Caring for the environment is no longer limited only to waste segregation. Ecology has become a fashion statement, wich concerns many areas of life. Fashion and utility designers, as well as consumers use more and more materials, which have been considered garbage, not only giving them the proverbial “second life”, but also multiplying their original value. The purpose of this article is to describe the range of possibilities, which use recycled products in fashion and design gives, to the reader. I will also try to explain the most important terms as upcycling or downcycling. I will present the position of a number of Polish researchers towards contemporary eco-fashion.
The author attempts to examine the cultural and charitable events which increasingly take place in malls instead of old towns or squares and considerably widen the function of such places. In her opinion, we can observe a transfer of social life from customary space to shopping centers. Providing an examples from Toruń the author presents the main cultural functions of malls as a practice of satisfying all potential clients’ needs under one roof.
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