Blog post 2.

Since I started my student experience at UAL, I immediately felt a strong consciousness about sustainability, diverseness, equality and social responsibility. I have been pushed, unconsciously, to immerse myself more and more in this “conscious” system. When the Better Lives unit started, I was really excited to follow the classes and the workshops. Even though I was already aware of few topics of the classes, it has been really interesting to immerse myself properly and to collaborate and communicate about it with the other peers and tutors.
Arguments that I was taking for granted before following classes have become a new way of approaching myself to the fashion system and to our world in general. 

The question I keep asking myself recently is: what can I really do to make a change in the fashion system? Not only about sustainability, but also about inclusivity.
Unfortunately, I could not respond to myself yet. Sometimes it looks to me that even the smallest form of progress I make to see a change is useless. But if there is something I learned during the Better Lives experience, is that we are stronger together. Even if I feel down sometimes and I feel like I am contributing in this “sick” circle of consumption, I keep in mind why I have decided to dedicate my life and my future career in fashion. Most importantly, I keep in mind that I am not alone and I am part of a bigger project which my generation is leading. Even the smallest changes we try to make, it actually means something. 

Small actions can help generate big changes, as the Theory of Chaos argues.
Better Lives themes already changed the way I work. I am more conscious and I pay attention to details that I did not care about before. Not only on my university tasks or work but also as a consumer. Most of all, I learned a new approach to make others aware about the Fashion System. 

What I am sure I will keep doing in the way I will work on future is to be more sustainable and more inclusive. I am part of the privileged side of the world and I am aware of this. I will try with all my powers to represent and give a voice to who does not have it through my stylist job.
I have already set myself a few important rules that I will follow on my future work. 

Firstly, I will make possible to not collaborate with Fast Fashion companies and to approach myself to give more visibility to smaller and sustainable companies. Secondly, I would like to collaborate with companies which will have the same point of view I have about diversity and inclusivity. Thirdly, I would like to give a proper message for each work I will make who can in somehow inspire people.