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19 November 2020CopyrightSaman Javed

Pulling at the Threads of Fast Fashion

Much of the fashion industry relies on cheap, mass-produced clothes. A never-ending conveyor belt of trends is feeding and driving consumer appetites for new items and, as production processes speed up, the result is “fast fashion”—an aspect of the industry that is alleged to carry with it many environmental and human costs.

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