The organiser of London Fashion Week, Caroline Rush, called on fashion brands to start selling fewer new clothes to reduce the industries devastating impact on the environment.
She also predicted that in the next 10-20 years the average wardrobe will be only 50% new clothes and 25% will be second hand, so Mairead spoke to Geraldine Carton from The Useless Project about the future of fast fashion.
Geraldine has seen a shift in shopping habits away from seeing clothes as single use, and she explained how buying more second hand or better quality clothes is a cost effective way of updating our wardrobes.
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You can hear the chat in full by pressing the play button on screen.
