Fast Fashion: Is My Wardrobe the Problem?

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

哇，你带了一整袋来？真厉害！

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

对啊！一半都还挂着吊牌呢。

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

还挂着吊牌？所以你买了却从来没穿过？

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

有几件是吧，不过它们便宜得离谱。

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

一件T恤才5美元，根本没什么大不了的。

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

说来也巧，我已经一年没买过新衣服了。

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

真的假的？一件都没买？那你穿什么？

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

主要是原本就有的衣服，结果完全够穿。

What surprised me was how little I actually missed.

让我意外的是，我其实几乎没觉得缺什么。

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

好吧，但拜托，一个人的衣柜能有多大影响？

Arguably, it matters more than you'd think.

可以说，它的影响比你想的要大。

According to the UN, fashion is estimated to account for

根据联合国的数据，时尚业估计占了

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%？比我想的还多。

And it gets worse. Every single second,

而且还有更糟的。每一秒钟，

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

就有一整辆垃圾车那么多的纺织品被烧掉或填埋。

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

每一秒？唉，真让人沮丧，我以前从没想过这件事。

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

可是，我买不起200美元的夹克啊。

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

对很多人来说，便宜衣服不是一种选择。

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

有道理，因为不是每个人都能为品质一掷千金。

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

而且说实话，这难道不是大品牌的责任，而不是我的吗？

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

是他们每周都在推出一大堆新款。

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

在某种程度上你说得对，这个行业必须改变。

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

但问题是，短短15年里，

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

我们穿每件衣服的次数下降了三分之一以上。

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

所以问题不在于买衣服，而在于扔掉它们？

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

没错！要是我早点知道，我买东西的方式就会不一样了。

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

现在我会问自己：这件我会穿30次吗？

Thirty times? Most of my stuff barely gets three.

30次？我大部分衣服连3次都穿不到。

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

好吧，我试试看。买少一点、好一点，多交换。

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

还有修补！掉了一颗扣子又不是世界末日。

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

一言为定。要是我学过缝纫，现在早就无敌了。

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

我教你，你会发现比看起来简单多了。

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

哇，快看这件牛仔外套！太完美了！

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

等等，那是我的！我发誓只穿过一次！

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

那它马上就能凑齐剩下的29次了！

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

行吧。至少它归了一个真会穿它的人。