London, Sep 2 (IANS) Britain’s Prince Charles has asked people to wear more recycled clothes and natural fabrics to reduce waste and conserve the world’s resources.
In an article for the September issue of fashion magazine Vogue, the Prince of Wales speaks about his “passion for reusing and repairing” and praises the trend for “vintage” clothes “because they save scarce resources and avoid waste”, The Daily Telegraph reported Thursday.

Charles advocated the use of wool because it is a natural material and asked consumers to choose it over “artificial fibres made from oil derivatives”.

“On the whole, the older some things are, the more comfortable and familiar they become; they can even be adapted to look new in a different context,” he wrote.

“For example, someone has been imaginative enough to make sets of cuff links out of the previous engine from my 40-year-old Aston Martin and to sell them in aid of my Trust for young people. I even have a pair of shoes made from bales of leather salvaged from an 18th-century wreck off the Southwest of Britain. They are totally indestructible and will see me out.”

“Not so long ago, wearing old or second-hand clothes tended to be an embarrassment to many, yet now ‘vintage’ outfits are on red carpets all over the world,” he said.