Clothes Swap – Re-Dress!

28 September 2019; 1pm to 6:30pm

Event Details

Clothes Swap event was organized in Karachi on 28 September 2019 in which 28

people participated in person and around 10 people supported and donated the
clothes. Few clothes were purchased from the second hand clothes shopes.

The concept and idea was very appealing to people yet challenging! As in
Pakistani culture it is not common to wear clothes of others. It was surprising to
see the response of people at social media and appreciation of the concept for
supporting the environment. People not just promoted the event but also donated
the good condition second hand clothes.

In total 40 pair of clothes and 5 bags were exchanged during the event. We also
collaborated with Syed Hasan Haider an individual who is producing bags out of
industries clothes waste. He gave 45 bags for the event which were used during
the event for workshop and were distributed among the participants. Fashion
designer Gina was invited to conduct the workshop at upcycling the clothes in
which she conducted the stamp and stencils printing workshop for people to
learn how they can give new look to their clothes, she also did DIY workshop for
girls to teach how old clothes can be changed into new clothe.

Documentaries at sustainable fashion was screened with a short talk and

discussion among participants to come up with ideas of this effort can be spread
out at city level and what we can do personally in our daily life to reduce the fast
fashion trend.

Alumna who attended the event really appreciated the effort and suggested to
put this in practice of semi annually event so slowly we make this a trend in
Pakistan and change the mind set.

The remaining 15 pair of clothes were donated to centre for orphans.

Way forward

As the idea was very well received, we aim to do this event again in February so
that people can participate and bring it in practice.

We are also planning to get more bags and do recycling workshops in schools.
Expenses:

Standee print 6000

Art material 15000
Social media post and photography 15000
Designer charges 20000
Bags 6000
Rent for the racks 8000
Hangers 4000
Fika 18000
Transportation 7000
Lunch 4000
Rent of the place 25000
Purchasing of second hand clothes 20000
Clothes washing and ironing 6000
Total 154,000

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