52 Weeks to Make the World a Better Place: Week 45 - Don't be a fashion victim

Buying new clothing or objets d'art can be a pleasant experience, but, leaving aside the now serious problem of 'retail therapy', ask yourself whether your purchases are essential, nice-to-haves or just plain keeping up with trends. It's that last category that's so wasteful of resource and most likely to indicate that the purchaser has been sucked into a mindless spiral of 'keeping up appearances' just for its own sake. Standing against this behaviour empowers the individual and reduces waste. Worried about losing those friends? Do you really want that kind of 'friend' anyway?