We may love cheap price tags; but, you know what they say, you get what you pay for.
Or as Lucy Siegle writes, “Fast fashion isn’t free. Someone somewhere is paying.”
But the reality is, fast fashion facts speak for themselves and a lot of people are paying, from the unfairly treated laborers to each and every person on the planet that has to deal with the environmental fallout.
Fast fashion, according to Merriam-Webster is: “an approach to the design, creation, and marketing of clothing fashions that emphasizes making fashion trends quickly and cheaply available to consumers.”
What this definition fails to mention, however, is the incalculable social and environmental costs that keep price tags low and garments mass-produced.
Amuck with synthetic fabrics (made from fossil fuels) and a system of cheap clothes designed to hit the landfill, this unsustainable system of fashion is overwhelming our planet and polluting our oceans.
It’s for these reasons that we all need to slow down and learn how to avoid fast fashion.
Here are 8 rules to help you do exactly that. Click the link below to read the full article!