apparel industry

The UK-based start-up has targeted one of the dirtiest parts of the apparel industry - dyeing fabric - with the world’s first digital dyeing process.

Kinnard included immersive lessons in her curriculum, such as a clothing swap, a mending workshop, and a visit to the Garment Worker Center downtown, an advocacy group that supports employees in the apparel industry.

The $2 billion wet suit market is the antithesis of fast fashion, the cheap disposable clothes largely responsible for the apparel industry’s growing carbon footprint.

The textile and apparel industry wants to rein in use of the provision, but hasn’t agreed on one proposal to send lawmakers.

"It's estimated that about eight to 10% of all carbon emissions come from the textile and apparel industry, so we know that we have to change," she tells the BBC.