WEEK 14
BRIEF HISTORY OF HOW THE INDUSTRY MAKES MONEY. Beginning of the clothing industry - the wealthy were influenced by the monarchy only people with money could afford to dress like this - the poor upcycled and recycled clothing, more so to make sure they were warm and had clothes. back then it was more a need necessity rather than sustainable, to have something on their back that would last long Benjamin Law started recycling old woollen rags, in Batley West Yorkshire. Oxfam now has a stronghold with recycling in the Batley area, with their Waste-saver hub LINKING SUSTAINABILITY, PROFIT AND CHARITY "someone else's trash, being another person's treasure" The industrial revolution changed the face of manufacture through the 18th century = the birth of today's fash fashion. until then nothing was manufactured on large scales. Made many textile mill owners rich, (for example Titus Salt - Bradford.) -Commercial clo...