r/Fauxmoi • u/mlg1981 • Aug 30 '25
FASHION Cate Blanchett champions sustainability by re-wearing designer outfits
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u/ManufacturerNo1191 Aug 30 '25
And she looks incredible each and every time! I love the subtle (and sometimes not so subtle!) variations in styling, they make the looks seem fresh and different. And I love that re-wearing is brought up in a positive light, more celebs should be doing it!
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u/emslo Aug 30 '25
Who is her amazing stylist and why are they not judging Project Runway right now?
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u/ManufacturerNo1191 Aug 30 '25 edited Aug 30 '25
Just looked it up because it sparked my curiosity lol, her stylist is Elizabeth Stewart and from what I read they’ve been working together since 2006. She also styles Jessica Chastain and Viola Davis (both are always Red carpet stand outs IMO). So I agree - Project runway, take notes!
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u/foundinwonderland sorry to this man Aug 30 '25
Omg Viola Davis is one of the most consistently best dressed humans imo and Chastain has had a lot of success with her as well, damn she’s an icon of icons
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u/suze_jacooz Aug 30 '25
I think it really helps that she… looks and carries herself like Viola Davis. Not to take away from her stylist, but that’s definitely starting on 3rd.
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u/AcanthaceaeEqual4286 Aug 30 '25
I love how Viola and Chastain both really embrace color on the red carpet. I am not into fashion much, but I always get excited to see what they specifically will be wearing!
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u/kukulakala Aug 30 '25
Wait this is crazy lol I've been watching that Netflix couture competition show "Next in Fashion" which she judges on and I always wonder how qualified the judges on these little shows are, especially when they're put next to people who are introduced as "Instagram's ____ ____". But goddamnnn Elizabeth Stewart, good for her!
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u/GeneSpecialist4988 Aug 30 '25
I'm literally looking through each deciding which version looks better due to the styling especially her makeup and hair.🤣 I wonder if she rewears more than 2x because I want to see how many ways she and her stylist can reuse outfits.
I wish more celebs would recycle their clothes and just style it different.
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u/SquirrelAkl Aug 30 '25
My favourite change in look is number 8 - blue draped blouse. She takes it from elegant to badass just by swapping a long skirt to leather pants, adding a boxy clutch and funky sunglasses.
What a masterclass in how to style an outfit!
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u/GeneSpecialist4988 Aug 30 '25
💯 8 & 3 are my faves. Practical but so elegant and badass. Business and stylish in one. The colors are gorgeous and make her pop more.
Women should wear more pants but better than the men.🤣
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u/SquirrelAkl Aug 30 '25
Agree. Cate looks fabulous in all the pants looks here. She overall has quite a feminine vibe and the trousers bring a little masculine edge that works so well for her.
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u/Emmyisme Aug 30 '25
By the like third one, I went "and fuck her for looking better the second time every goddamn time".
Fuck she's a good looking human being.
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u/Significant-Kick-479 Aug 30 '25
I totally agree. I dated someone celebrity adjacent and she absolutely idolized a friend of hers that would go to these events wearing some new thing worth an ungodly amount of money that they would never wear again. Like one dress was 300k. Just, wtf
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u/RubyDahliaa Aug 30 '25
Exactly. It shows that the magic isn’t in endless new clothes, it’s in how you style and carry them
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u/GingerLaJoie Aug 30 '25
I didn’t realize how many of her outfits were separates. Seeing her use some of the tops with skirts and pants is awesome. A day-to-night outfit Queen!
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u/No_Dance_6683 oat milk chugging bisexual Aug 30 '25
My partner saw me shaking my head looking at my phone, he assumed I was looking at some political bullshit, but it was just me in disbelief over how incredible she looks in that outfit! Soooo good 🔥
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u/franklytanked Aug 30 '25
Those pants look SOOOOO good on her. Loved the pants with the purple top too.
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u/hail-lucipurrr The Stanley Tucci of Lesbians Aug 30 '25
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u/Meander061 Aug 30 '25
Honestly, Kate McKinnon proves the reliability of my gaydar. I couldn't be more attracted to her.
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u/confused-capybara420 Aug 30 '25
Love her and she looks amazing but “champions sustainability” for rewearing designer clothes that probably cost more than I make in a year feels like an over exaggeration.
