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What Your Cheap Clothes Cost the Planet

Although the technology exists to separate these fibers for reuse, it remains in its early stages and is costly to scale. In 2024, Renewcell, a textile-­recycling company that partnered with major ...
An in-depth look at fast fashion impact, clothing labor issues, and why fashion industry ethics matter more than ever.
Fast-fashion brands have only upped the production with ultra-fast fashion garments, made in as little as a week, full of plastics and short-lasting, now accounting for up to a third of the entire ...
Fast fashion is everywhere — in just about every mall, in the feeds of influencers on social media promoting overconsumption, and in ads constantly popping up online. Its focus on the continual ...
Some consumers say they would prefer to buy clothing made with less injury to the environment. Even so, fast fashion continues to grow unabated. The business model known as fast fashion has proved ...
Cheap, disposable fashion is damaging the planet. If consumers don’t seem to care, should investors? Clothing has never been less expensive. Globalization helped fashion chains like H&M, Primark and ...
Global e-commerce retailer Shein is known for offering cheap fashion. Not only are the items themselves priced quite low, but just going on the website's homepage, you are bombarded with pop-ups and ...
A growing influx of cheap clothing is being donated overseas, marketed as something useful for the planet. But the reality is ...
This opinion column was submitted by Isabella Tran, a student at the University of Nevada, Reno. All the newest trends are in — it’s time to update your wardrobe! New and trendy clothes make their way ...
In February 2019, Kim Kardashian took to Twitter to express her disapproval for an online fashion company that is known to sell knockoff designer clothing. She complained that she had worn a ...
The swift rise in popularity of online shopping and introduction of low-priced, fast fashion stores into Australia such as Zara and Top Shop has certainly changed the face of retail. Quick fix ...