Kristin Bauer van Straten Quotes

The fashion business has to change. There's too much waste.

It is extremely important to me that the social and environmental issues associated with the production of fashion clothing are addressed.

There are social and environmental impacts. You might be working with a factory that underpays its staff or mistreats its workers, or mishandles the dyes. I think that conscious fashion, fashion for our soul, needs to keep pushing that needle towards being better and more mindful.

I can tell you what I am working on, which is being more cognizant of my actions and how they affect others, most I will never meet. I've begun with my purchases. I'm focusing on quality versus quantity - a nicer tee-shirt with organic cotton and buying just one or two instead of five that are cheaper but made with GMO cotton, which is hard on Earth. It's caring a little more beyond myself. And I think it may be our only hope - and it feels much better to my soul, which in the end may be all we have.

In the future, fast-fashion retailers might change their philosophy toward real efforts to create a world of their own. One can only hope.

I don't want anything that I buy to have done any harm to anyone or anything.

I have previously been a very enthusiastic consumer, and I didn't think about the origins of garments enough.

I do try and wear stuff by unknown designers, and I make sure I pay because if nothing else I have money.

Consuming less is the fastest way to eco-fashion redemption - particularly if your preference is for leather, not hemp.

Putting even one thing in your shopping basket that's locally produced or organic makes all the difference. It's a vote for the future, for animal welfare, for the environment, for your children's children.

I do like shopping high street, but I do consider the long-term value of a specific piece and, also, one day giving it up for somebody else to love and enjoy.

I hope I am the antithesis of disposable fashion.

I think it is a good thing to buy less and choose well - it's good for the environment and to be fair it's also good for me because my clothes are quite expensive.

Pretending that the fashion industry isn't in part based on leather would be quite stupid of me, but at the same time, there is another way of doing things - even outside of leather. I don't use PVC either, for example, because it is harmful.

What I really want to happen is for all companies to become eco - especially fast fashion companies.

Some fast fashion companies do amazing environmentally friendly capsule collections, but wouldn't it be great if one of these companies just turned around and said everything they produced was?

For ethical fashion, I really like Reformation. It's so fashionable - no hemp trousers.

Look what consumer power has done with organic food; we can do the same with clothes.

The fashion industry is the worst possible vessel for conveying an ethical message about anything.

Buy less, choose well, make it last. Quality rather than quantity: That is true sustainability. If people only bought beautiful things rather than rubbish, we wouldn't have climate change!

The greenest thing you could do in fashion, is to buy something great that you’re going to use for years

It would be great if everybody got a conscience. If we started to take more responsibility for the pollution in the world caused by the fashion industry, and to produce less, but better-thought-out goods. Then it becomes worth saving up to buy something beautifully-designed because you can and will keep it, rather than buying a bunch of disposable fashion items you'll probably wear once before throwing away and adding to the waste stockpile. I do think people used to buy clothing with a more thoughtful approach.

My New Year's style resolution is to buy and wear more clothing that is handmade by artisans or eco-friendly.

When I started doing television, I was very aware my clothes would be obvious and it was a great opportunity to promote brands which are made with respect to people and the environment.

Goose down is super-unethical, and it's unnecessary. There are a lot of alternatives that are sustainable and just as warm.