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Fast Fashion
History
The start of fast fashion coincided with industrialization and factories
Industrial revolutions revamped our lives
The first loom patent registered in 1785 by Edmund Cartwright
WW2's high demand for clothes simplified production lines and increased production
Zara, founded in 1975, became the biggest fashion brand with the help of Fast Fashion
Emerged in the 1990s with globalization and outsourcing of manufacturing
Rise of social media in the 2010s helped accelarate the spread of the phenomenon
Characteristics
Low quality and cheap
Mass production
Sought-after by people in MEDCs
Ever-changing fashion staples
Influenced by trends and celebrity culture
Effects
Polluting rivers
Less land available due to cotton fields
Conditions of life not met in Punjab and etc.
More work opportunities in LEDCs
Exploitation / cruelty / accidents
relating workforce worldwide
Garbage islands piling up from clothes
Thousands of clothing pieces transported to poor countries
Decrease in quality of garments
Encouragement of consumerism
Solutions
Buying long-lasting products and mend damaged products
Quality over quantity
Avoiding fast-changing trends created by fast fashion companies
Making own clothes
Support of ethical and fair trade fashion brands
Implementation of circular fashion practices