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[00:00:00] colleagues from the transport sector who, in these really high
[00:00:03] temperatures, serve thousands of thousands of these passengers and
[00:00:07] make, well, their arrival or departure from Bosnia and Herzegovina as
[00:00:10] comfortable as possible. Here, we certainly
[00:00:13] join in. There are many passengers,
[00:00:15] it's evident. I tried to extract
[00:00:20] to Bosnia and Herzegovina. So, we will work a certain part of the statistics here. A small correction, so on August 1st you recorded even more than
[00:00:24] 13,000 passengers, very quickly you broke
[00:00:28] records and exceeded probably your own
[00:00:32] expectations regarding the numbers. Do you believe that this is
[00:00:35] just a successful tourist season after all the good things
[00:00:39] that happened to us in terms of promoting Bosnia and Herzegovina, or are we actually
[00:00:42] perhaps looking at the beginning of a completely deeper change?
[00:00:46] Well, you see, these results, when it comes to tourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
[00:00:50] certainly indicate that Sarajevo, Mostar, Bosnia and
[00:00:53] Herzegovina as a country as a whole, are attractive
[00:00:56] tourist destinations. Of course, for tourists to
[00:00:59] arrive as easily and as quickly as possible in Bosnia and
[00:01:02] Herzegovina, transportation connectivity is one of the most significant
[00:01:05] factors influencing the, therefore,
[00:01:08] arrival of tourists, and on the other hand, we also facilitate
[00:01:11] travel for citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina so they can fly from Sarajevo
[00:01:15] to as many destinations as possible. Of course, these
[00:01:18] summer months are always record-breaking, with the highest numbers,
[00:01:24] cliché, but if we were to go back to given that it's the holiday
[00:01:25] that and to the season. So, whether citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina are traveling
[00:01:28] from Sarajevo, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, to... some destinations for vacation or
[00:01:31] business, or whether citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina who are temporarily
[00:01:35] or permanently working, well, living outside the borders of BiH are returning, so our
[00:01:39] diaspora, along with what is certainly an attractive, extremely attractive summer
[00:01:43] for the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the concerts of Dino
[00:01:46] Merlin, the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival, a series of
[00:01:49] accompanying events before and after the festival, have certainly
[00:01:53] contributed to such good results. On the other hand,
[00:01:56] the airport management, or rather the people
[00:02:00] employed at the airport responsible for connecting Sarajevo with
[00:02:03] other destinations, have worked extremely hard in recent years
[00:02:07] to ensure that Sarajevo is connected, this year, with
[00:02:10] a record-breaking 40 destinations this
[00:02:13] summer. So, that is a, shall I say, a mix of
[00:02:16] activities that has led to these truly impressive numbers. Last
[00:02:20] year was a record year, we'll see if we can reach that magical
[00:02:24] figure of 2 million passengers per year for us this
[00:02:27] year. We're trying, we're on the right track to
[00:02:31] repeat similar results as in '25. Yes, is a record
[00:02:35] expected when it comes to the influx of guests arriving for SFF?
