falls. Meanwhile there are people all over the world who need clothes .
It’s not just the fashion industry. I used to work for Hallmark and the amount of perfectly fine brand new items and hardware they throw away is disgusting. 🤢 instead of giving it to charity or marking it down, they have their workers throw them in the dumpsters and they’ll be fired if they keep any of it!
CBS should now do a story about the fashion trends- why our fashion hasnt chagned much since the year 2000 and how boring some of the fashion trends are now.
Some leather bags are really well made. One of my bags, *preluxz* , couldn’t be determined whether it was a fake bag after basic inspection. I think it is ridiculous.
This is a massive issue, but also a massive opportunity to right a wrong. I see more and more solutions , but we need to keep innovating. It’s important to keep this in the public eye.
Thanks for shedding light to this issue. I lived in a manufacturing town and I can see scraps of shoe soles, textile scraps that are thrown away. Some textile scraps are sown together and sold as rags but there are still a lot of trash leftover.
I don't buy fast fashion and I don't buy new clothes. I shop classic, top quality pieces at Goodwill for pennies on the dollar. I take good care of them, and I wear them for years.
This doesn't make any sense because as a designer, who doesn't have a lot of money, why isn't this fabric being sold to students in these collages? Why haven't they created a page for selling it? Just dumb!
I have three 15 year old work shirts that are just starting to rip. I want to emphasize work, these get a lot of wear. A person should never need more than one shirt a year.
From an economic prospective, demand is demand. Calling it "deadstock" and wrapping it in a non-profit bow doesn't do anything to reduce the quantity produced & ultimately scrapped.
Not sure if I’m helping but I haven’t shopped in a retail store for new clothing in 30 years. I buy exclusively from a thrift store for every single thing in my home, dishes, rugs, furniture, draperies, bedding, decor and clothing & accessories. In terms of clothes, I buy classics (usually in solid colors) and I favor natural materials like linen, wool and cotton…I’m a child of the 60s, so those materials speak to me. When I’m done with an item, I re-donate it in good condition for it to be resold again…..and they are because I often find them in the same thrift store with price tags on them and I usually laugh to myself as I say hello to my old item. LOL I hope that this shopping method is making a positive difference but I’m not sure. All I know is I’m so accustomed to paying very little for things that there’s no way I could ever go back to full price shopping again, even though my annual income is over six figures and has been for quite some time which would allow me to shop direct from designers but why should I, I end up getting Armani jeans, Christian Lacroix jackets, Coach, Michael Kors, Kate Spade and Louis Vuitton bags & shoes, Pottery Barn, William Sonoma, Home Goods, Ethan Allen, English porcelain & stoneware, etc., for less than a fraction of their original retail cost!! Example: vintage German hand painted porcelain (a set of 26 total pieces) that retail for over $2,000, I just bought a week ago for $35. A set of 4 children’s wood chairs that cost $389 at Pottery Barn, I bought for $20. 6 panels of heavy, fully lined linen, pinch pleat drapes with trim detail, that are 22x96 inches long, cost me $36.00 when they retail for over $272 per panel ($1,635 total). THIS is why I’ve bought thrifted for the last 30 years…..that and my deep desire to “recycle” and keep as much out of landfills as I can for as long as possible…..which is a typical thought process for my generation because a lot of us are just a bunch of old hippies and we love our Mother Earth! LOL
IMO you’re not doing anything positive to move fashion forward unless you’re designing with natural, biodegradable fiber. If you are a designer still using synthetic or partially synthetic (viscose and rayon) fabric then you’re part of the problem.
Dead stock is what doesn’t sell at the end of a season. Most SALE racks have items that are ill-fitting or not made well. Perhaps department store buyers should be more selective in what they are ordering in the first place.
I often wonder if you took the total amount of clothing that exists and divided it by each person alive today, how many pieces of clothing do you think there is per person? I watched a documentary 10 years ago how the fashion industry is a terrible polluter and I made a commitment to buy most of my clothing used and second hand.
