FIT goes green and something of a paradox in fashion

Up till November 13th the FIT gallery's current exhibition is on sustainability in fashion. Entitled Eco-Fashion: Going Green, the show's goal is to bring something of a paradox together: the fast consumption and ever altering trends today's fashion is driven by and depends on, and the ecosystem and biodiversity our own survival relies on.

Invited by FIT for a talk, Mathilda Tham, visiting professor at Goldsmiths, brings up the unfortunate impact the 70s and 80s green movement trends had on contemporary ideas of sustainable fashion (think the droopy looking things - skirts, pants, dresses - made from colorful rags).