[00:02:38] What kind of reservations are you already seeing? Well, that's right,
[00:02:42] you see, we, as an airport, are a natural
[00:02:45] logical partner, and this year, as in previous years, a sponsor
[00:02:49] of the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival. We truly expect
[00:02:52] a large number of guests precisely because of the Sarajevo
[00:02:56] Film Festival. So, we have some announcements, of course, when
[00:02:59] it comes to some VIP personalities, or rather
[00:03:03] famous actors, directors, well, people in the film
[00:03:06] industry. On the other hand, not just the film festival, we also
[00:03:09] have a performance by a British
[00:03:13] band, what should I call them, Prodigy, in Grbavica in a few days. So all
[00:03:17] of that together truly contributes to a huge influx of tourists from
[00:03:21] all over the world to Sarajevo, or rather to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[00:03:24] Of course, the most credit for that goes to, I would say,
[00:03:28] several low-budget
[00:03:37] and others who have been flying for many years, almost 30 years, to the capital
[00:03:41] of Bosnia and Herzegovina. So, on one hand, you need to have an offer, meaning
[00:03:45] that people have a reason to come to Bosnia and
[00:03:48] Herzegovina and Sarajevo. On the other hand, we, as airport
[00:03:51] management, need to ensure that Sarajevo is as well connected as possible. It seems to me that this
[00:03:55] year, this summer, we have succeeded both of us
[00:03:58] in... creating, so to speak, a foundation
[00:04:01] for our tourism industry, restaurateurs, hotels, and all those
[00:04:05] who support that industry,
[00:04:07] bingobih.ba. Retina to have a good summer. Mhm, you
[00:04:10] and tourism workers very often admit that you see
[00:04:13] a large influx of young tourists from countries from which
[00:04:17] you previously didn't notice them, and they openly say
[00:04:20] that this is mainly due to Ryanair's
[00:04:24] 11 lines currently available to Sarajevo. When you
[00:04:27] analyze the passenger structure by... perhaps
[00:04:30] young people, from which countries are they starting to arrive that wasn't
[00:04:34] the case before? What do you notice? Well, you see, we have two factors that
[00:04:38] influence a slight change, so to speak, in the type
[00:04:42] of countries from which
[00:04:45] example, I prefer to focus on tourists come. First of all, precisely that
[00:04:48] accessibility of airline tickets and the opening
[00:04:51] of Sarajevo to numerous European destinations has led
[00:04:54] to an increasing number of tourists coming from the United Kingdom via
[00:04:58] London, then from Spain, from Italy,
[00:05:02] so, we are talking about a significant increase
[00:05:05] in the number of tourists when it comes to Europe. On the other hand,
[00:05:08] the events in the Middle East have had a negative impact.
[00:05:12] Conflicts in Iran, mm, so we have a significantly smaller
[00:05:16] influx of guests directly from Gulf countries, from GCC
[00:05:19] countries. But somehow we managed to diversify, well,
[00:05:23] these destinations from which one can fly to Sarajevo, so
[00:05:27] we can say that we have partly amortized, amortized
[00:05:30] that situation. Given that we are, well, as a city, as a country, a halal-friendly
[00:05:34] destination, we were quite popular among tourists coming from
[00:05:38] the Islamic world. There are still some, but somewhat fewer compared
[00:05:41] to previous years. So, well,
[00:05:45] tourists, or rather the tourism board, mm, I'm talking more as an
[00:05:48] industry, need to adapt their offer, given that it's precisely
[00:05:52] a different type of tourist, they are looking for slightly different things. But it seems
[00:05:56] to me that our hoteliers and restaurateurs, all those in the service
[00:05:59] industries, are quite adaptable, so they quickly,
[00:06:02] so to speak, turn to these new tourists and adapt
[00:06:06] their offer to them. But I would agree, of course, that
[00:06:09] Ryanair, Wizz Air, and other low-budget companies, along with, as I said, some
[00:06:13] companies that have been flying to Sarajevo Airport for many years, decades already, certainly
[00:06:17] contribute to us having a quite
[00:06:20] different picture of tourists who travel through Sarajevo Airport. And
[00:06:24] we return to that offer, that is, the concerts of Dino
[00:06:27] Merlin, Prodigy, others, that is, some jazz
[00:06:30] musical stars from the region are, so to speak,
[00:06:34] a magnet that attracts people to the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Is there any
[00:06:38] line that has proven to be a particular surprise to you,
[00:06:41] that you perhaps didn't expect so much from it, and how have
[00:06:45] these recently introduced ones, which we discussed in April, it seems, when you