My comment about a place that sells dead stock was deleted, why did you publish this story when you really don't care about consumers knowing where to buy dead stock to help with this issue. your actions speak loud.
It's not the channel, it's UA-cam. It's happened to me when I tried to share a name of an non profit organization which tests skincare/makeup ingredients for their safety. No matter how I tried to spell out this companies name, it kept getting "removed", and I tried for about 15 times to post that comment. It is UA-cam who doesn't want the truth out there.
There used to be jobbers that would buy excess fabric and supply to several fabric stores in the garment district. Most of that seems to have moved to L.A.
What’s really sad is that most of the women’s fashions now are just garbage. Let’s get back to buying quality clothing, dressing well and keeping the clothes for a long time.
Some leather bags are really well made. One of my bags, *preluxz* , couldn’t be determined whether it was a fake bag after basic inspection. I think it is ridiculous.
The Elders on reservations make a lot of their own clothing. Velvet is popular. Also ribbon. I'm sure the logistics aren't realistic for this but just a thought.
In another time there were "rag men", a guy with a cart, walking streets asking for any rags. This is such huge power version of collecting cast off materials.
Working at a thrift store, I see that there is so much textiles going to the local land fill. To many items being made and 2nd hand clothes just don't sell. It's terrible how much is tossed.
Fabric stores (the few left) where I am usually had a table with stuff in it called "ends." These were rolls that had a yard or two of fabric left on them. They would be sold for cheap. I remember going in there as I wanted some plain brown cotton. They had an end. I bought it out. I knew people who would shop for ends - they might not get enough for a whole outfit, but they might get enough to make a skirt. In terms of scraps, maybe they could have a random selection of scraps (classified by fabric type and or colour) and sell a bundle as a quilter's surprise bag. There would need to be limits. Scraps must be of a certain size for example. Whether it would make a dent is another thing entirely.
Some leather bags are really well made. One of my bags, *preluxz* , couldn’t be determined whether it was a fake bag after basic inspection. I think it is ridiculous.
Cheaply and poorly manufactured clothing are a huge problem. Even major design houses make cheap products. Well made and designed clothing isn’t affordable for a lot of people anymore, and it’s difficult for people to keep a lasting wardrobe… even those “classic staples”, they say we need. Recycling is a great thing, as long as it is effective. Recycling isn’t the cure to the issue we want to believe it is, but I’m glad to see that they are trying to be efficient with the deadstock. There are a lot of other options they are missing, still.
The designers are terrible. They have NO talent anymore and offer low quality products at ridiculously expensive prices. The products don’t sell because there is no creativity or quality anymore. There’s your dead stock right there.
I remember seeing a video a few years ago, showing tons of used clothing sent to Ghana for one of the largest "flea markets" for clothing. The excess stuff not selected was dumped in massive piles on the BEACHES, and some of it gets washed out into the OCEAN!!! 😠🤬
We're ruining our environment for fast fashion. Thanks to these innovative ladies for starting up the solution
As far as I know, I don't think this has any bearing on fast fashion.. as most of those manufacturers are in other countries, and I'm pretty sure she mainly deals with US based designers. Should they or similar companies expand, that's different, but given how companies like Shein operate, I don't see it happening any time soon because of collection and processing fees, like the one thing they're conveniently neglecting to mention is that Fabscrap charges $2 per pound for an individual, let alone a company. Unless there are regulations put in place, forcing the recycling of materials, I'm afraid greed still wins out.
It's not limited to fast fashion. It’s the fashion industry as a whole is the issue.
As someone who sews, deadstock fabric is awesome. I wish more retailers sold it.
@@maryfields877 #metoo
I used to sew a lot! Clothes and costumes, curtains, pillows,, dress shirts...
What happened to me?
And when you can find it online, they price it higher than new!
I’m a product developer in Los Angeles and work with many accounts including Disney. Let me tell you the amount of waste we create every day is insane. I appreciate this way of thinking, keep up the great work!
thanks for sharing. if you ever leave the company without an insane NDA I would love to listen to you speak about it. take care!
