One year of Clothing Consumption of a German Female Consumer

The textile industry, particularly the “fast fashion”-trend, causes several negative effects on the environment. Based on various sources like surveys and statistical data we model the average environmental impacts caused by the consumption of clothes of female consumers in Germany. We assess the environmental impacts of different behavioral patterns using life cycle assessment (LCA). Based on the analysis, hotspots of clothing consumption are presented, and improvements are suggested. Having analyzed two scenarios, one woman potentially causes between 239, 10 kg CO 2 eq. and 529, 98 kg CO 2 eq. of greenhouse gas emissions depending on her behavior during the use phase for example on the usage frequency of a dryer and a flat iron.