[00:06:48] were here last, how have they performed? There was Paris,
[00:06:52] Turkey, right, another Ankara and Berlin. Yes, well, you see,
[00:06:56] every line we introduce, we introduce it based on analyses together with
[00:06:59] airline companies. So, the assessments are that those
[00:07:03] flight lines, those destinations, will be sufficiently filled, meaning they will be
[00:07:06] profitable for airline companies. So, we can certainly
[00:07:10] say that we hit the mark when it comes to... connecting the capital of Bosnia and
[00:07:13] Herzegovina with the capitals of France, Germany, and Turkey, and we truly
[00:07:17] have quite, quite good results, or rather
[00:07:20] airline companies are recording good results. For every airline route, a certain
[00:07:24] period is needed, so that it gets established, that it gets promoted, that people simply
[00:07:28] get used to having airline routes to Sarajevo on certain days of the
[00:07:31] week. So, in addition to these three, Paris, Berlin, and
[00:07:35] Ankara, Bodrum certainly proves to be
[00:07:38] a quite quality line with Ajet, given that, well,
[00:07:42] Turkey is a popular destination and people generally
[00:07:45] travel by plane, they go by car in comparison, well,
[00:07:49] with countries in the region. Also,
[00:07:52] therefore, the standard hubs that connect Sarajevo with other destinations,
[00:07:56] Vienna, Istanbul, Frankfurt, so all
[00:07:59] of these are, destinations and
[00:08:01] airports through which either our people travel somewhere
[00:08:05] further or our diaspora or tourists come from
[00:08:09] other countries. These are some, so to speak,
[00:08:12] junction points through which we record very good
[00:08:16] results. Mhm, let's briefly return to those foreign tourists. We know that the
[00:08:19] airport participates in conducting surveys
[00:08:22] of them. You said from where they are
[00:08:26] increasingly arriving. Do we know
[00:08:29] why and for how long they stay? Can we say that in
[00:08:33] some way Sarajevo is truly becoming a city break situation, so
[00:08:36] one in which mostly young people will come without
[00:08:40] much planning for two, three, four days? Sarajevo International
[00:08:43] Airport is a full member of ACI Europe, which is an
[00:08:47] association of airports, worldwide
[00:08:49] and its European branch. We conduct regular
[00:08:52] surveys together with them. These surveys
[00:08:56] primarily relate to passenger satisfaction with the airport,
[00:08:59] the cleanliness of the airport, the service, the friendliness, and here I can say
[00:09:03] that we truly have very good results. I am especially
[00:09:07] proud that people rate the staff, i.e., the employees of Sarajevo
[00:09:11] International Airport, very highly. On the other hand, when it comes
[00:09:14] to the profile of the tourists themselves, that is something that the Tourist
[00:09:18] Board of Sarajevo Canton does more. They are the ones who conduct these
[00:09:22] types of surveys and analyze them. A large number, it seems to me two-thirds of those
[00:09:26] passengers, stated in those surveys that they chose Sarajevo
[00:09:29] as a destination because a new direct
[00:09:33] flight was introduced. Of course,
[00:09:36] they also mention the affordability,
[00:09:39] well, the price accessibility of hotels, food, and other
[00:09:42] services. Of course, we must not neglect the fact that Sarajevo
[00:09:46] is the cultural, historical, and economic center of Bosnia and
[00:09:49] Herzegovina, so there is truly much to see and
[00:09:53] find in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the other hand, these tourists
[00:09:57] do not only come to Sarajevo; they travel from Sarajevo to Mostar, they go to
[00:10:00] Travnik, so Sarajevo is not the only
[00:10:03] destination they visit
[00:10:07] when arriving through Sarajevo International Airport. And what we want to do in the
[00:10:10] coming period is to perhaps open Sarajevo
[00:10:14] and especially maybe Medjugorje to some destinations
[00:10:17] via Spain, towards South America. That is, for example,
[00:10:20] one, one continent with which we are not best
[00:10:23] connected. We had some discussions with the Spanish embassy,
[00:10:27] the ambassador, to see if in the coming period we can
[00:10:30] somehow motivate some airline companies to connect
[00:10:34] Sarajevo directly with Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Malaga, and
[00:10:37] similar destinations, because we believe there is huge
[00:10:41] interest from South America when it comes
[00:10:45] on that in the coming period. Mhm, speaking of new destinations,
[00:10:48] let's remind our viewers that for March
[00:10:51] 2027, 420,000
[00:10:55] annual Ryanair seats from Sarajevo have been announced. That would
[00:10:58] be their most extensive flight schedule we've had so
[00:11:02] far. I'm interested, the destinations haven't been published yet.
