How 'frugal chic' and no-buy trends are changing our relationship with our clothes

Australians are among the highest consumers of textiles, per capita, in the world, buying an average of 55 garments of clothing per year.

The over-consumption of fast fashion is a big problem to solve, and one simple solution is to opt out.

Some shoppers are embracing low- or no-buy experiments to give their spending a bit of a reality check, and reassess the way they feel about what's in their wardrobe. 

So how realistic is this idea, and could it help address the 220,000-tonne elephant in the room?