Amit Kalra: 3 creative ways to fix fashion's waste problem
Amit Kalra: Tres maneras de solucionar el problema de los residuos textiles
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más económica de vestir a la moda.
cost-effective way to be stylish.
at my local thrift store,
a una tienda de segunda mano,
to become my treasure.
y transformarse en mi preciado tesoro.
for your average
la típica camiseta retro de segunda mano.
vintage T-shirt to wear.
at the intersection of design
es el punto donde se cruzan
the most out of the things I was finding,
lo que iba comprando,
del estilo de los 90
garments that I was finding,
my own clothes from scratch ever since,
hago y reformo mi ropa,
es absolutamente personal.
is uniquely my own.
esa cantidad interminable de ropa
racks of clothes at these thrift stores,
that I don't buy?
toda la ropa que no compro,
de moda y quedan allí,
at these secondhand stores.
de segunda mano?
en el área mayorista,
on the wholesale side,
de los artículos que vendemos
some of the products that we sell
de estas tiendas.
of these thrift stores.
a resonar en mi vida laboral también.
into my work life, as well.
de distribución alarmante
a very scary supply chain
pretty troubling realities.
a una inquietante realidad.
I was sorting though
of the total amount of garments
del total de prendas
of the total textile and garment waste
los desechos textiles y de prendas
or recycled in some way,
o reciclado de alguna manera.
of textile and garment waste
de los desechos textiles y de vestimentas
le hace justicia al problema.
does the problem justice.
of clothing and textile waste
13 millones de toneladas
in just the United States alone.
todos los años solo en EE. UU.
roughly 200 T-shirts per person
a 200 camisetas por persona
in my home town of Toronto,
más grande de mi ciudad, Toronto,
three times the size of that stadium.
que triplica el tamaño de ese estadio.
are the more polite North Americans,
los más corteses en América del Norte,
was seeing that the fashion industry
fue que la industria de la moda
polluter in the world
del gas y del petróleo
the oil and gas industry
que es la más contaminante.
to hear they were the number one polluter.
que esa industria, con o sin razón,
that that's an industry
por adherir al status quo,
sticking to the status quo.
doesn't really change
en la rentabilidad
on driving profitability
that the fashion industry was number two.
ocupaba el segundo lugar.
de la moda representa.
the fashion industry stands for.
a lot of the things we do consume,
gran parte de lo que consumimos,
the clothes that we buy each year.
las prendas que compramos cada año.
of clothing per year
que compra una familia por año
of water to produce.
llenos de agua para ser producidas.
per household, per year.
that always has been
que siempre ha estado
on the forefront of design,
a la cabeza del diseño,
cómodos, modernos y expresivos,
to be comfortable, designed to be trendy
para ser sustentables
to be sustainable
de la moda para el cambio
aptitude for change
llevarla a defender
business practices.
all we have to do
indumentaria que fuera reciclable
to be recyclable at the end of their life.
de vestimentas reciclables
to leave to the professionals.
de los profesionales.
a las tiendas de segunda mano,
thrift store aficionado
posit one perspective,
con el concepto de los bloques de Lego.
kind of like building with Lego.
but very easily manipulated.
is very rarely modular.
está concebido hoy, es muy poco modular.
with its buttons, zippers and trim.
sus cremalleras y sus ribetes.
recycle a jacket like this,
de manera efectiva,
to easily remove these items
esos accesorios con facilidad
by shredding it
gets made into new fabric
para hacer una nueva tela
or new T-shirts, for example.
camiseta, por ejemplo.
with all of these extra items,
por los elementos extra:
y los ribetes.
are actually quite difficult to remove.
realmente difíciles de quitar,
more time or more money
cost-effective to throw it away
deshacerse de ella que reciclarla.
if we design clothes in a modular way
prendas con el concepto de módulos
at the end of their lives.
una vez cumplida su vida útil.
to have a hidden wireframe,
oculta en su interior,
that holds all important items together.
las piezas importantes.
can have all of these extra items,
en forma de esqueleto
los botones y los ribetes
y luego adosados a la tela.
attached to the fabric.
