Fast Fashion: Is My Wardrobe the Problem?

Wow, you brought an entire bag? That's impressive!

哇，你帶了一整袋來？真厲害！

I did! Half of these still have the tags on.

對啊！一半都還掛著吊牌呢。

Still tagged? So you bought them and never wore them?

還掛著吊牌？所以你買了卻從來沒穿過？

Some of them, sure, but they were ridiculously cheap.

有幾件是啦，不過它們便宜得離譜。

When a T-shirt costs five dollars, it's hardly a big deal.

一件T恤才5美元，根本沒什麼大不了的。

Funnily enough, I haven't bought anything new in a year.

說來也巧，我已經一年沒買過新衣服了。

Seriously? Not a single thing? What did you wear?

真的假的？一件都沒買？那你穿什麼？

Mostly what I already had, which turned out to be plenty.

主要是原本就有的衣服，結果完全夠穿。

What surprised me was how little I actually missed.

讓我意外的是，我其實幾乎沒覺得缺什麼。

Okay, but come on, one person's wardrobe can't matter that much.

好吧，但拜託，一個人的衣櫃能有多大影響？

Arguably, it matters more than you'd think.

可以說，它的影響比你想的還大。

According to the UN, fashion is estimated to account for

根據聯合國的資料，時尚業估計占了

somewhere between two and eight percent of global emissions.

全球排放量的2%到8%左右。

Wait, eight percent? That's more than I'd have guessed.

等等，8%？比我想的還多。

And it gets worse. Every single second,

而且還有更糟的。每一秒鐘，

a garbage truck's worth of textiles is burned or landfilled.

就有一整台垃圾車那麼多的紡織品被燒掉或掩埋。

Every second? Oh, that's grim, and I'd never even thought about it.

每一秒？唉，真令人沮喪，我以前從沒想過這件事。

Still, I can't afford a two-hundred-dollar jacket.

可是，我買不起200美元的夾克啊。

For a lot of people, cheap clothes aren't a choice.

對很多人來說，便宜衣服不是一種選擇。

That's fair, since not everyone can splash out on quality.

有道理，因為不是每個人都能為品質一擲千金。

And honestly, isn't this on the big brands, not me?

而且老實說，這難道不是大品牌的責任，而不是我的嗎？

They're the ones churning out new collections every week.

是他們每週都在推出一大堆新款。

To some extent, you're right, and the industry has to change.

在某種程度上你說得對，這個產業必須改變。

Here's the thing, though. In just fifteen years,

但問題是，短短15年裡，

how often we wear our clothes dropped by over a third.

我們穿每件衣服的次數下降了三分之一以上。

So the problem isn't buying clothes, it's tossing them?

所以問題不在於買衣服，而在於丟掉它們？

Exactly! Had I known that sooner, I'd have shopped differently.

沒錯！要是我早點知道，我買東西的方式就會不一樣了。

Now I ask myself: will I wear this thirty times?

現在我會問自己：這件我會穿30次嗎？

Thirty times? Most of my stuff barely gets three.

30次？我大部分衣服連3次都穿不到。

Okay, I'll give it a shot. Fewer, better things, and more swaps.

好吧，我試試看。買少一點、好一點，多交換。

And repairs! A missing button isn't the end of the world.

還有修補！掉了一顆釦子又不是世界末日。

Deal. If I'd learned to sew, I'd be unstoppable by now.

一言為定。要是我學過縫紉，現在早就無敵了。

I'll teach you, and you'll see it's far easier than it looks.

我教你，你會發現比看起來簡單多了。

Oh, wow, look at this denim jacket! It's perfect!

哇，快看這件牛仔外套！太完美了！

Wait, that's mine! I wore it once, I swear!

等等，那是我的！我發誓只穿過一次！

Then it's about to get its other twenty-nine wears!

那它馬上就能湊齊剩下的29次了！

Fair enough. At least it's going to someone who'll wear it.

好吧。至少它歸了一個真的會穿它的人。