[00:11:05] How many can we expect? Can we roughly
[00:11:08] say in which direction this is going? So, what
[00:11:12] destinations can we expect? Can we
[00:11:15] somehow say that with this, Sarajevo is finally entering
[00:11:19] a final new phase when it comes to low-cost
[00:11:23] traffic? Well, that's right, we, in negotiations with Ryanair,
[00:11:27] agreed on a model that is optimal for both us and
[00:11:31] them. So, we would certainly have liked Ryanair to maintain its winter flight
[00:11:34] schedule, meaning that Sarajevo remained connected via Ryanair to numerous
[00:11:38] destinations during winter as well. However, well,
[00:11:42] both we and our colleagues from Ryanair concluded
[00:11:45] that the most optimal solution is to have that record number
[00:11:48] of available seats, over 14 destinations. Ryanair
[00:11:51] flies all over Europe. For now, we cannot talk about the
[00:11:55] destinations and cities themselves, given that that is, well, the agreement with them. But it is certain
[00:11:59] that our fellow citizens and numerous tourists from all over the world
[00:12:02] will be positively surprised. These are certainly symbols and signals
[00:12:06] that, well, Sarajevo, tourism, Bosnia and
[00:12:09] Herzegovina have enormous potential, that we all need to somehow
[00:12:13] work together to exploit that potential. And this
[00:12:17] shows us that we have this chronic, I would call it, challenge
[00:12:20] of seasonality. So we have those few summer months in
[00:12:24] tourism when... both the Old Bridge, Baščaršija, Travnik,
[00:12:27] and Medjugorje, and Kravice, are all full of tourists, sometimes from about
[00:12:31] May until September. Then from October until March,
[00:12:35] we need to create some new events, we need to devise some
[00:12:38] international activities, so that more
[00:12:42] people come outside, so to speak,
[00:12:46] the peak season during the summer. So, we'll leave
[00:12:49] you, the media, and our fellow citizens, everyone watching us, in a little
[00:12:53] suspense as to which destinations these will be. I hope we can
[00:12:57] announce them soon. Yes, but the winter flight schedule will be omitted.
[00:13:01] Is seasonality the only reason for this?
[00:13:04] You see, airlines today are truly
[00:13:07] facing, and the entire air traffic, air industry, with a number
[00:13:10] of challenges. Primarily, they are related to the immense
[00:13:14] pressure they have when it comes to the price of aviation fuel. So,
[00:13:17] in the costs of each
[00:13:20] flight, fuel is by far the largest cost, and we are
[00:13:24] witnessing in the last few months truly unusual
[00:13:27] fluctuations and jumps in these prices, and airlines are
[00:13:31] extremely cautious,
[00:15:26] At the very beginning, a few questions for you as well, it concerns
[00:15:29] actually how much clothing you have in your
[00:15:32] wardrobe that you will never wear again,
[00:15:36] how many times have you still bought something just because it
[00:15:39] was cheap, pretty, or just then in trend? Today,
[00:15:43] more and more young people are turning to second-hand shops, but not
[00:15:46] just because they can get things cheaper there. Namely, they are looking
[00:15:50] for pieces that no one else has, they alter them, decorate
[00:15:53] them, and from old clothes they make something completely new. Is
[00:15:57] new fashion actually wearing what already existed
[00:16:00] on other people? Can we from a full wardrobe
[00:16:04] create less waste, more of our own? About
[00:16:08] the changes we already see among young people, we are discussing this further
[00:16:11] with them and Smihana Kukuruz and Nura Hamzić,
[00:16:15] both of them are somehow in this field in different ways,
[00:16:28] for being here, Smihana, when we talk about young people
[00:16:30] and the changes you also notice
[00:16:34] in your generation when it comes to buying
[00:16:37] clothes. You told me earlier that
[00:16:41] a large number of them don't hide that much rather than before, much rather perhaps
[00:16:45] than some previous generations, they go to second-hand
