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People Fixing The World

Redefining luxury fashion

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service AustralasiaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service East Asia

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The fashion industry is the third largest manufacturing industry in the world consuming huge amounts of the world’s resources and contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. But some innovators are trying to make the industry more sustainable. We discover how old fire hoses in the UK have been diverted from landfill and turned into fashionable bags and accessories. Plus we visit Mongolia to find out about a new luxury material made from yak hair. It's an eco-friendly replacement for cashmere which comes from goats who are causing desertification.

Presenter: Myra Anubi
Producer/reporter: Claire Bowes
Mongolia reporter: Jargal Byambasuren
Executive Producer: Richard Kenny
Series Producer: Jon Bithrey
Editor: Tom Bigwood
Sound Mix: Andrew Mills Show less

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