"Out of fashion" by Reet Aus. Upcycling.

Which of these ladies is Reet Aus?

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Who is Reet Aus?

• a supermodel

• a fashion designer

• a climate activist

• an actress

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According to the documentary, what worries Reet Aus?

• climate change

• child labor

• globalization

• overproducing

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What was the big decision Aus made after she decided that she didn`t want to be part of overproduction?

• She quit her job as a fashion designer.

• She opened a second-hand shop.

• She decided not to buy any more new material. Instead, she started to use textile waste.

• She decided to move to Bangladesh and become a model.

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Why doesn`t Aus like fast fashion?

• Not all people can afford fast fashion clothes.

• Clothes go out of fashion very fast.

• People don`t understand what fast fashion means.

• People don`t use up garments before buying new ones.

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Most fast fashion clothes end up ...

• in South-East Asia

• in our wardrobes

• in landfills

• in second-hand shops

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It takes ...... years for clothes to decompose.

• a couple of

• about 50

• hundreds of

• thousands of

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Some textiles never decompose in nature.

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• FALSE

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Upcycling means ......

• buying more second-hand products

• giving new value to material through design, so that trash becomes fashion

• buying more clothes than you actually need

• designing your own clothes

What is the problem with all the different chemicals found in textiles?

• Most of them are toxic and very harmful to skin.

• They are expensive and therefore the price of textiles also goes up.

• They are banned in many countries.

• There are no problems.

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