de la prenda llega a su fin,
is remove its fish bone
y la tela queda libre
easier than before.
es una pieza del rompecabezas.
is definitely one piece of the puzzle.
that the fashion industry has
causado por la industria de la moda,
que es empezar a diseñar prendas
and start to design clothes
al final de su vida útil.
at the end of their lives.
we have in our closet
joyas en los cajones,
that have gems in our drawers
que esa ropa, lo cual está muy bien.
which is great.
de una prenda por al menos nueve meses
of a garment by even only nine months
los residuos y el uso de agua
that that garment has
are always going to change
siempre irán cambiando
something different than you were today
usaremos una ropa distinta
defender el medio ambiente.
friendly you want to be.
nunca pasan de moda.
that never go out of style.
your socks, underwear, even your pajamas.
incluso los pijamas.
hasta dejarlas en pésimas condiciones,
right down to the bone,
throwing them in the garbage
rotos y agujereados
that have holes in them
to compost these items
descomponer estas prendas
podrían ser inmensos,
is start to shift more of our resources
es asignar más recursos
usando fibras más naturales,
using more natural fibers,
are two critical priorities.
y la descomposición
that we have to rethink
que debemos replantearnos:
of the harsh chemical dye that we use
de las tinturas químicas en uso
cercanos a centros de producción
production hubs in developing nations.
that these harsh chemicals
el color de una prenda
at keeping a garment a specific color
that keep that bright red dress
los que hacen que el rojo intenso
ese tono por muchos años.
to use something different?
en el armario de la cocina
in our kitchen cabinets at home
para teñir las prendas?
spices and herbs to dye our clothes?
that would allow for us to stain material,
que permiten teñir telas,
cambian de color con el tiempo,
than the clothes that were dyed harshly
a las teñidas con químicos agresivos,
de manera natural nos permitiría
would allow for us
más respetuosos del medio ambiente.
and environmentally friendlier.
a la individualidad.
la apariencia personal
personal appearance
para destacarse.
to showcase their brand
on our Instagram feeds
de Instagram
y creadores de tendencias
more personalized, more unique,
más personalizado, más exclusivo,
de color con el tiempo?
and with each wear
y con cada postura
desde hace varios años,
and wearing ripped jeans for years.
of clothes that exist in our wardrobe
de prendas que tenemos en el closet
y del estado de su cocina,
and the state of her kitchen,
antes de venir hoy aquí.
before coming here today.
are going to have on their Instagram feed.
que está teñida de manera natural.
en el fregadero de la cocina.
in their kitchen sink at home.
on a commercial scale,
harsh chemical dyes for our clothes
para poder teñir prendas.
USD 2.4 billones,
is fiercely competitive.
a product at scale
puede comercializarse a escala
will become more unique over time
más exclusiva con el tiempo,
una gran ventaja competitiva.
personalizar sus productos.
with customization for years.
de comercio electrónico,
a bespoke suiting platform,
para diseñar la propia ropa,
a bespoke dress-making platform,
para personalizar prendas,
possible from your couch.
las prendas a su gusto, desde el sofá.
their online shoe customization platforms
de personalización de calzado.
es un desafío que debe enfrentar
businesses encounter.
de venta directa al público.
an environmentally friendly product
un producto ecológico,
cambio sísmico en la industria.
seismic industry shift.
what's best for our environment
al medio ambiente,
y ninguna se logra en un solo paso.
and there's no one-step solution.
with their death in mind.
de que alguna vez les llegará su fin.
is the perfect industry
es la industria perfecta
to the sustainable future
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Amit Kalra - Fashion enthusiastAmit Kalra wants to fix fashion's pollution problem.
Why you should listen
When Amit Kalra was 20, he decided he wanted to be more stylish than his budget would allow. He taught himself to design and make his own clothing, sifting through thrift stores for cheap materials. Kalra's side project of cutting and sewing recycled clothes for friends and small clothing brands led him to an idea that he hopes will turn the fashion industry on its head -- and save the planet while he’s at it.
Kalra holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen's University in Ontario, Canada. At PVH Canada, he manages the planning, operations and finances for their Dress Shirt division. Outside of work, he attends fashion school part-time.
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