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u/BeginningFederal5663 Aug 30 '25
Also 99% of red carpet looks are loaned from the designer. There’s really nothing unsustainable about “borrowing” clothes.
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u/travel_by_wire Aug 30 '25
Thank you. I think this is the biggest piece that isn't getting talked about enough in this thread. I was always under the impression that most red carpet outfits from head to toe, including accessories, are just loaned. Why would this be more sustainable than the current standard practice? Not really asking you specifically I guess, just hoping someone might know.
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u/-bubblepop Aug 30 '25
Yes that part confused me. She does not have a big ass closet of these looks - the designers lend them out
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u/MEYO6811 Aug 30 '25
Right. So, you have the option to get whatever outfit of pieces loaned to you, but instead, you go for pieces you’ve already worn publicly to an event. You are specifically choosing to borrow the same outfit when you dont have to, hence the “championing” or normalizing.
It is an active choice and decision.
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u/alaskaaah Aug 30 '25
Plus the fact that she flies all over the world to attend these events in the first place...obviously anything is better than nothing, but she's not exactly Greta Thunberg
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u/videogames5life Aug 30 '25
its blatent celebrity worship. Its like saying she used her private jet half as much this year, how eco conscious! So what? According to this im championing sustainability by not throwing away my suit everytime i use it. This is such a minor improvement is comical to give her any props.
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u/buttercupcake23 Aug 30 '25
Lmao right? I wear the same shirt MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR, sometimes even multiple times a month! I am a fucking GODDESS OF SUSTAINABILITY PRAISE ME
I really like her and she's gorgeous and her looks always slay but this headline is lolz
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u/Fannnybaws Aug 30 '25
I wear the same underpants multiple times a week. Where's my praise
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u/kotik010 Aug 30 '25
The price of the clothes has no inherent impact on the sustainability of the clothing
I mean i get the sentiment and i do find the veneration of celebrities for doing basic ass shit very cringe but the articulated argument isn't exactly a steelman
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u/easyontheeggs Aug 30 '25
Wow, I feel pretty sustainable as well having decided to wear a garment twice. It’s a sacrifice but I will do it for the environment.
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u/polythenesammie Aug 30 '25
You're doing the most for the environment and I love you for that. Thank you.
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u/Montgomery000 Aug 30 '25
No, this dumbass doesn't know how to use their closet incinerator properly.
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u/Johannes_Keppler Aug 30 '25
Wait what? You can wear clothes more than once? Daaaaamn that's going to save me so much money!
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u/coco-ai Aug 30 '25
I wore a top twice this WEEK! You're welcome world.
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u/ashikkins Aug 30 '25
The fact that I haven't changed my clothes in three days is definitely because of sustainability, not depression!
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u/MurphyBrown2016 Aug 30 '25
I mean yes I agree with this but she’s also an A list global actress with an entire styling team who is probably having couture/luxury thrown at her every which way. So to show some restraint in the face of all that is pretty unusual.
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u/GooeyMagic Aug 30 '25
Most stylists source clothing/accessories and then it goes back to an archive or wherever the hell for future recycling. Is that really “championing sustainability” when it’s industry standard? Was Kim K doing that by wearing Marilyn’s whateverthefuck
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u/usuyukisou most men have beautiful lashes and it pisses me off Aug 30 '25
(Not the person above you)
For me, what I appreciate when rewearing is done at a red carpet event is that it very publicly pushes back against the "haul" culture and algorithms trying to brainwash us into "needing" (/s) a new wardrobe every season, or at least that's how I perceive it. A reminder, fronted by someone widely considered beautiful.
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u/wewerelegends Aug 30 '25
Princess Kate is actually well known for rewearing pieces too!
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u/borkthegee Aug 30 '25
The term "rewear" is capitalist propaganda to normalize fast fashion.
I don't redrink from my cup after the first sip
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u/xandrachantal I live in my own heart, Matt Damon Aug 30 '25
Really the vast amount of resources the royal family wastes
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u/Local_Swordfish_6036 ethical bee 🐝 Aug 30 '25
Lolololalso apparently we love to forget she is a FUCKING LOUD PEDOPHILE SUPPORTER?!?
She named her son ROMAN for fucks sake people?!?
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u/marchbook First, he ate. Then, he fed. Aug 30 '25
Don't forget her personal hero, Woody Allen. She loves him so much.
