circular fashion

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Dictionary meaning

a systemic approach to clothing design, production, use, and recovery that seeks to eliminate waste by keeping materials in continuous use through recycling, upcycling, resale, rental, and repair, replacing the current linear take-make-dispose model of the fashion industry with a regenerative cycle in which the end of one garment's life provides the resources for the next; circular fashion draws on the broader principles of circular economy thinking — designing out waste and pollution, keeping products and materials in use, and regenerating natural systems — and applies them to the specific material flows, business models, and consumer behaviours of the clothing sector; it encompasses design for longevity and disassembly, chemical recycling of blended fibres, take-back schemes, peer-to-peer resale platforms, and policy frameworks requiring extended producer responsibility