[00:16:48] shops. Is that really true, is that a major change, and
[00:16:51] what is it about? Is it actually a trend or perhaps an announcement of an even
[00:16:55] bigger change in the attitude towards
[00:16:57] clothing production, fast fashion, and so on? Well, I think
[00:17:01] it's primarily a mix of different factors in
[00:17:04] the sense that it's primarily a trend that appeared
[00:17:08] on Instagram and TikTok, but through that
[00:17:11] trend, we somehow got the moment to talk more about
[00:17:15] sustainability itself. I think that's actually
[00:17:18] that moment of sustainability itself, where we think about
[00:17:22] how much clothing actually, how much
[00:17:25] clothing actually ends up in landfills, how much
[00:17:28] it pollutes the space and what we do to the space itself,
[00:17:32] and from that also comes that moment when we think about
[00:17:36] who actually makes that clothing, because most large
[00:17:39] brands make that clothing in an unethical
[00:17:42] way, like, for example, in India, they have
[00:17:46] so many fast fashion brands, they come
[00:17:48] and here primarily women
[00:17:51] and women and children work for three to four dollars
[00:17:55] a day, and simply that's also a moment when
[00:17:58] we ask ourselves where it's better to buy clothes. It's also
[00:18:02] somewhat a mix of individuality and creativity
[00:18:06] that one allows oneself.
[00:18:16] in SCC, all boutiques more or less have the same things,
[00:18:20] and we all dress the same way. And second-hand became
[00:18:23] that trendy moment that became really popular
[00:18:26] because everyone is looking for some individuality, a way to
[00:18:30] express themselves, and simply that moment
[00:18:33] of individuality where you know that you're wearing something that no one else
[00:18:37] has at all. So, to summarize, the smallest number of people
[00:18:41] who buy, mostly young people, in second-hand stores, buy because it's cheap
[00:18:45] there or because of the prices. A much larger number of people because of everything you
[00:18:49] mentioned. Well, there's also that moment where everything is cheaper than when
[00:18:53] you go into SCC, but mostly
[00:18:56] because we're looking for that way to express ourselves
[00:18:59] creatively. Nura, you went
[00:19:02] many steps further. Somehow
[00:19:05] you recognized that from wearing clothes, you can
[00:19:09] do many new things, and for everyone who might
[00:19:13] recognize you from your Instagram
[00:19:16] account, they will understand what you are capable of achieving from an old
[00:19:20] dress, from an old jumpsuit or corset,
[00:19:23] and what new things in terms of combinations you can make.
[00:19:27] So, please describe your journey when you enter a second-hand shop or look
[00:19:31] at clothes you're going to order. What details
[00:19:34] do you actually notice that you'll be able to use for your creations?
[00:19:38] I would call it a very specific creative
[00:19:41] process,
[00:19:43] naturally characterized by my individual style, but
[00:19:47] precisely because of that, I think anyone can do it, exclusively because
[00:19:51] it comes down to the creative process of the individual. If
[00:19:54] we talk about what I notice
[00:19:58] that is actually qualitative and worthy of further
[00:20:01] processing in my creative process
[00:20:04] is the moment of design. The moment
[00:20:08] of materials. There are some specific
[00:20:11] brands that are my favorite, which are from the
[00:20:15] 2000s, like Yesica, which is not so recognizable here today,
[00:20:19] but it's cheap in second-hand stores. So, for
[00:20:22] altering it, adding. What
[00:20:26] I would like to emphasize is that creative process does not necessarily focus
[00:20:30] on the moment of upcycling, that is,
[00:20:33] creating a new piece from an old one. I think
[00:20:37] that the creative process actually reflects in the moment when
[00:20:40] I manage to create a whole completely different, so-called
[00:20:44] layered outfit that uses different
[00:20:47] layers, different, so-called patterns.
