Fast Fashion
Fast fashion is a clothing industry model that produces trendy, low-cost clothes quickly to meet constantly changing consumer demands. Since 2000, global clothes production has more than doubled. The average person now buys 60% more clothes every year. Brands like Zara, H&M, and Shein release new styles every week, encouraging people to buy more and wear items for only a short time. While fast fashion makes clothes more accessible and affordable, it's often criticized for its negative impact. It contributes to massive environmental damage through pollution, overproduction, and textile waste. We live in a throw-away society, and every year the US generates 15 million tons of used textile waste. On top of that, many fast fashion companies rely on underpaid labor and poor working conditions in developing countries. The focus on speed and low cost often sacrifices quality, ethics, and sustainability.
In conclusion, while fast fashion offers cheap and trendy clothing, its true cost is much higher. It harms the environment, exploits workers, and promotes overconsumption. Choosing more sustainable and ethical fashion options can help reduce these negative impacts and support a healthier planet and a fairer industry.
Sebastian Angulo
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