Your new shirt looks good and it’s a bargain. You wear it a couple of times. You wash it a couple of times. The color starts to fade. The seams come apart. You throw it away. Fast fashion is cheap.
Piles of trashed clothing stretch across the landfill, the vibrant colors of once-trendy garments fading under the sun. As the faint stench rises from decomposing textiles, polyester fibers loosen in ...
The discussion surrounding “fast fashion” has grown in recent years as fashion trends have been connected to global warming. Fast fashion involves clothing trends spread through social media by ...
As advertisements for the latest trending items seem to infiltrate daily lives more and more, it's important to step back and see the bigger picture of what the state of consumerism today could mean ...
Standing in front of my overflowing closet, I feel my guilt-ridden conscience come forward. Hangers click together as I push past sequined tops, flowy dresses and t-shirts I haven't touched in months.
The harsh chemicals, plastic waste, and carbon emissions associated with the global fashion industry have long stoked public concern. But fast-fashion brands have only upped the production with ...
Is renting clothes instead of buying them truly better for the planet? As the textile industry faces growing scrutiny for its environmental impact, clothing rental services promise consumers the ...