I wish I could work for Disney! So, did you create toys, merchandise, and souvenirs to be sold under the Disney brand in the theme parks? I would also love to hear from you about your experiences!❤
This is something that needs way more attention than it gets! These designers need to be part of the solution to the problems they’ve created.
It’s also not just the designers fault. Manufacturers require minimum buys or they won’t produce it. Or even if they will they incentivize buyers to buy more to reduce the price per unit. It’s an industry wide issue all up and down the supply chain. We need to return to local small batch, small business manufacturing. It’s nonsense to continue on like this
It's not on the designer. If consumers didn't buy so many pieces then businesses wld not produce to much and focus on quality over quantity. Consumers generally want endless fast fashion to the detriment of the planet
How come they don't sell those scraps to the public on line? They would make lots of money. People who sew are always looking for deals.
I would think because they don't have the manpower to do it 😢 it was mentioned that volunters sort thru the fabrics by hand, I would probably take a lot of people to run the logistics of selling them online (inventory, packaging materials, shipping, costumer service, returns...)
Mixed media artists could use that. Quilters like me would love that. Imagine the scrap quilts you can make from Fabrics leftover just from one fashion house in one season. I personally would love that if I could live in a fabric store, I would be happy. If the fashion industry would stop producing so much crap where it’s obvious no one is going to buy that, they wouldn’t have so much trash left over. each fashion house and fabric design shop should Hire a bunch of members of their audience and set up review committees, where people could vote on the things they’d actually buy.
I've seen deadstock yardage for sale online. You just have to search it out. Might still be too expensive tho.
That would be extra work requiring extra staff. Clearly not feasible for your small asks.
INDEED!
This is why I am a fan of cotton, wool etc., natural products as opposed to plastic type material like polyester etc.
ICAM.
polyester is created for sportswear, water resistant outerwear and fire proof clothing.. but many brand start using it in everything
I love natural fibers but that doesn’t solve the issue at hand….
@@SL-lz9jrit addresses the fact that natural material can be left to “rot”, polyester is practically forever toxic
@@SL-lz9jr In part, it does. Only natural fibers decompose naturally. Cotton can take 5-6 month to decompose in a landfill. Polyester .... 20-200 years.
This is why I hate it when consumers are blamed for not recycling or reducing waste. Look at how much pre-consumer waste is created by the industry itself! BTW, so many companies produce or use plastic containers that are marked with the recyclable symbol but actually cannot be realistically recycled at most municipal recycling facilities. How crazy is that? Until all manufacturing industries take responsibility for the mess they made, don’t blame consumers. We didn’t choose this path.
Agree! We have to use paper bags for our shopping, or no bag, but look at the waste that producers are creating!
Yes. No one back in the day, a few decades ago, ever yearned for cheap plastic polyester clothing. Never an inkling that changes would lead to this garbage pail clothing which wants to blame consumers for demanding. It’s ridiculous. Recycling containers 😂- There just wasn’t much disposable stuff until the 90s or thereabouts, very little waste compared to now, like 90% less, imo, rough estimate. yet constantly consumers are blamed as if it was their idea.
I agree!
Yes and no. The companies want to make a profit and put tons of money into creating a desire for a product through advertising. @Kris-ib8sn
We're all in this world together. We all do our parts, good and bad, in many different arenas. The answer is to take responsibility for the outcomes. And always do what we can to make this a better place to live.
Thank you for sharing this! An hour ago I was pulling brand new clothing- some still with tags- out of a dumpster across the street. I was shocked! It will go to a local non-profit.
When I was teaching fashion design & merchandising in Guangzhou China between 2009 to 2013, i tried to convince my students to donate unused fabric to rural villages to make quilts, no one cares, and the logistics are complicated, no one wants to pay for transportation
Sad.
As a previous Louis Vuitton employee- we constantly had access to our employee website where we got up to 90% off of the things they could not sell.
i dont suspect they do that anymore but thanks for the tip
Is it true that designer clothing items aren't always made from top notch materials?
What's to stop you or other employees from reselling that same merchandise for your own profit?
