Thousand Oaks moms aim to keep fashion circular with second-hand clothing store

Two moms in Southern California are on a mission to reduce textile waste and keep fashion circular, making shopping second-hand second nature.

Kimberly Lau and Linda Young are the founders of Project ReWear in Thousand Oaks. The idea came to Lau after she learned about fast fashion.

“We learned that over 80% of what gets donated to thrift stores ends up in landfills or sent overseas to be someone else’s problem,” Lau told KNX News’ Margaret Carrero. “And it’s not the thrift store’s problem. It’s due to overproduction and overconsumption.”…

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