[00:20:50] And for example, I like to emphasize the moment
[00:20:54] of consumption and the combination of different colors that are not
[00:20:57] exclusively on opposite sides of that
[00:21:01] famous color wheel, a range
[00:21:04] of colors. So I think that creative process would focus
[00:21:07] on quality material, and perhaps
[00:21:11] even the factory of some specific factories that are still recognizable
[00:21:14] today, whose pieces are truly valuable. For example,
[00:21:18] pieces from old Yugoslavian factories, in which
[00:21:21] famous brands that today have amazing shows like Yves Saint Laurent
[00:21:25] created their pieces. So I think it's a
[00:21:29] process for which everyone is actually competent, I just think
[00:21:32] that the moment of creativity is crucial. Yes, and for all those
[00:21:36] who are wondering if they need a machine
[00:21:39] or any other tool for creativity in terms of altering those old
[00:21:42] pieces they find in second-hand stores, what do you tell them? How do you usually
[00:21:46] do it? Absolutely not, no, no, absolutely.
[00:21:50] Absolutely not, it's literally a moment, my moment looks
[00:21:53] like this: I listen to a good podcast or a good
[00:21:55] song,
[00:21:58] which just gives me space to
[00:22:01] create something new, which is not essentially a new
[00:22:05] piece, but a new moment of the entire outfit. Absolutely nothing
[00:22:09] is needed except perhaps freedom of mind, sounds quite
[00:22:15] so-called core value, the moment in
[00:22:18] which a matrix desires. society, where the individual and
[00:22:21] soul are the moment of everything, I think we would make amazing things from
[00:22:25] clothes. But for numerous
[00:22:28] those who feel they need help in
[00:22:31] creating something new from old, for all of them, there
[00:22:34] are workshops in Sarajevo that help them
[00:22:38] express themselves, learn how to alter, learn after all, maybe
[00:22:41] even build that personal sense of what
[00:22:45] can be an interesting combination, Smihana. I know
[00:22:48] you attended some of
[00:22:52] those workshops where you yourself said you might have surprised yourself,
[00:22:56] that everyone around you, your colleagues, surprised you in terms
[00:23:00] of their creativity and everything they are capable of producing.
[00:23:03] Where can these workshops be attended, what did they teach
[00:23:07] you, these workshops that deal with making
[00:23:10] new things, completely newer from old ones? For
[00:23:14] example, we have a workshop at the GT Institute, and when I think
[00:23:18] of the GT Institute, I immediately think of a German course, but they
[00:23:22] organized three-day workshops throughout Bosnia
[00:23:25] and Herzegovina specifically related to upcycling
[00:23:28] and clothing recycling, because they noticed
[00:23:32] that we have a lot of clothes that we no longer use and a lot of clothes
[00:23:36] that we actually donate to humanitarian
[00:23:39] organizations that exceed
[00:23:42] the needs of the users
[00:23:45] of these donations, they have nowhere
[00:23:48] to go. For example, the GT Institute, in cooperation
[00:23:52] with Pomoziba, organized a workshop on upcycling
[00:23:55] new, new clothes, where the clothes were donated by Pomoziba.
[00:23:59] So, simply through those three days, you first
[00:24:03] learn about the moment of textile waste, sustainable
[00:24:06] then you are
[00:24:09] simply released from the clothes they have
[00:24:12] chosen for you to express your creativity in the best
[00:24:16] possible way, you simply have instructors
[00:24:19] who... help you realize your
[00:24:23] outfit in terms of how you can improve it, this might not be realistic with
[00:24:27] this material, they teach you how
[00:24:30] to use that machine and how to simply make something new
[00:24:34] out of all of that. To me, every colleague, both male and female,
[00:24:38] who was at that workshop, surprised
[00:24:41] me with the creativity they showed. For
[00:24:45] example, one girl made an excellent jacket
[00:24:48] from a men's shirt. a jacket and now that jacket can
[00:24:52] be worn by some girl. I think we will see that through the inserts,
[00:24:56] if not now, then very soon, mm,
[00:24:59] and many other unique things. And speaking of
[00:25:02] that, Nura, you actually started a
[00:25:05] small business from that. What you invent as a new creation, old
[00:25:09] clothes, you present to people who react wonderfully online, it very
[00:25:13] quickly sells out. Did the response and
[00:25:16] the success, perhaps, ultimately, and the
[00:25:20] promotion of such things among young people, at the very
[00:25:23] least, surprise you? Yes, I started by wanting
[00:25:27] to do something useful for my
[00:25:30] wardrobe and I wanted to create some circulation of my
[00:25:33] old pieces, because I'm quite obsessive about
[00:25:37] this topic. Very often I allowed myself to be a victim
[00:25:40] of excessive consumption of absolutely everything, at this moment
[00:25:43] new pieces. I started by wanting to get
[00:25:47] rid of pieces that were superfluous to me at quite low
[00:25:51] prices. But that was the moment when I wanted to be environmentally conscious and
[00:25:55] ethical, so like, here, at least let the pieces circulate, and
[00:25:58] so the money, it kind of made sense to me to justify myself at first.
