Every t-shirt has a lifecycle. Theres that first fresh-off-the-rack wear, when it feels brand new, followed by the first few washes when things feel extra soft and worn in. Over many sweaty afternoons and subsequent rinse cycles, your go-to, going-out tee transitions to become your favorite workout shirt, until it reaches the point where it definitely shouldnt be seen in public any more. But instead of tossing your ratty old t-shirt into the trash, there are plenty of otherfar more sustainablethings you can do with it, including upcycling. The reason its so important to upcycle versus recycle? Clothing needs to be sorted into groups of similar material content if theyre to be recycled, says Tiffany Threadgould, head of design at...
