The EU on Wednesday announced proposals to crack down on "fast fashion" by making clothing easier to repair and more durable as part of a push to bolster environmental standards. The plan, which will now be negotiated by EU member states and lawmakers, aims to ensure that by 2030 textiles sold in the EU will be made as much as possible from recycled fibres and cut down on the amount of hazardous microplastics they contain. Dana Thomas, author of Fashionopolis and European Sustainability Editor for British Vogue, joins FRANCE 24 to explain what the EU is attempting to do with their new "circular" rules: "What the EU is trying to get us to do is to cherish everything that we purchase, and give it value again, as opposed to making it throwaway, from a cell phone to a cocktail dress." The proposed legislation would, in essence, "make fashion, and everything else, more circular," explains Ms. Thomas. "Circular, meaning that it has the birth of the product, the use of the product, and then the rebirth of the product. As opposed to linear, which is the birth of the product, the use of the product, and then thrown away."
