A single new cotton T-shirt carries a surprising amount of hidden cost before it ever reaches your wardrobe.
From field to shelf
Growing the cotton, spinning and dyeing the yarn, cutting, sewing and shipping — each step adds water, energy and emissions. Keeping a garment you already own in rotation skips almost all of it.
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The most sustainable garment is nearly always the one you already have. A small repair keeps it going with a fraction of the footprint of anything new.
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