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.

Recycled clothing, marketed as eco-friendly, may tempt people to buy more. And if fashion brands then scale up—at home or abroad—the negative environmental impact is amplified, wiping out many of the ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. In Beyond the Price Tag: The Dark Side of Luxury and Circular ...

Hi, my name is Mara. I am Italian, live in the UK, and am a writer for Eco-Stylist. When I moved to the UK in 2014, I worked in some of London’s most iconic retail stores. I was constantly surrounded ...

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 ...

Online fashion retailer Asos recently introduced additional fees for customers who return lots of items, marking a significant shift in the fast fashion model that has relied on free, frictionless ...

Kim Kardashian’s wardrobe has long been the stuff of fashion legend. And the sheer scale of her closet still manages to stun. Kardashian’s clothing is spread across meticulously organized rooms in her ...