https://padlet.com/gd28064/xwpus0rahbrpqoo0 en-us 2023-03-28 14:56:14 UTC 2023-04-18 00:09:52 UTC hello@padlet.com gd28064 https://padlet.com/gd28064/xwpus0rahbrpqoo0/wish/2557685542 Although fashion has existed for a very long time, fast fashion has only been decreasing the earth's and people's health recently. Fast fashion shops officially started in the 1990s when Zara opened in New York, but the need for affordable clothing sparked fast fashion earlier, around the industrial revolution and before. A well-known time that fast fashion was used early on was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in 1911, where immigrants were being paid well below minimum wage nowadays, and many died in the fire. Then, in the Industrial Revolution, sewing machines, which were patented in 1846, made fast fashion easier and cheaper. Later, fast fashion sky-rocketed during the pandemic because it was online and very cheap and easy to buy. But it was still similar to 1911 when minorities were paid little to no money and had to work long workdays. Rapidly changing trends are putting money into the wealthy CEOs of the fast fashion companies' pockets, while the workers are suffering.  

]]> 2023-04-18 00:05:29 UTC https://padlet.com/gd28064/xwpus0rahbrpqoo0/wish/2557685542 gd28064 https://padlet.com/gd28064/xwpus0rahbrpqoo0/wish/2557685969 Most people only see the tip of the iceberg when it comes to fast fashion. Fast fashion likes to prey on the weak, and many fast fashion companies are in places with very low or no minimum wages for their employees. Most fast fashion companies, mainly Shein, are only paying the workers for each article of clothing made. The effect of these practices is that many of the workers are forced to work overtime because the only way that they can make money is by working as fast and as long as they can. The changing trends put more and more strain on the employees and caused more pressure on people to get more clothes to stick to the trends. This results in many people that don’t have enough money, or don’t want to spend that much on clothes, either buying from fast fashion or not feeling confident. These things that fast fashion is doing have large impacts on people and long-lasting effects. ]]> 2023-04-18 00:06:01 UTC https://padlet.com/gd28064/xwpus0rahbrpqoo0/wish/2557685969 gd28064 https://padlet.com/gd28064/xwpus0rahbrpqoo0/wish/2557688561 Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]]> 2023-04-18 00:09:00 UTC https://padlet.com/gd28064/xwpus0rahbrpqoo0/wish/2557688561 gd28064 https://padlet.com/gd28064/xwpus0rahbrpqoo0/wish/2557689184 Fast fashion hasn’t just been affecting people, its impact on the environment has been long-lasting, and is a far bigger problem than many people know about. “Every year, people in the United States throw out more than 34 billion pounds of used textiles” (Boston University).  Most of it ends up in landfills, but the clothes take centuries to decompose. And with the rest of fast fashion clothes ending up in the ocean and being responsible for 35% of the microplastics contaminating our oceans, fast fashion has resulted in water sources drying up and polluted rivers and streams. According to Earth.org, washing fast fashion clothing causes “500,000 tons of microfibres into the ocean each year, the equivalent of 50 billion plastic bottles.” The internet is the main source of the impacts on the environment because trends change so quickly, and everyone “needs” to buy new clothes to stay up to date. Unfortunately, fast fashion is usually the first place they turn to. Fast fashion has made it possible for people to purchase large amounts of clothing not because they need it, but because they can.

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