Here are three ways I made my wardrobe more sustainable — thanks to my husband's shirts

“We’re constantly being pushed to buy new, and we’ve stopped seeing the value of the clothes we’re buying. We’re wearing them once or twice and binning them or donating them to charity.”

Deirdre McArdle with her daughter Daisy, 5, cutting and sewing salvaged clothing in order to create their own more sustainable wardrobe. Picture: Chani Anderson

Fashion is big business — globally, the market is worth $1.7 trillion. The rise of fast fashion in the 90s propelled the already thriving industry into the stratosphere. Fashion is big business, but it’s also a big problem.

“The fashion industry is one of the biggest polluters. It’s up there with Big Oil,” says sustainability journalist, Jo Linehan.