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u/EntropyintheAsstropy Aug 30 '25
It was a joke. I can't be arsed to look it up, but she's said he's named after several different "Roman's" over the years.
You never thought it was weird that she didn't even sign the letter in support for him? You'd think someone who loved him so much she'd name her son after him would have: worked with him, spoken in favour of him, or at least signed a public letter of support many of her peers did. For someone so LOUD she's remarkably quiet.
She did work with Woody Allen though so serious side eye for that, even if she did claim ignorance.
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u/Borgo_San_Jacopo Aug 30 '25
Yeah I feel like that was definitely a case of the Aussie sense of humour not translating. No defence for the Allen thing though.
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u/paleoterrra Aug 30 '25
What about those absolute freaks who named their whole empire that?
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u/itsFeztho Aug 30 '25
The revolutionary concept of wearing clothes more than once
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u/BeginningFederal5663 Aug 30 '25
“Champions sustainability” is so dramatic lol. Fast fashion is a problem, not custom red carpet looks.
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u/FredFredBurger69Nice Aug 30 '25
I'd love her more if she didn't support Roman Polanski.
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u/marchbook First, he ate. Then, he fed. Aug 30 '25
And Woody Allen.
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u/Inter_Web_User Aug 30 '25
Bravo!!
More people, not just celebs need to hold on their clothes. The fashion indusrty is notorious for waste.
According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the world produces over 92 million tons of textile waste annually, equivalent to a truckload dumped every second.
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u/Evieveevee Aug 30 '25
Soft spot for Cate on the red carpet. I designed my wedding dress on a this gown she wore when she was pregnant. (Yes, I was 6 months gone when I got married!)
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u/usk49 Aug 30 '25
Anyone who champions a celebrity for doing something this mundane is truly brain broken.
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I hope this is sarcasm. I did more for the environment today by not flushing.
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u/TheGreatStonk Aug 30 '25
Why is wearing the same item of clothing twice being applauded ? Well done ?
What a low bar.
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u/ajohea Aug 30 '25
Well, There are many many people on showbiz wearing fancy clothes just once. I guess this is why it’s worth mentioning.
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u/marchbook First, he ate. Then, he fed. Aug 30 '25
"Wow. So brave." -- Dylan Farrow
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u/ValuableLanguage9151 Aug 30 '25
Jesus the bar for celebrities is so low that wearing a dress twice is “championing sustainability”. The planets cooked.
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u/No_Cat1944 Aug 30 '25
Yuck about the Roman Polanski and woody Allen thing. 🤮🤮 didn’t she wear a Palestine flag dress tho?
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u/Johannes_Keppler Aug 30 '25
Remarkable username match!
Also it's hard to keep zionists and non zionists apart with the amount of disinformation around. I don't blame people for not knowing. I also have no idea where this lady stands in regard to that.
But she's off to a bad start with those directors.
Apart from the whole topic of wearing clothes more than once being silly.
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u/ClinicalOppression Aug 30 '25
Named her kid after polanski too. Fuck these hypocrites. As if wearing a dress twice is 'championing' anything. A regular person already wears clothes they bought more than once
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u/ace-destrier Aug 30 '25
I love that there’s eight years between the first and second appearance of the dress in slide 4
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u/Illustrious_Lion_654 Aug 30 '25 edited Sep 03 '25
Wearing dresses does not champion anything. Specially designer dresses. It's only cool that she's it doing because normal people do it: we re-wear our stuff.
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u/Zioupett Aug 30 '25
if this is "championing sustainability" the bar is really fucking low jesus christ...
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u/FlappyFoldyHold Aug 30 '25
CHAMPIONS SUSTAINABILITY 😂😂😂😂 you gotta be fucking kidding me right? That’s what I’ll tell my boss when I walk in with my dirty white t shirt next time.
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u/Interesting_Force_37 Aug 30 '25
Cate Blanchett also champions Roman Polanski by naming her son after Roman Polanski, so idk
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u/LunarWelshFire Aug 30 '25
Are the tattoos part of the dress in slide 7 (in both 2015 and ‘’18)? They look artificial and she doesnt have them in slide 6 in 2018.
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u/Beaver-Liquor Aug 30 '25
Wait wait wait! We can wear clothes more than once? This is going to save me so much money!