I grew up with a mother who shopped "mill ends" & various leftovers. We went to a Munsingwear left over site & she got all she needed to make high quality men's shirts for example. Now days its hard to even find a regular fabric store.
JoAnn used to sell decent garment fabric but that was over 10 yrs ago. Quilt shops only sell cotton, so that's not a good option if you want fancy fabric. You have to buy the garment fabric online, and you have to trust it's decent.
@@dianebremer9408 yes!! I went to a JoAnn the other day and basically all they carried was plain weave cotton (quilting stuff) SO MUCH fleece 🙄 and then a small amount of other stuff like upholstery type fabrics. If you want to costume or make personal garments just forget it. You better bank on using fleece or plain weave cotton 😒
I am sure they have to cater to their highest spending market but it’s so ridiculous that a fabric store has been reduced to quilting and knotting fleece blankets. The fabric store used to be as inspiring as entering the craft store.
@velvetchiharu idk where you are living. If it is rural, maybe that is partly why. But, when I sewed in school, JoAnn's had some good stuff! (And a ton of quilter cotton!) But, true that was over ten yrs ago! Haven't been to the store in so long, idk what they have now.
Donate to senior centers that have quilters. I volunteer at one and they are always looking for donations!
@@amyutah1934 I agree
Quilters want quilting cotton. Not polyester or poly blends, knits, lace, textures, etc. Fashion fabric really isn't suitable for quilting.
They need to quit producing cheap low quality clothing. People should buy high quality clothing IMHO and keep it for years.
Yes. But the trillion dollar fashion industry doesn’t want that. They want everyone buying new wardrobes every season. It’s disgusting.
@@jenilynn1010they make what people demand. There was a good video here on UA-cam about the rise of fast fashion. Started with Zara and Forever 21 back in the day, then Shein. Cheap clothes at cheap prices were what consumers wanted. So now places had to do the same to compete. Now everything except high end & maybe department stores is mostly fast fashion.
Yes and also not many people know how to sew anymore, compared to years past. Could be fixing our our garments or re-creating them into new styles. My mother and grandmother did both, I recall.
But that's if you can afford to pay for the quality. If you have a limited income, you are limited as to the 'quality' you can get. I say this because I'm not a sewer, I only have a certain amount to spend each year (usually well under $100) and I have to try clothes on to get something that fits. Give me a solution to that.
@@kimberlyokeeffe5360 Have you tried ebay or thift stores? I will say $100 isn't alot but I've picked up some brand name clothes from places like that or ThreadUp & Mercari. TJ Maxx also sometime sell discounted brands.
I would love to see a "Project Runway" episode at this location!
I had a beautiful encounter 25 years ago with Carolina Herrara. It was in Los Angeles at a launch of her '212' perfume. She came up to me and started talking about her college daughter. I said to her "um, well I'm 35 years old." She took a step back, doing a double-take. She then gave me the biggest compliment "Keep doing what you're doing." (Maybe she does this with every potential customer, flattering them to buy her product!!! It seriously felt to me she thought I was college-aged.)
I’m sure she was very genuine !🤍🙏
maybe she needed some new contact lenses.
Polyester, rayon, viscose is the problem. Wool, linen, cotton, and silk are all biodegradable. Stop buying/wearing plastic clothes.
Too bad there’s stores like TJMaxx, Marshall’s, Dirt Cheap, and Ross that sell a lot of clothes made from synthetic fabrics like polyester and rayon. That’s usually where the overstock goes once it’s liquidated and salvaged out from the original store it was being sold.
@@jdotslittleshopofwonders Absolutely. And every producer of clothing is using polyester. There was nothing quality about that scrap of fabric they passed around. They are just trying to repackage the same bull puck so they can keep the same system going. There are designers selling polyester dresses for thousands of dollars. We all have to read labels and stop compromising. Same thing for the food industry.
