Category: fast fashion
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The Environmental and Human Cost of Making a Pair of Jeans
Americans do love their denim, so much so that the average consumer buys four pairs of jeans a year. In China’s Xintang province, a hub for denim, 300 million pairs are made annually. Just as staggering is the brew of toxic chemicals and hundreds of gallons of water it takes to dye and finishes one…
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Fast-Fashion 101: Everything You Need to Know
Garment workers in a textile mill in Gazipur, Bangladesh on March 18, 2021. Kazi Salahuddin Razu / NurPhoto via Getty Images It’s not your imagination — fashion trends don’t last as long as they used to. While in decades past, style enthusiasts could expect new releases once per season, today’s trending looks seem to change…