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workers are severely underpaid (below min. wage)

Fashion Nova exploits LA sweatshops

sweatshops: workshops or factories that employ underpaid workers under poor and/or illegal working conditions

much of the material used is sourced from the labor of about 1.8 million Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang

Uighur Muslims are forced to harvest cotton for supply chains

Companies like Lacoste, Nike, Adidas, Abercrombie & Fitch, Calvin Klein, Victoria’s Secret, The North Face, and H&M profit from Slave Labor (not all fast fashion)

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The Prevalence of Fast Fashion in the Economy + Effects on Environment and Society

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The Prevalence of Fast Fashion in the Economy + Effects on Environment and Society

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- fast fashion is environmentally unsustainable
- "no ethical consumption under capitalism"
- sweat shops and prison labor - underpaying workers or slavery
- - role of the consumer in creating a better fashion economy
- expensive "ethical" clothing

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- The implications of a meat-heavy diet on the environment or some other issue
- the economic or financial implications (beneficial or detrimental?) of switching over to a plant based diet
- the idea that consumers contributions make little impact and change must be within revolutionary ideals within capitalism

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Scholarly Performance outside of America compared to The U.S. Education System

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Scholarly Performance outside of America compared to The U.S. Education System

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- Finland (maybe) has the best performance in school
- Different teaching methods and effects on mental health and thereof academic performance
- Homework and test-based education

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- issues with the two-party system
- income inequality and redistribution of wealth
- forms of parenting
- gender-normative toys and clothing effects on adolescence and mental development
- near death experiences and effects on life

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The inexpensive creation of clothing according to the current fashion trends and making them widely available to consumers at a rapid rate

can include shoes, apparel, and accessories

created to align with designs from runways or celebrity culture

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: an approach to the design, creation, and marketing of clothing fashions that emphasizes making fashion trends quickly and cheaply available to consumers

For many shoppers, Primark has an irresistible offer: trendy clothes at astonishingly low prices. The result is a new and even faster kind of fast fashion, which encourages consumers to buy heaps of items, discard them after a few wears and then come back for another batch of new outfits. - The Economist

Competition is fierce at every end of the fashion spectrum from luxury to fast fashion. - Nedra Rhone

In 1985, we bought roughly 31 clothing items per year; now [in 2012] we snap up twice that many thanks to "fast fashion." - Azeen Ghorayshi

- usually hyphenated when used before another noun
Examples of fast fashion in a Sentence

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Word History

1975, in the meaning defined above

The first known use of fast fashion was in 1975

Dictionary Entries Near fast fashion

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The meaning of FAST FASHION is an approach to the design, creation, and marketing of clothing fashions that emphasizes making fashion trends quickly and cheaply available to consumers -usually hyphenated when used before another noun. How to use fast fashion in a sentence.

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The fast fashion industry is a 36 billion dollar global market (2019).
Biggest Companies:

Zara (world’s largest apparel retailer)

H&M

Forever21

Old Navy

Newer and Popular Companies:

Shein/Romwe

Projected to be a 38 billion dollar industry by 2023 and 43 billion by 2029

Industry has high profit margins and growth rate

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Context: the fashion industry had four seasons a year, in which fashion designers meticulously planned designs prior each season in favor of consumers’ interests –> only higher classes could contribute

Context: 1960s Industrial Revolution –> faster and cheaper production

industry now has 52 micro seasons, about a new collection of designs every week (started by Zara)

uses modern technology for faster and cheaper production: machines and artificial intelligence

companies shorten their production periods to keep up w/ demand (no less than two weeks — from design to in stores)

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Forever21 uses “toxic chemicals, dangerous dyes, and synthetic fabrics...” which contaminates water supplies where the clothing is made and washed

in the U.S, 11 million tons of clothing is disposed each year and don’t break down –> release of chemicals into atmosphere (large carbon footprint)

exposes customers and the environment to large amounts of lead –> extreme health issues

