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SUSTAINABLE FASHION MATTERZ

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ACCESS A DESIRABLE FASHION WORLD FAIR FASHION: What Is It Worth? It's the summer of 2018, I'm standing in the middle of  Beacons Closet  in Williamsburg NYC, with a silk designer blouse in my hand. The original tag (175,00$) is still hanging on it, but the price Beacons Closet sells it for is 16,99$. It's not so far fetched to ask yourself, what is it really worth?  Does worth at all have to do with the prices we pay?  And how can we learn to appreciate clothes when they are displayed like this: Hi, I'm Cherie Birkner, I studied fashion design and also worked as a fashion designer.  I know how to design a collection, make a fitted pattern, and properly manufacture pants, blouses, blazers, coats and corsets, as well as the easier stuff like a t-shirt. I am often asked  "how long would it take you to make me a coat?" , well let me say, that's not a short answer. This is what my design to product process l