@@janellescott210 you are right. I used to shop at places like TJMAXX all of the time, which don’t get me wrong, they have nice cute clothes, but some of the garments don’t have integrity or longevity and they either tear easily, make you sweat to death, shrink when you wash them (God forbid you dry them on accident), or don’t last long beyond the season they were initially designed for (fast fashion). A lot of the time too those garments are irregular and fit awkward. I’ve since donated a lot of clothes to either Plato’s closet or my local thrift store, but I’m more mindful now about my clothing purchases and look for 100% cotton whenever possible. They last longer and feel way better on my skin/body and don’t make me sweat. Plus cotton can be reused as washing rags, cover leather purses/shoes, the list goes on.
@@janellescott210 like my dad always told me, the less you know, the more you pay.
@@janellescott210 what’s even sadder is a lot of US based clothing factories used cotton for clothing, but once they get outsourced to other countries, hello Poly and Ester, RayOn, and viscose.
I am glad they are finally doing their part, kudos to Carolina Herrera for being part of the solution. As a reseller, I hunt for overstock and thrift items to resell - we all need to cut back, we don't need 20 pairs of shoes and 12 dresses. Save the environment is saving the planet right where we are all at.
Good to see this issue covered by mainstream media.
I sew, and I try to use deadstock or rescued thrifted fabric when possible. I prefer these deadstock fabrics due to cost and usually quality. No matter how much I buy and use though, I don’t make a dent in the fabric waste. We need more businesses like this.
Fabulous segment! ❤
This inspired me. The two ladies who have made a business out of “garbage” is genus! The fabrics they must come act must be phenomenal.
So glad someone is finally addressing this. Sometimes I'll go into a Macy's or other store and it is packed with discounted clothes. I think they are making too much and continue to use cheap labor.
After watching the story on UA-cam about Bangladesh...this has to be fixed. The problem will not go away simply by giving away scraps. No disrespect to those who are trying. But, we need to create less a lot less. Imagine how much water is wasted on such things...
It needs to be seen as one prong to a multi-prong solution.
I love Fab Scrap. I bought a scrap dress from there and made it a skirt.
why not use some of this deadstock to make some of the things commonly thought of as single use. If the material is going to be incinerated or landfilled it could at least replace some plastic and paper production. Natural materials could be used to make Swiffer pads, paper towels, napkins, washable sanitary napkins, etc etc. There must be thousands of items it could be used for.
Or even fillers for blankets and pillows
@@katienunnally9890 yes!
It's Temu and Shein's fault LOL 😕Jk. But I think FabScrap should go develop their non profit in more states so that other organizations nationally can become apart of the process. Imagine her opening more stores in other places where people can purchase the scraps. Know a few folks who sew...Love this!
This is one reason why I do resale. Visit just one Goodwill and there is an insane amount of clothing that may end up in a landfill.
A lot of the clothing items from Goodwill may end up in a landfill, at least in my area, because the prices for the used items are often not much less than or sometimes equal to items bought new at discount stores or on sale. I used to buy the majority of my clothing at thrift shops. But now I rarely do. Sure, one can find quality pieces while thrifting. But it takes a lot of time and luck, sifting through the merchandise. More than I have of both.
Goodwill is expensive! No more bargains there!
Deadstock fabric has been appreciated in the denim community for a while now. Especially denim made on old school shuttle looms from US mills that have shut down. The fabric is seen as more durable, thus superior to the cheaper alternatives being produced today. So jeans made from deadstock carry a premium.
The average size of an adult woman is size 16. The avg size garment made is a size 8. That's a big problem.
We should look at frequency, instead of average. 2 women of size 8 and 24 yield the average size of 16. Producing 2 size 16 clothes would add to the problem, not diminishing it.
The average size woman being size 16 is a HUGE problem.
About 5 years ago, I stopped buying things I don’t TRULY need. It was simple, and shockingly easy. Once I realized I was being “baited” into buying stuff I don’t actually need, I stopped. I now have more money than I did before because I do t spend much… and much less clutter in my house. Highly recommend.
Thank you for doing somethingabout this terrible problem. These companies are top end and I'm sure their fabrics are of good quality. Offering them to the public at a discount and saving space in our landfills is something everyone can get behind. I wish you all the best.
