"A wardrobe I'd carried for ten years, gone in one afternoon. And it felt good."

I had eight bags of clothes I couldn't bring myself to throw. The Closed Loop came at 11am on a Tuesday and took them all. A week later I wore a shirt made from fabric that might have once been mine.

"The first piece I bought is the one I wear most."

I wasn't sure recycled clothing would feel good. It's softer than what I owned before. Now my closet only has things I want to keep wearing — and a bag for everything else.

"My mother gave away her sari for the loop. That meant something."

When I told her how it worked, she handed me three old saris without a word. They've now become something else. The loop carries her, too.