Fast Fashion Is Destroying the Planet. Olivia Wilde and ThredUp Want to Give Clothing a Second Life

Asking consumers to buy used with new line made up of 4,000 secondhand items

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Fast fashion is big business but—as it has been reported many, many, times before—it’s killing the planet. That’s why, ThredUp, a fashion resale site, is asking you to reconsider your purchasing habits, opting for secondhand clothing over new items to stop contributing to textile waste.

Ahead of Earth Day, ThredUp has unveiled a new capsule collection, “Choose Used,” created in partnership with actress and director Olivia Wilde’s Conscious Commerce. The collection is made up of 4,000 unique secondhand items with eight original designs.

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