I can’t believe the male 9’ white fur scarf isn’t flying off the shelves.
No one I know is keeping up. High school girls, maybe, but fashion is a luxury people can't afford anymore.
We are too busy trying til earn money for food.
I could use the yarn from the knitwear to make scarves, hats, cowls, or even coasters. The extra fabric I could use to line the insides of the handmade bags too and then help the less fortunate or make big money. This feature gave me big ideas for making more projects and also helping the environment and the economy.
I rarely buy new cloths. I visit the thrift stores when I need. What I don’t use I pass on to needy people in the clinic I visit for hubby 3x a week. There’s no need to buy new when there’s sooo much out there. I can’t tell you how many garments I’ve purchased that still had there price tags.
i dont understand why they cant just resell it for cheaper and rework the scraps. i hate the fashion industry so much, so greedy ...
They don’t want to “cheapen” their products.
Overpriced designer clothes..... Why are they crying, they always sent them to the landfill instead of discounting them.
They don’t want lower class people wearing their brands.
In high fashion ,there used to be , spring summer, fall winter and resort wear in the winter. Now there are 10 collections a year. Fast fashion has changed fashion. They have new clothes weekly. They also over make the amount of clorhes.buyers used to calculate the amount of clothes needed baced on previous years sales. These clothes are being shipped to many countries to fill up in land falls. Meanwhile there are people all over the world who need clothes .
It’s not just the fashion industry. I used to work for Hallmark and the amount of perfectly fine brand new items and hardware they throw away is disgusting. 🤢 instead of giving it to charity or marking it down, they have their workers throw them in the dumpsters and they’ll be fired if they keep any of it!
Glad you featured this problem!
I love this reporting ❤
That’s crazy when I think of dead stock, sneakers come to mind.
Use it up, wear it out, make do, do without.
CBS should now do a story about the fashion trends- why our fashion hasnt chagned much since the year 2000 and how boring some of the fashion trends are now.
This is great info. Thanks for this story. We all have to do our part.
Some leather bags are really well made. One of my bags, *preluxz* , couldn’t be determined whether it was a fake bag after basic inspection. I think it is ridiculous.
This is a massive issue, but also a massive opportunity to right a wrong. I see more and more solutions , but we need to keep innovating. It’s important to keep this in the public eye.
#1 REDUCE
#2 reuse
#3 recycle
First...lessen how much you consume, then wear out what you have or repurpose it, THEN recycle the scraps.
They no longer have now closed retailers like Century 21 and Barney’s Warehouse that used to resell all that stuff.
Great to hear that there is focused effort on changing things. Thanks so much.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Deadstock ends up in stores like T.J. Maxx and Marshall's.
Thanks for shedding light to this issue. I lived in a manufacturing town and I can see scraps of shoe soles, textile scraps that are thrown away. Some textile scraps are sown together and sold as rags but there are still a lot of trash leftover.
This is one of the best awareness videos ever!
Wonderful & much needed piece!
I don't buy fast fashion and I don't buy new clothes. I shop classic, top quality pieces at Goodwill for pennies on the dollar. I take good care of them, and I wear them for years.
In England scraps were collected and remade into clothes- termed Shoddy
Please, designers, cotton, wool, linen, silk ❤
Love this story, thank you! ❤♻️
This doesn't make any sense because as a designer, who doesn't have a lot of money, why isn't this fabric being sold to students in these collages? Why haven't they created a page for selling it? Just dumb!
Why are fashion students having to pay billion dollar corporations for fabric at a fraction of the cost? Give it to them!
I hate fast fashion
Same
I have three 15 year old work shirts that are just starting to rip. I want to emphasize work, these get a lot of wear. A person should never need more than one shirt a year.
Nice. All these brave women changed their carreers 🐶
Yeah, because they weren't making baby making as glorified seamstresses.
@@curlyhairdudeify aren’t they working for free tho?
From an economic prospective, demand is demand. Calling it "deadstock" and wrapping it in a non-profit bow doesn't do anything to reduce the quantity produced & ultimately scrapped.
