Next In Fashion is a reality show and fashion design competition series debuting on Netflix in January 2020. Everyone who participated in the program has a reputation in the fashion world. They have their stubborn personality and values for fashion each. Comparing every single style of 18 fashion designers and finding style fit for oneself might attract people to watch it until the end.

Of the 18 designers, Daniel Fletcher must have made a strong impression on people's minds. He surprised people as showing elaborate techniques and his neat style with restrained beauty in a short time. Ultimately, he could get in the top 2 with Minju Kim, who is the final winner. If someone asks what kind of clothes led him to a good result, I can say his clothes in episode 9 undoubtedly. 

The theme of episode 9 was denim. He thought the fashion industry inevitably makes a lot of fashion wastes by deriving fabrics from nature or using anti-environmental chemistry. So he wanted to reflect on this occasion. It's what he said in the interview. 

"Fashion is a huge polluter, and it's something we need to talk about. As a young designer, I'm like, 'Okay, what can we do to combat this?'"

In the first place of the competition, he accumulated cut and left scraps by other participants. After that, he expressed a melting ice caps on a dress, using them. Besides, he stuck the word 'climate change' in his men's hoodie. (Check the first picture)

I was curious about the influence of fashion on the environment. According to the survey, it could be categorized into two. They are 'the influence in making clothes' and 'the influence after making clothes'

The former is in cloth production. In short, the natural fiber causes land pollution and the synthetic fiber causes water pollution.

The latter is mainly the bleaching or washing process, which primarily results in water pollution. Or clothes to be discarded are burned to the ground so the land is polluted.

There is something in common between the two influences. It's been made plain, so everyone will know. That is, they all cause water pollution and land pollution at the same time.

It is because they have the same reason, relating chemicals.

Now we're going to wrap up the long introduction and get down to the main point. Chemical change is a phenomenon in which the properties of a substance change differently. The chemical changes that are described here can be said to change the nature of land and water quality. The chemicals that cause this are Cadmium, Chromium, Nickel, Zinc, arsenic, etc. 

Therefore the United States Environmental Protection Agency represented the Green Chemistry in 2013. The Green Chemistry sets the purpose to minimize the use and production of dangerous substances. It has 12 principles. (Check the second picture)

Chemists have not only established principles, but also drawn several success stories. One of those is biodegradable plastic. It is polymeric plastics made from the starch of plants such as corn and protein of soybeans. Hence, It is harmless for a human-being and disposal after use is easily decomposed by microbes in nature within 8 to 12 weeks. 

One of biodegradable plastic was applied to the Fashion. PLA (Poly Lactic Acid), made from corn, was used as garment yarn. These clothes have an eco-friendly circulation in process and disposal. If someone throws away a dress after it's all used up, it composts and breaks down to land. If planting corn on the land and produce PLA again with starch generated through photosynthesis, you can make another dress with it. This cycle is repeated over and over again. The more the process is done, the less pollution can be reduced. (Check the last picture)

You may agree, as an environmental ambassador, I often feel gloomy and lethargic when I look for environment-related data. I kept thinking, "The situation is so vast and serious, but the world does nothing. It looks hopeless. Will the world change if I write an article or sponsor Greenpeace?" You might feel like me. But I wish you get a little hope through the green chemistry I introduced today. Without our knowledge, someone struggles, making twelve principles and eco-friendly research, against that "hopeless" problem.

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Sources of Reference materials

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_In_Fashion

https://www.instagram.com/p/B8t2FPegpal/

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