circular fashion

noun

Clothes that are designed and made in such a way that they will last for a long time, can eventually be repaired or redesigned instead of being thrown away, and cause little or no damage to the environment.

Opposite
fast fashion
First used 2014
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Meanings

nouncircular fashion (uncountable)
  1. neologismuncountablebiologyClothes that are designed and made in such a way that they will last for a long time, can eventually be repaired or redesigned instead of being thrown away, and cause little or no damage to the environment.First known use 2014

    Circular fashion is the intersection of the circular economy (a model that exchanges the typical cycle of take-make-waste in favour of reusing and recycling as much as possible) and sustainable and ethical fashion.

    2022 September 19, Madeleine Hill, “What Is Circular Fashion?”, in Good On You

    Antonyms: fast fashion

Synonyms & antonyms

nounClothes that are designed and made in such a way that they will last for a long time, can eventually be repaired or redesigned instead of being thrown away, and cause little or no damage to the environment.

Opposite
fast fashion

Origin

Coined in 2014 by Anna Brismar, the owner of Green Strategy, and another expert in Sweden.

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APA

circular fashion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circular%20fashion

MLA

“circular fashion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circular%20fashion. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “circular fashion,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circular%20fashion.

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