Charlotte Watkivs

Female

Bristol

United Kingdom

Profile Information:

Profession / role:: Student
My primary role in relation to fashion is:: Consumer, Student
I am looking to discover or buy: Anyone's oppinions!
About me / About business or organisation:: I am currently studying for my A2's and have taken up an EPQ. This stands for an Extended Project Qualification. My tiltle for this project is "Is it right that still use harmful synthetic fibres when there are natural fibres and modern fibres that do not have such an effect on the environment?". I have joined the network here to expore other peoples ideas on this subject and hopefully gain greater knowledge of the subject overall.
Career history / Company history:: Studied Textiles GCSE and Textiles and GCSE fashion and textiles.

David McGill

Hi Charlotte. The obvious answr to youe question is no, but there are striong commercial reasons for using synthetic fibres, not least the low cost and gurantees of production. The bigger question is why we buy so much more clothing than we can ever use and simply discard them into landfill sites

Sep 20, 2010