The Great American Apparel Diet
no buying for one year

Dragana

My name is Dragana Stojkovic, I have 25 years, I am Serbian, born in Montenegro and currently living and studying in Italy. I live alone, and away from my family which gives me a lot of time for shopping :) I am doing master in sustainable tropical forestry, and I already graduated biology and ecology. From my study profile you could say that I am very ecologically and environmentally cautious. And that would be true :) I am vegetarian, I buy organic and fair trade good, I recycle, I use public transport and bike, I turn off the electricity appliances when not used… I do believe that all together these small changes have big influence on our Planet. But, shopping is definitely a spot in my almost perfectly sustainable lifestyle. I can’t resist buying!!! I buy a lot of clothes that I don’t need. It became my daily routine to go to Zara, H&M and similar shops. And when I see something shiny and cute and not very expensive, I can’t resist buying. Somehow I convince myself I need it! But actually I don’t, I have a lot of (or at least enough) clothes. Shopping takes my money and but also my precious time! Moreover, I am very aware how clothes of my favorite brands is made: in third world countries by workers who are poorly paid, maybe even using child labour, made of cheap materials that will not last long, and even If they do, you can’t wear them next season  So that’s why I am joining you, as a first European woman in Great American (and beyond) Apparel diet. Hope we will make it together! And believe me, now is the hardest time to start because big sales in Italy just started :)