sustainable fashion

[ suh-stey-nuh-buhl fash-uhn ]

noun

1. a genre of clothing and other fashion products intended to reduce negative impacts on the environment through the use of ecologically responsible materials and manufacturing, the promotion of longer-lasting style trends, and the popularization of product reuse: circular fashion ( def ).

   Our best-selling items of sustainable fashion are the T-shirts made from recycled water bottles.

   They’re among the most credible producers of sustainable fashion because they’d rather you get good mileage from a small, versatile wardrobe than lure you into a new line of fashion every season.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sustainable fashion¹

First recorded in 2005–10