Green Clothes on Evergreen Ladies

There is good news for fashion shoppers looking to reduce their carbon footprint and not break the bank – thrifting is a way of reusing and recycling the clothes we already have while saving money and promoting a sustainable environment.

The statistics are staggering. According to Global Fashion Agenda, Fashion on Climate reports that in 2018, the fashion industry produced 2.1 billion tonnes of Co2, this represents 4% of the global carbon emissions, an emission share larger than that of France, Germany and UK combined.

The overproduction of clothes must be reduced, and recycling our pre-loved clothes is a great step forward. If just 1 in 5 garments we have are recycled through thrift stores, we as customers can have a huge impact on the reduction of Co2 emissions.

So what better way to reduce your carbon footprint than to also know you are contributing towards helping those in need? Collective Calling Tienda Solidaria is a pre-loved clothing shop focused on promoting an ecoconscious mindset in the fashion world, with profits going towards their projects here in Spain and Tanzania ( www.collectivecalling.org ).  It sources all it´s items through donations from the public, and any clothing not sold in the store gets recycled through effective and sustainable companies that manage waste correctly, preventing clothes from ending up in landfills.

This fashion shoot shows just some of the many fabulous clothes that have been given a second lease of life at the Collective Calling store, and all have been modelled by mothers, business women, therapists and charity workers – all ordinary women, doing extraordinary things! It is important to note that this fashion shoot including the photographer, the makeup artist and all the models have donated their time voluntarily from the goodness of their heart. The charity also hold quarterly fashion show luncheons throughout the year and are always open to have new faces to model in their shows. So a very big thank you to:

Photographer: Dagmara Legante ( @Legante.art, www.instagram.com/legante.art/ )

Models: Marie Rodoni, Tilla Andersson, Ekaterina Belova, Melanie Kettner-Borough, Simone Kennedy, Maria Almakaeva, Veronika Tye (Ambassador of Collective Calling), Gemma Carr (Co-Founder of Collective Calling)

Visit the store (@CollectiveCallingTiendaSolidaria) to shop and donate your clothing at Avenida Pablo Ruiz Picasso no. 4, San Pedro de Alcantara 29670

Monday – Friday           10:00 – 14:00 and 17:00 – 20:00

Saturday                       10:00 – 14:00

Telephone: 0034 711 006 961