Join your co-hosts Maia and Yuko in a discussion about Fast Fashion. What is it? What are the impacts on our environment? What are some social issues that arise from the pressures to manufacture the clothes we like to buy for cheap at big chain stores?
Next week April 19th to April 23rd is Fashion Revolution week! Learn more at www.fashionrevolution.org
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Helpful links and resources to learn more:
The New York Times article published in 1989 that coined the term Fast Fashion: https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/31/style/fashion-two-new-stores-that-cruise-fashion-s-fast-lane.html
The Intersectional environmentalist Instagram post about how Fast Fashion is a women's issue https://www.instagram.com/p/CMfH2dzHmiv/ - this post includes great resources to check out!
Concerns about big chain stores greenwashing their fast fashion: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/fast-fashion-environmental-makeover-1.3789537
The Environmental Price of Fast Fashion by Niinimäki, K., Peters, G., Dahlbo, H. et al.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-020-0039-9
Sustain Your Style - a great website with plenty of information and figures on the impact of fast fashion:
The True Cost Documentary - Fascinating documentary about the true cost of fast fashion.
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