Thanks, I appreciate you doing this story. Being myself a fashionholic ,I am better aware of my wastefulness in this regard to the planet.
Not sure if I’m helping but I haven’t shopped in a retail store for new clothing in 30 years. I buy exclusively from a thrift store for every single thing in my home, dishes, rugs, furniture, draperies, bedding, decor and clothing & accessories. In terms of clothes, I buy classics (usually in solid colors) and I favor natural materials like linen, wool and cotton…I’m a child of the 60s, so those materials speak to me.
When I’m done with an item, I re-donate it in good condition for it to be resold again…..and they are because I often find them in the same thrift store with price tags on them and I usually laugh to myself as I say hello to my old item. LOL
I hope that this shopping method is making a positive difference but I’m not sure. All I know is I’m so accustomed to paying very little for things that there’s no way I could ever go back to full price shopping again, even though my annual income is over six figures and has been for quite some time which would allow me to shop direct from designers but why should I, I end up getting Armani jeans, Christian Lacroix jackets, Coach, Michael Kors, Kate Spade and Louis Vuitton bags & shoes, Pottery Barn, William Sonoma, Home Goods, Ethan Allen, English porcelain & stoneware, etc., for less than a fraction of their original retail cost!! Example: vintage German hand painted porcelain (a set of 26 total pieces) that retail for over $2,000, I just bought a week ago for $35. A set of 4 children’s wood chairs that cost $389 at Pottery Barn, I bought for $20. 6 panels of heavy, fully lined linen, pinch pleat drapes with trim detail, that are 22x96 inches long, cost me $36.00 when they retail for over $272 per panel ($1,635 total). THIS is why I’ve bought thrifted for the last 30 years…..that and my deep desire to “recycle” and keep as much out of landfills as I can for as long as possible…..which is a typical thought process for my generation because a lot of us are just a bunch of old hippies and we love our Mother Earth! LOL
Never heard of such a thing. Great to hear someone knows about. Could potentially create jobs for people.
IMO you’re not doing anything positive to move fashion forward unless you’re designing with natural, biodegradable fiber. If you are a designer still using synthetic or partially synthetic (viscose and rayon) fabric then you’re part of the problem.
I'm sorry, but not everything can be achieved with natural fibres. It's good to push more towards this direction, but it's not all-encompassing.
Agreed! I’m so tired of all the crappy polyester!!!
I’ve only ever known the term “deadstock” to be shoes that are not made anymore, that are brand in box 📦 and have never been worn. 😁
Came to the comments to make sure I’m not the only one😂
Right! We learn something new everyday.
Dead stock is what doesn’t sell at the end of a season. Most SALE racks have items that are ill-fitting or not made well. Perhaps department store buyers should be more selective in what they are ordering in the first place.
Perhaps if fashions listened to what consumers actually want there would be less waste. Maybe we could choose our own colors??
Recycle the shredded material into yarn that can be upcycled into yarn 🧶 used by crocheters, knitters, and other fiber makers.
The male reporter needs his suit to surrender to "Fab Scrap" Or go to the local tailor and have it fitted properly
I often wonder if you took the total amount of clothing that exists and divided it by each person alive today, how many pieces of clothing do you think there is per person? I watched a documentary 10 years ago how the fashion industry is a terrible polluter and I made a commitment to buy most of my clothing used and second hand.
My comment about a place that sells dead stock was deleted, why did you publish this story when you really don't care about consumers knowing where to buy dead stock to help with this issue. your actions speak loud.
They delete everything.
It's not the channel, it's UA-cam. It's happened to me when I tried to share a name of an non profit organization which tests skincare/makeup ingredients for their safety. No matter how I tried to spell out this companies name, it kept getting "removed", and I tried for about 15 times to post that comment. It is UA-cam who doesn't want the truth out there.
This is a MAJOR issue now with UA-cam. 😡
There used to be jobbers that would buy excess fabric and supply to several fabric stores in the garment district. Most of that seems to have moved to L.A.
