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.

Some parts of modern life are, at this point, widely known to cause environmental harm — flying overseas, using disposable plastic items, and even driving to and from work, for example. But when it ...

IVTP held its “Fuck Fast Fashion” show featuring a runway of secondhand clothing, live music and local vendors on May 9.

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 ...

Gloria Donkor worked in the secondhand clothing industry in Accra, Ghana, for three years, going to the market early in the morning to pick through bales of clothing bought by wholesalers and find ...

Environmental sustainability is increasingly critical. It permeates many sectors of society. An increasingly unexpected place is the world of fashion. Clothing production and associated textile ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zoe is a business growth expert covering sustainable fashion & retail. Apr 30, 2025, 04:52am EDT May 01, 2025, 11:23am EDT A ...

Fast fashion is bad for people and the planet. This is one of the many baseline assumptions that keep the sustainable fashion movement ticking — and are the focus of recent policies pushing for ...

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 global fast-fashion market is currently valued at $106.62 billion and is expected to grow to $177.92 billion by 2030. Unfortunately, market research reveals consumers still believe in the ...

Every December, many shoppers plan to buy fewer things and choose more sustainable options. Yet as the month goes on, spending rises and fast fashion becomes hard to resist. Christmas has become a ...