[00:26:03] It went pretty well,
[00:26:06] uh, I realized that it gives me immense satisfaction, the moment when
[00:26:10] I give a new, new soul, a new life to a piece, for me that is
[00:26:14] quite profound. Mm, I started to
[00:26:17] travel, to find different pieces in
[00:26:20] every possible city, mm, that comes to mind, where I
[00:26:24] happen to be at that moment, mm, in the meantime, I also started
[00:26:28] the process of styling myself,
[00:26:30] I would say that my identity that I have today was formed there, which will
[00:26:34] only continue to be, become, arise, cease, and
[00:26:38] so on. M, in the meantime of
[00:26:41] all of that, I started styling different girls for music videos, that was a
[00:26:45] moment that was incredibly satisfying for me,
[00:26:48] mm, so, I mean, I think I succeeded, that
[00:26:52] I will yet succeed in creating something that is beneficial
[00:26:56] to all of us in the long run, yes, and
[00:26:59] many of us try to do something useful, but we are not always. However,
[00:27:03] not
[00:27:09] everything is suitable for donation, right? Can we go through what
[00:27:13] is adequate to take to
[00:27:16] donation, to donated items, for example,
[00:27:20] to Pomozba or other organizations,
[00:27:23] and what happens with the clothes that are not adequate
[00:27:27] to be passed on? Well,
[00:27:29] many people look at the way... when
[00:27:33] we look at clothing donation as a way to get rid of things from their closet
[00:27:37] and simply everything that they might not
[00:27:40] wear, many people actually
[00:27:43] donate that. Such clothes will never be
[00:27:46] needed by the users nor will they ever reach the users, because
[00:27:50] we always recommend that when someone donates clothes,
[00:27:53] they donate something they would wear themselves or would give to someone
[00:27:57] else to wear. It happens that clothes arrive
[00:28:01] torn or... dirty, and simply such
[00:28:04] clothes cannot go further, they have nowhere
[00:28:08] to go but to the landfill, and there
[00:28:11] waste is created, because people daily donate clothes to Pomozba
[00:28:14] or to other humanitarian organizations, so that
[00:28:17] a lot of waste actually accumulates because
[00:28:21] the clothes are simply unusable at that moment. Mhm,
[00:28:24] and how much does
[00:28:26] waste actually threaten and how little is
[00:28:29] spoken about it, you also reminded me before
[00:28:33] the conversation, where we already have
[00:28:36] cases of certain cities in
[00:28:39] Africa, even though it seems far from us, whose beaches are
[00:28:42] completely completely covered with waste and
[00:28:46] material in Ghana and other places. How
[00:28:49] much is that actually a scene that we might see in
[00:28:53] other parts of the world if we don't start
[00:28:57] mitigating our attitude towards fast fashion? I think that fast fashion as
[00:29:01] a problem with us... is not let's say taken so
[00:29:04] seriously, because when we think of fashion and textile
[00:29:08] waste, it immediately seems somehow silly to us, because it brings up
[00:29:11] the topic of ecology which generally is not simply
[00:29:15] taken seriously and many people take
[00:29:19] the topic of textile waste seriously. What is happening
[00:29:22] in Ghana is simply terrible because Ghana
[00:29:25] has become a landfill for larger
[00:29:28] countries that want to get rid of their textile
[00:29:32] waste.
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