Regular listeners would know that we at QF are avid op shoppers. We like nothing more than to rifle through $1 baskets of stale smelling Lycra at our local Noffs in the hope of finding an original Donna Karan bodysuit.
But that’s because we have the choice. We have the leisure time, the energy and even the funds to cover those pesky op shop inflations..
For those one in eight adult Australians who live below the poverty line, and for women in shelters who have escaped domestic violence, choice of any kind is a luxury, and actually so is being gifted the chance of a fresh start with a carefully curated wardrobe of never worn - never sold clothes courtesy of Thread Together.
Just a few years ago Burberry was famously caught burning its excess stock for fear it’d end up in the hands of the poor (if you’re British you’ll know how ironic this is, given the chav check and the old adage that style can’t be bought, but that’s another story for another episode) ..
Impressive, then, that Thread Together has managed to successfully convince 2,000 fashion brands to be less mean (and toxic) about their unsold stock.
Overproduction to the tune of 30 per cent is the norm now. According to Thread Together CEO Anthony Chesler, for our planet’s eight billion people there are now $100 billion units of clothing being produced annually.
No wonder the TT warehouse is so vast.
We opened this can of wriggling worms after a tour of the place last year with the man himself…
… and while we’re none the wiser about overproduction, we wholeheartedly concede that Thread Together is a great service making the best of a bad situation.
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