“If your gift depends on extracting from the environment and exploiting workers in the Global South, what the f*ck is the point?” They also propose fostering “community barter economies that do not depend on capitalist structures and global supply chains,” if you are able to trade something you make from other creators around you. Gift-giving can be made more meaningful when the gift itself reflects the “recipient's values and the world they want to see,” they argue. “I love fashion but hate how toxic the industry is, both for human rights and the environment, so I want to provide options that make use of what already exists, instead of causing further exploitation and extraction.”
“As a non-binary person, I never really found clothing that felt right to me until I started making my own,” Leggett tells them.
