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An Ageless Love for Recycling - How a 75 Year Old Woman Turned Plastic to Fashion. |
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by Rosa Domingos | 23-03-2019 23:44
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Meet my name sake Rosa Ferrigno. 75-year-old Rosa has flexed her designer skills by transforming more than 300 grocery plastic bags into a matching suit. Yep, you read it... 300 plastic bags guys :D  In an interview, Rosa and her daughter Fran (W24. com, 2019). I guess we should use all those plastic bags from underneath our kitchen sinks and give them a new life, you know what I mean? Rosa used the brown and olive green plastic bags from a grocery store to knit the look that has a tweed-like finish, and could be an easy contender for a classic Chanel outfit in my opinion. She styles the monochrome look with matching brown ankle kitten heel boots, a chocolate brown lace shirt, topped off with gold jewellery that features a chain pendant necklace. In an interview with the Democrat and Chronicle newspaper, Rosa Ferrigno and her daughter Fran Bertalli told the publication that the skirt was made from a total of 140 plastic bags and the matching jacket from 170 bags (Mbude, 2019). After making a braided tote bag, she wanted an outfit that complemented the accessory.  Rosa as she cuts the brown and olive green plastic bags she had gotten from a grocery store (W24. com, 2019). Rosa cut the plastic bags into strips and tied them together to make yarn and finished the outfit in about two months. As reported in the New York Post, Rosa thought she needed big enough knitting needles to make knitting this outfit possible and they didn’t exist, so she carved her own... ...Amazing, just aw smacked! Now that is what I call persistence to persevere! It turns out, she's a seasoned seamstress and has been knitting and sewing since she was a child. But what she has also done, is made a huge (fashion) statement about the reusability and recyclability of plastic – which we know is a huge threat to the environment. Forbes reports that many plastics are not recyclable and those that are leave the world’s oceans with 270 000 tons of plastic which will never breakdown (Mbude, 2019).  Rosa's jacket and skirt were made out of close to 300 plastic bags, she's standing next to her daughter Fran. So Rosa’s actions are sure to make environmentalists happy, because very few causes are more fashionable than conscious fashion (Mbude, 2019). I admire my namesake's intuitivity to combine her love for knitting and sewing with that of recycling. It truely warms my heart to see such acts of change. Reference list: Mbude,. P. 2019. This 75-year-old woman has knitted the chicest blazer and skirt out of more than 300 recycled plastic bags. [Online ]. Available : https://www.w24.co.za/Style/Fashion/Trends/this-75-year-old-woman-has-knitted-the-chicest-blazer-and-skirt-out-of-over-300-recycled-plastic-bags-20190322. March 22,2019. Accessed: 23 March 2019. (& Cover picture). |
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16 Comments
Greetings Rosa
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this report
Keep writing
Green cheers
Regards
Sus
Posted 15-03-2020 16:47
This is a very timely article especially considering the world environment day theme for 2019. People shouldn't just be told to beat plastic pollution but shown creative ways to go about it. This is so creative and impressive. I loved reading this.. Thanks a lot.
Posted 25-06-2019 21:11
Hi Mentor Louis,
Thank you for reading my report and moreover, I thank you for your words of commendation!
Posted 01-04-2019 21:03
Hi Rosa,
I really appreciate your report and I had great time reading this. Although due to the time constraint, I could not provide you with a detailed feedback, I'd like to point out that you did a great job!
Keep up good work :)
Louis Mentor
Posted 01-04-2019 20:58
Hi Mentor Wonhee!
Thank you for reading and moreover giving your input to this article. Yes, I am sure that her work is not only bib admired but has left an eagerness in the hearts of many to do their part in changing the world for the better!
Posted 30-03-2019 18:41
Hey there John!
I trust you are well! I too was inspired by her act of change. I also home that people take to her work and make that self-change!
Thank you for reading and commenting!
Posted 30-03-2019 18:39
Hello Rosa
Thank you for your wonderful report about Rosa??s experience! I also felt the same feeling after reading your report. I really admire those who can combine their creativity or talents with environmental movements. The way she turned plastic bags into clothes will not only warn people the severity of plastic bag problems but also encourage people to do so. Thank you for sharing such a lovely story. Keep it up : )
Wonhee Mentor
Posted 30-03-2019 13:56
Hey Rosa,
This is inspiring. Plastic is a huge problem in many communities and I hope this can be replicated by people else where.
Asante
Posted 30-03-2019 06:02
Hi Kushal,
I am doing well thanks. I appreciate that you took out some time out of your day to read my work. I do appreciate it!
Posted 26-03-2019 15:08
Hey Muskan-dear!
Thank you reading my report.
Posted 26-03-2019 15:07
Hello Partner
I do hope that you are fine and doing great with your works. Thanks for such an wonderful and inspirational report. I do love reading your report as they are really amazing. Thanks for writing us about the An Ageless Love for Recycling - How a 75 Year Old Woman Turned Plastic to Fashion.
Green Cheers from Nepal :)
Keep writing great reports.
We are eager to read more reports from you.
Yours,
Kushal Naharki
Posted 25-03-2019 15:33
Wow.
Loved this report
Thanks for sharing sis. :)
Posted 24-03-2019 20:42
Hi Sainath!
Thank you for reading my report and moreover commenting.
Kind regards!
Posted 24-03-2019 15:43
Hi Rosa,
Very inspiring.
Posted 24-03-2019 15:34
Hey there Asmita!
Thank you for your kind words and for reading my report... It keeps me going always.
Take care now :)
Posted 24-03-2019 03:44
Hello Rosa sis
This is truly inspirational.
I am in love with the name ‘Rosa??.
Thank you so much for this wonderful report.
Green cheers
Posted 24-03-2019 00:42