Brands like Shein, Temu and Fashion Nova have risen in popularity within the last few years. Known for their remarkably low prices and ability to keep up with the recent fashion trends, these brands ...
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.
The harsh chemicals, plastic waste, and carbon emissions associated with the global fashion industry have long stoked public concern. But fast-fashion brands have only upped the production with ...
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 ...
Editor's note: All opinions, columns and letters reflect the views of the individual writer and not necessarily those of the IDS or its staffers. Unfortunately, the only “luxurious” thing about this ...
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 ...
As advertisements for the latest trending items seem to infiltrate daily lives more and more, it's important to step back and see the bigger picture of what the state of consumerism today could mean ...
During the pandemic, up-and-coming content creator Angie Wang was startled by the increasing speed of fashion trend cycles. But those short-lived trend cycles meant Wang needed to — quickly — up her ...