TED: Luxury, not landfill — the waste-free future of fashion | Joon Silverstein

The video discusses the concept of waste, highlighting its role in human progress and its environmental impact. It focuses on the fashion industry's waste problem and introduces Cochtopia, a Coach sub-brand aiming to pioneer a circular fashion system. The video explains how waste can be made visible and valuable, and how innovative design can use waste materials. It emphasizes the importance of designing out waste to create sustainable products, ultimately advocating for a circular economy where waste fuels progress.

What is the significance of the checkerboard pattern mentioned in the text?

In what ways does the speaker suggest that consumers can influence waste in fashion?

How does the speaker's approach to waste differ from traditional methods in the fashion industry?

What future vision does the speaker have for the relationship between waste and fashion?