Slow fashion is gaining energy as designers and the

stylishly-inclined try to change the way we consume our clothes.

The idea is a throwback to days gone by when families even made

 their own clothes, and a spin-off of the slow food movement.

The slow food movement, begun in Italy in 1986 as a reaction

to a proposed fast food joint by the Spanish steps in Rome, accentuate

quality instead of quantity. Take the time to make your meal, and take

 your time enjoying it.

Now some designers are taking fashion down the same path. Buying

cheap excessive clothes is going out of style. The new trend is buying

quality—even if that means a significant increase in price—and having

pieces you can be proud of, pieces that could even become hand-me-downs.

Like Slow Food, Slow Fashion is anxious with origin, source, and

process. Clothes are meant to be produced in a fair and assertable

manner—which can mean anything from making your own clothes

out of recycled textiles, to purchasing an organic fair trade cotton

dress. (greenbydesign)