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The first fashion week in the largest fashion landfill.
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ATACAMA FASHION WEEK
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Episode 01
ATACAMA FASHION WEEK
CBN - Rosana Jatobá
NGO Desierto Vestido turns Wasteland into Runway
Episode 02
ATACAMA FASHION WEEK
Ángela Astudillo
Testimonial in the Atacama Desert with Ángela Astudillo, Co-founder of NGO Desierto Vestido
Episode 03
ATACAMA FASHION WEEK
Bastián Barria
Testimonial in the Atacama Desert with Bastián Barria, Co-founder of NGO Desierto Vestido
Episode 04
ATACAMA FASHION WEEK
Eloisa Arturo
Interview with Eloisa Arturo, Co-Fundadora and Executive Director in Instituto FEBRE
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$17,000,000,000,000
USD
In potential climate change costs for Latin America.
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$500,000,000,000
USD
In wasted clothing - rarely worn, rarely recycled.
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$1,000,000,000,000
USD
Is forecast to be spent on decarbonizing the fashion industry.
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$100,000,000,000
USD
Is the total cost of materials lost every year with textile production.
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$44,000,000,000,000
USD
In economic losses due to global land degradation.
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$8,000,000,000
USD
Is the cost of air pollution to the world, per day.
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$225,000,000,000
USD
In annual losses due to pollution.
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$670,000,000
USD
Is what air pollution costs to the health sector every year in Chile.
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The true cost of an outfit stretches far beyond its price tag. Most of the clothing dumped in the Atacama Desert is made of polyester, a plastic-based fabric that takes as long as 200 years to decompose.
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When these garments are incinerated in the desert, they release toxic fumes, damaging the soil, the ozone layer, and the health of the local population.
ATACAMA EXPERTS
It's time to air the fashion industry's dirty laundry. Listen to what people fighting against illegal landfills have to say about the gravity of the situation in the Atacama Desert.
::/Maya Ramos
Our stylist, Maya Ramos, explains how discarded clothes became fashion outfits.
::/Dudu Bertholini
Stylist and presenter, Dudu Bertholini, talks about the transformative power of the Atacama Fashion Week.
::/Fernanda Simon
Fernanda Simon, executive director at Fashion Revolution, analyses what’s wrong with the fashion industry.
::/Dudu Bertholini
The life cycle of the landfill’s discarded clothing, by our fashion specialist, Dudu Bertholini.
::/Dudu Bertholini
Dudu Bertholini contemplates how we are creating new consumption habits.
::/Pedro Luiz
Waste picker from Pimp My Carroça program, Pedro Luiz, talks about scavenging and fabrication processes.
::/Fernanda Simon
The main issues of overproduction in the fashion industry, for Fernanda Simon.
::/Dudu Bertholini
How the fashion market is able to create desire that didn’t exist before.
::/Dudu Bertholini
Dudu Bertholini on the perverse logic of fashion brands worldwide.
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The above information was taken from the following sources: National Geographic, Wired, BBC and New York Post.