The fashion industry is going through quite the shift with a number of brands and design houses trying to move towards a more sustainable model. One Pakistani celebrity however, doesn’t seem to be too convinced with the idea. Just recently, Mansha Pasha took to Twitter and penned her two cents on the idea of sustainable fashion.
Taking to the microblogging website, the actor shared how she fails to understand the recent ‘trend’ or obsession with sustainability in fashion and lifestyle because she believed that desis have been practicing it for quite some time now.
“Sustainable fashion/living: Don’t know why this has become a trend because it’s been given a fancy name,” wrote the Laal Kabootar actor. She went on to add, “It’s basically what parents in the subcontinent have always taught their children: cheezon ko zaya mat karo aur kapre ko alag alag occasions par use karo! (Don’t waste anything and learn to reuse outfits on different occasions),” she said.
The actor recently celebrated her 33rd birthday in the midst of her friends and family and feels that sustainable fashion is not something desis need to be taught, since they practice it on a daily basis by reusing or sharing clothes.
Sustainable fashion/living:
Dont know why this has become a trend because its been given a fancy name. Its basically what parents in the subcontinent have always taught their children: cheezoin ko zaya mat karo aur kapre ko alag alag occasions par use karo!— Mansha Pasha (@manshapasha) October 24, 2020
She went on to recall her childhood and how her sisters and she would share clothes on multiple occasions. “Growing up my sisters and I always wore each others’ clothes multiple times.” She went on to add, “The same was done on the Zindagi Gulzar Hai set to give the true vibe of a desi household. Some scenes i wore sanams clothes she wore mine or sana’s.
In short, desi fashion is sustainable fashion,” she asserted.
Growing up my sisters and i always wore each others clothes multiple times.
The same was done on the Zindagi Gulzar Hai set to give the true vibe of a desi household. Some scenes i wore sanams clothes she wore mine or sana's.
In short, desi fashion is sustainable fashion.— Mansha Pasha (@manshapasha) October 24, 2020
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A number of fans and followers were in agreement with her post and shared their two cents on the matter too. “Underrated post. I think most women in Pakistan do that but some are trying to rebrand it as a new trend,” wrote one user.
Underrated post. I think most women in Pakistan do that but some are trying to rebrand it as a new trend.
— Archer (@0threshold) October 24, 2020
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