Imagine your child being forced to work in treacherous conditions for extensive amounts of time, earning little to no pay. Well, for the over 100 million children that work in so-called “fast fashion” ...
When President Donald Trump started his trade war with China earlier this year, the fast-fashion industry seemed poised to take a major hit. Stiff tariffs and changes to other trade rules pushed the ...
The European Union is implementing a new tax on imports, to limit purchases from fast-fashion e-platforms like SHEIN, Temu, ...
People in the U.S. throw away at least 17 million tons of textiles every year—about 100 pounds of clothing per person. At the same time, unsold blouses, jackets, and other fashion-industry leftovers ...
Operating as a vendor marketplace, Indy Clover rents out space to individuals who want to sell their goods. As fast fashion creates concern, shopper awareness could help turn a corner in consumerism ...
France is taking a stand against ultra-fast fashion giants like Shein and Temu with a new law. Companies will face hefty ...
For centuries, clothes were hard to produce and expensive. People wore them as long as possible. But manufacturing advances have steadily driven down the cost of production. These days, clothing can ...
This story was produced as part of ThreeSixty Journalism’s 2025 Opinion and Commentary Workshop for youth, in partnership with Sahan Journal and MinnPost. ThreeSixty is a multimedia storytelling ...
Fast fashion is bad for people and the planet. This is one of the many baseline assumptions that keep the sustainable fashion movement ticking — and are the focus of recent policies pushing for ...
“Fast fashion,” a phenomenon where clothing can be purchased and delivered almost instantaneously, is followed from the wash machine to a recycling option reimagining ways to reduce the impacts on ...
Consumers love fast fashion. Purchases of clothes that are trendy, cheap, and not meant to last for a long time have been rising. Although we know that cheap clothes might not have been produced with ...