Make It Work! Parsons and Louis Vuitton Go Zero Waste | Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit

Make It Work! Parsons and Louis Vuitton Go Zero Waste | Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit

We have no word whether everyone’s favorite adopted uncle, Tim Gunn, will walk the halls warning students that they are creating “a lot of look,” but count in Parsons School of Fashion and Louis Vuitton as participants in the movement to make fashion more sustainable.

When you account for its entire supply chain, from first cotton seed or petroleum drop, to shipping and then final purchase, the fashion industry has a huge impact on the planet and people. Some suggest that the textile industry alone is the second or third most polluting industry on the planet. Nevertheless, more companies from Levi’s to H&M have taken sustainability seriously, from halting the practice of denim sandblasting to using more recycled materials in its fashion lines. Now Louis Vuitton, the $20 billion brand that is both revered and counterfeited, has started a pilot zero waste project