'Trash Fashion' exhibition opens at The Science Museum

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The opening night of the Science Museum exhibition 'Trash Fashion' in their new Antenna Gallery...

Britain loves high-street fashion. Tempted by rock-bottom prices we’re buying a third more clothing than we did a decade ago. But fast-changing fashions mean over a million tonnes of textile waste end up in landfill each year.  This new exhibition investigates how the latest design and technology will help to create wear without waste and what we all can do to reduce the impact of throwaway fashion.

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http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/galleries/antenna.aspx

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sciencemuseum/sets/72157624272764768/

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