ニッキー・リードのインスタグラム(nikkireed) - 8月3日 00時01分

(Continued from previous post)
@iam_samata

“Should a country’s effort to BE sustainable be supported by a sustainable fashion MOVEMENT?
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Secondhand clothes are not a black-and-white issue, and they are not all good.
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Knowing your purchase or donation will do good for other communities or causes does not negate the reality of how lucrative the secondhand clothes industry is for the so-called developed world, and the hand-tie situation it presents to the countries it exports to.
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As a British born Ghanaian, it is close to my heart to share that the continent of Africa is being used as a dumping ground. Awoken to this reality, several east African countries (including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and South Sudan) are refusing to accept limitless secondhand clothes and in return are being threatened with exclusion from beneficial trade deals. This impacts their ability to be prosperous and self-sufficient.
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For the African countries who want to support their own homegrown design talents, and create their own thriving fashion capitals full of native luxury conglomerates or high street giants? To not rely on these cheap imports to “define“ their fashion industry on the global stage, it is opportunity denied.
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Like I said, one of the ways that sustainable fashion is not intersectional is by who it chooses as the messenger. Who it shackles to a limited prosperity. One where it dictates the terms of growth and oversees the image of who is helping whom.
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These countries are being punished because of their desire to build domestic textile industries, to build their own.
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Why are certain countries forced to sacrifice development in order to remain connected to the so-called advanced world? FYI-70% of donated garments end up in Africa.
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The western world has realized it has too many clothes and not enough people interested in wearing them (secondhand clothes are called the “clothing of calamity“ in Mozambique- such as the madness of the piles we throw away without a second thought.) That doesn’t mean that all manner of garments should be exported to Africa. Or that Africans - across the 54 countries – should feel grateful for the burden.”
- @iam_samata

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