{"id":89883,"date":"2020-05-07T17:36:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T22:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=89883"},"modified":"2020-05-11T18:02:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T23:02:00","slug":"argentinian-designer-turns-fashion-into-environmental-activism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/argentinian-designer-turns-fashion-into-environmental-activism\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentinian designer turns fashion into environmental activism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Layan Dahhan and Esther Bower<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">BUENOS AIRES \u2014 After visiting parts of Argentina that were full of pollution, Jesica Pullo, a designer based in Buenos Aires, decided to combine her passions for fashion and the environment to create Project Biotico, a sustainable fashion company. Pullo uses recyclable materials \u2014 like potato chip and cookie bags \u2014 to make clothes, purses and other fashion accessories.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Pullo believes the material used is an important part of sustainable fashion, but she doesn\u2019t stop there. She says the design process is not truly sustainable unless there are economic and social benefits as well as environmental ones. She says the biggest question to ask is \u201cWho makes my clothes?\u201d And for Biotico, the answer is workers from ALPAD, an organization that hires people with intellectual disabilities to do various jobs.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"A\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/416388089?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Argentinian designer Jesica Pullo makes a wedding dress out of recycled milk bags for her sustainable fashion company, Biotico (Esther Bower, Layan Dahhan\/MEDILL).<\/div>\n<p>Link: https:\/\/biotico.com.ar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Layan Dahhan and Esther Bower Medill Reports BUENOS AIRES \u2014 After visiting parts of Argentina that were full of pollution, Jesica Pullo, a designer based in Buenos Aires, decided to combine her passions for fashion and the environment to create Project Biotico, a sustainable fashion company. 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