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reduces the carbon footprint fast fashion has on the atmosphere

reduces water footprint

uses less energy

Limitations:

has recently become less inexpensive due to DePop and other resellers

- people are buying items from thrift stores and reselling them to the public at higher prices
- thrift stores are raising prices in response to keep up with competitors

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more ethical option is to buy from apparel companies made to be more environmentally stable and ethically sourced like:

- Pact (Organic, GOTS Certified, fair trade, eco-friendly)
- ABLE (Artisan-made in Peru, fair labor practices, B Corp)
- Alternative Apparel (Sustainable & eco-friendly materials, nontoxic & low-impact dyes, fair labor)

Limitations:

often times expensive, therefore lower income will have to resort to thrifting

- if not thrifting then fast fashion, which would ultimately become unethical ("No ethical consumption under capitalism")

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https://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/what-is-fast-fashion

https://omnilytics.co/blog/fast-fashion-new-contender-ultra-fast-fashion

https://www.businessinsider.com/fast-fashion-is-getting-faster-2017-5

https://www.voguebusiness.com/consumers/2019-fast-fashion-missguided-boohoo-asos-prettylittlething-nastygal-revolve

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1008241/fast-fashion-market-value-forecast-worldwide/

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/06/09/2045523/0/en/Global-Fast-Fashion-Market-Report-2020-to-2030-COVID-19-Growth-and-Change.html

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/syamameagher/2020/02/05/the-not-so-hidden-ethical-cost-of-fast-fashion-sneaky-sweatshops-in-our-own-backyard/#6a813a9125d1

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jul/23/virtually-entire-fashion-industry-complicit-in-uighur-forced-labour-say-rights-groups-china

https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/where-fast-fashion-meets-slave-labor-eca3d4172007

https://www.watercalculator.org/footprint/how-to-dress-greener/

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https://serc.berkeley.edu/why-thrifting-is-good-for-the-planet-not-just-your-wallet/

https://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/affordable-ethical-fashion-brands

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What is the most environmentally sustainable and ethical source of clothing for lower income households?

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How can the clothing industry be improved to be more ethical and environmentally stable?

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negative effects on environment: water pollution, excessive energy consumption, carbon footprint (+ air pollution)

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exploitation of workers: enforced labor on Uighur Muslims, southern Indian children

also pertains to environmental because environmental degradation is unethical

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Bhardwaj, V., & Fairhurst, A. (2010). Fast fashion: response to changes in the fashion industry. The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research, 20(1), 165–173.  

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Bhardwaj, V., & Fairhurst, A. (2010). Fast fashion: response to changes in the fashion industry. The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research, 20(1), 165–173.  

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Annamma Joy, John F. Sherry Jr, Alladi Venkatesh, Jeff Wang & Ricky Chan(2012) Fast Fashion, Sustainability, and the Ethical Appeal of Luxury Brands, Fashion Theory, 16:3,273-295

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Annamma Joy, John F. Sherry Jr, Alladi Venkatesh, Jeff Wang & Ricky Chan(2012) Fast Fashion, Sustainability, and the Ethical Appeal of Luxury Brands, Fashion Theory, 16:3,273-295

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INTERNATIONALIZATION OF FAST FASHION RETAILERS: DOES IT FOLLOW THE UPPSALA MODEL? 

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INTERNATIONALIZATION OF FAST FASHION RETAILERS: DOES IT FOLLOW THE UPPSALA MODEL? 

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Not a lot of federal protection of the intellectual property of designers -> "stealing" designs on the runways -> more competition

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maybe can look at income disparity between ethnicities/races

look at how different generations is affecting the environment through fashion

how much impact does the consumer have on relieving environmental degradations? (probably very little) how many people/families would need to contribute to help stop the negative effects of fast fashion?

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The Domino Effect: How InadequateIntellectual Property Rights in the FashionIndustry Affect Global Sustainability 

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The Domino Effect: How InadequateIntellectual Property Rights in the FashionIndustry Affect Global Sustainability 

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