Denver Fashion Week, Sustainable Fashion, and My Plea to Never See Patchwork Again

When consumers associate "sustainable fashion" with jeans made out of twelve different denim swatches, we have a problem.

When I was in high school, my best friend and I participated in a sustainable fashion show hosted by our school’s SAVE program – Students Against Violating the Earth. I wish I had a photo of our outfits, but use your imagination here: picture two skinny high school girls wearing Target plastic bag tops and – if I recall correctly – trash bag skirts as b…