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Worldwide criticism of fast fashion’s waste, labor abuses and carbon emissions has done little to slow down the industry. But new legislation could alter the flood of goods — like the floral ...
It creates these new items by stealing ideas from fashion runways and smaller businesses; and each item is available in a wide variety of prints. In 2022 the company brought in $23 billion in revenue.
In an age in which a dress can cost less than a fast-food meal, we must ask: What is the true price of “cheap” clothing or ...
The use of chemicals like PFAS and lead is "fairly common" within the fashion industry, Marty Mulvihill, a general partner with Safer Made, a venture capital fund that invests in firms reducing ...
Polyester and fast fashion's origins The fashion industry owes much of its success to the abundance of cheap, synthetic, fossil fuel-based fibers such as polyester, which is now ubiquitous in the ...
Fast Fashion’s End Has Been Greatly Exaggerated Tariffs won’t kill the industry. In fact, they might even make waste and exploitation problems worse. By Elizabeth Cline Jade Gao / AFP / Getty ...
Fast fashion brands, such as Shein and Temu, have skyrocketed in popularity over the last few years, thanks to social media. MSU students and professors explore why fast fashion is harmful to the ...
Accelerants for the trend cycle abound. TikTok requires novelty to hold our attention, and has an algorithm potent enough to elevate the unknown to ubiquity in a matter of days. Fast-fashion ...
Business America can't resist fast fashion. Shein, with all its issues, is tailored for it October 13, 20235:16 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition Alina Selyukh ...
In the age of the "I want it cheap, and I want it now" consumer mentality, fast fashion brands primarily based in China have established ...
But according to the documentary “Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion,” which premiered on HBO this week (and can be streamed on Max), that was the least of it.