Fast Fashion

Fast Fashion

1. What can shoppers do?

   • Buy and use clothes that are made from sustainable, organic fibers.
   • Limit their purchases of new clothing and re-use their old clothes for a bigger amount of time.
   • Donating everything someone is not using can also have a bigger impact than one might imagine.

2. What is Fast Fashion?

   • Because of how fast retailers need to keep with demands for these styles, they often cut costs that increase their carbon footprint.
   • "Fast fashion" is simply a term used by fashion retailers to describe clothes that are inspired by recent style trends.

3. Enviromental Impact

   • Cheap toxic textile dyes used to reduce the cost are the second largest polluter of clean water globally.
   • It's fabrics harm the environment as well.
     • Polyester, one of the most popular fabrics, is derived from fossil fuels, contributing to global warming.
     • Even natural fabrics like cotton require enormous quantities of water and pesticides, which results to risks of drought.
   • Because of the speed at which garments are made, more and more clothes are disposed from consumers creating a huge amount of textile waste.