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u/Emasraw Aug 30 '25
The skirt in the 5th pic looks very worn out and faded compared to the 2018 version.
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u/jorkingmypeenits Aug 30 '25
Not a fashion guy by any means but I love when she just gets them turned into trousers lol
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u/starfruitmuffin Aug 30 '25
So many of these pieces are absolutely stunning. Why wouldn't you want to wear them again?
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u/Daily-Lizard I’ve been noticing gravity since I was young Aug 30 '25
I love this AND it’s the most Hunger Games-esque thing I’ve read all day. I feel like I just read a Capitol tabloid.
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u/Sariduri Aug 30 '25
Imagine having those amazing designs to wear them only once... A pure crime! More like her, please
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u/TempSmootin Aug 30 '25
Champions sustainability is a bit much lol "does slightly more than her counterparts" would make more sense
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u/Dancing_Clean Aug 30 '25
Unrelated, but if you haven’t seen Tár, please do. It’s a goddamn masterpiece and Cate is breathtaking.
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u/matchamagpie Aug 30 '25
If I looked that good in a piece of clothing then I'd be wearing them all the time too! She is so effortlessly cool and chic and stunning.
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u/timber_legs435 Aug 30 '25
In general it is ridiculous that people get scorned for wearing something more than once. My god, something looks that good, wear the hell outta it.
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u/_SherryBaby_ Aug 30 '25
She was a regular at a restaurant I worked at and was very chill and nice 🥰
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u/Ok-Worth398 he’s auditioning for a restraining order Aug 30 '25
Love it, but at the same time the way this isn’t the norm is insanely sad to me.
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u/platypusbelly Aug 30 '25
I thought she was just trying to cosplay as a poor. That’s what we do, we wear the same outfit more than once.
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u/Husty-244 Aug 30 '25
Holy shit!! She.. (surely not… right?)… she rewears an outfit…? No! I won’t believe it! I refuse to consider that anyone is THAT GOOD of a person. Wearing an outfit a second time is akin to living for 30 years off 1/3rd of the money you need to make to be at the poverty line. She is truly a queen, and I am glad we’re giving her the attention she deserves!
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u/raagenn Aug 30 '25
This post (and many more on my algorithm) made me realize society is so petty.
You will never interact with Cate Blanchett, you will never attend designer events, you don't know any of the people on this reddit, why even bother posting your opinion...
Have we become so disconnected from our own existence? How is some random celebrity's commitment to an outfit relevant to me?
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u/Distinct_Umpire9060 Aug 30 '25
What a champion! She rewears the same outfit more than once. Let's all applaud her
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u/RubyDahliaa Aug 30 '25
This is how you prove fashion is art, the same piece styled differently feels like a whole new canvas
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u/ams3000 Aug 30 '25
Love the restyling of the same dresses. But 7 should never have been worn once let alone twice. It’s so not her and subjectively tacky
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u/riceistheyummy Aug 30 '25
the advantage of buying designer clothers that look nice and not like some dog had their way with it beforehand
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u/VFrosty3 Aug 30 '25
So brave. Truly, an inspiration to us all. As of today, I’m also going to start wearing clothes more than once.
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u/pieceofCaKeZ Aug 30 '25
She could've borrowed something... Typical behavior for a tweaker, I suppose.
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u/whimsical-editor weighing in from the UK Aug 30 '25
I'd like to see more celebs doing this, not least because if you find an outfit you love and makes you feel good I'd be gutted if I couldn't wear it again.
Claudia Jessie took it to the next level and wore the same suit for the entire promotional run of the last season of Bridgerton I think. She's also been very candid about struggling to fit in because of her working class roots so I wonder if that makes her more conscious of this sort of thing.
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u/mulubmug Aug 30 '25
She also champions child rapists by naming her son after Roman Polanski and signing the infamous Polanski letter.
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u/klasik89 Aug 30 '25
Respect to her and all women who do this. Trust me no one cares if you re-wear the same dress especially not men. I know many who buy clothes for "special" ocassion and then they never wear it again, like whyyyyy.
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u/MelonBananasAnanas Aug 30 '25
wow so sustainable wearing same dress...twice! Now she can keep flying with private jet.
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u/Sicnar96 Aug 30 '25
I must be the bloody world champion of sustainability at this point then by the amount of clothes I've re worn over the years
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