I would take a guess that every parent has experienced the frustration that comes with finding out the shirt that fit your child perfectly yesterday doesn’t fit today. Children produce a high volume of clothing waste before they can even talk. On average, during their first two years, children go through approximately seven clothing sizes, […]
Tag: Fast Fashion
Is Shein Trying To Evolve Above Its Fast-Fashion Reputation?
Fast fashion has fully cemented itself within the fashion industry. Despite the growing impact of recent tariffs on fashion consumers, global brands like Shein and Temu continue to generate massive amounts of revenue. Despite this, recently it seems that these are attempting to evolve their image in the fashion world. Global fast fashion brand Shein […]
More People Need to Know: Jamestown Beach in Accra is Where Trashed Clothes End Up
Jamestown Beach in Accra is where a lot of fast fashion ends up after someone throws it away. The polyester and other plastics used to make these clothes take forever to break down and when thrown into the trash, they don’t end up in landfills where they were purchased, the trash gets shipped off to […]
Will The Fashion Industry Ever Be Free From Exploitation Practices?
The fashion industry has unsurprisingly exploded in reach in the past decade. Thanks to the ever-expanding presence of the internet and social media, more people than ever before have found themselves participating in fashion trends. Unfortunately, this increased attention towards clothing has left a huge demand that companies are eager to supply, often through unethical […]
Fast Fashion Being Wasteful is Less Daunting as More People Learn How to Sew
Fast fashion is a problem because consumerism breeds more consumerism as people want to keep up with trends and stay on style. Brands that make fast fashion styles out of polyester materials become the face of fashion and beauty and oversaturate the market, so even people who don’t care about keeping up with trends and […]