What’s really sad is that most of the women’s fashions now are just garbage. Let’s get back to buying quality clothing, dressing well and keeping the clothes for a long time.
Surplus and excess will be down fall of civilization!
Really incredible what these smart women are pulling off in NY!! Hope they can expand into other big cities
Some leather bags are really well made. One of my bags, *preluxz* , couldn’t be determined whether it was a fake bag after basic inspection. I think it is ridiculous.
The NYC garment district is not what it was. 😢
NYC garment become third world country, illegal immigrant hangout, street vendors, homeless, pandhandler, and criminals. Thanks to Bragg and Adams.
Yeah retail and fashion are a mess right now and I’m glad there are plans to bring some apparel production back to US.
It isn't. The Garment District lost 2 trim stores this year, one of them being M &J Trim
Nothing in the world is what it was. We have to accept and enjoy changes.
The Elders on reservations make a lot of their own clothing. Velvet is popular. Also ribbon. I'm sure the logistics aren't realistic for this but just a thought.
There’s a book called “Overdressed”, that discusses this topic in detail. You all might find this to be of interest.
In another time there were "rag men", a guy with a cart, walking streets asking for any rags.
This is such huge power version of collecting cast off materials.
We are a spoiled people. We think its not a thing. So many go without and so many have to much.
I love the tone for RESPECT 😂❤
Great program. This would be a fantastic program for the construction products industry.
Working at a thrift store, I see that there is so much textiles going to the local land fill. To many items being made and 2nd hand clothes just don't sell. It's terrible how much is tossed.
Wow! Quite a challenging issue to tackle! Kudos to them for taking on this behemoth of a dilemma 👍🌷😅
Fascinating information.
Fabric stores (the few left) where I am usually had a table with stuff in it called "ends." These were rolls that had a yard or two of fabric left on them. They would be sold for cheap. I remember going in there as I wanted some plain brown cotton. They had an end. I bought it out. I knew people who would shop for ends - they might not get enough for a whole outfit, but they might get enough to make a skirt. In terms of scraps, maybe they could have a random selection of scraps (classified by fabric type and or colour) and sell a bundle as a quilter's surprise bag. There would need to be limits. Scraps must be of a certain size for example. Whether it would make a dent is another thing entirely.
Thank God for these ladies. Fast fashion is whose causing waste
Talk to your great grand mothers, they will say how many clothes did they buy in a year?
Some leather bags are really well made. One of my bags, *preluxz* , couldn’t be determined whether it was a fake bag after basic inspection. I think it is ridiculous.
Love this idea! Wish we did this everywhere. So much waste.
Cheaply and poorly manufactured clothing are a huge problem. Even major design houses make cheap products. Well made and designed clothing isn’t affordable for a lot of people anymore, and it’s difficult for people to keep a lasting wardrobe… even those “classic staples”, they say we need. Recycling is a great thing, as long as it is effective. Recycling isn’t the cure to the issue we want to believe it is, but I’m glad to see that they are trying to be efficient with the deadstock. There are a lot of other options they are missing, still.
Nice to see these initiatives.
The designers are terrible. They have NO talent anymore and offer low quality products at ridiculously expensive prices. The products don’t sell because there is no creativity or quality anymore. There’s your dead stock right there.
"Volunteers" sort the scraps? Are these volunteers working off community service penalties or something? Who would volunteer for this tedious work?
I expect they are allowed to take some of their work home. If they sew, they would be glad to trade some of their time for free material.
it is truly amazing
Great idea, good job fabscrap!
I remember seeing a video a few years ago, showing tons of used clothing sent to Ghana for one of the largest "flea markets" for clothing.
The excess stuff not selected was dumped in massive piles on the BEACHES, and some of it gets washed out into the OCEAN!!! 😠🤬
@@christophermyers3758 I saw that video years ago too!
Missouri Star Quilt Company in Hamilton, Missouri, might be able to use these scraps since that IS what quilts are made from... scraps.
Fascinating piece. Tysm
So much waste. I started thrifting there’s so much out there, no need to produce more.
A women of course provided a solution. Yess❤