Fast Fashion Might Need To Slow Down

Published: Aug. 21, 2020, 8 a.m.

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Americans buy, on average, almost 70 items of clothing a year. And many of those garments are worn just seven to ten times before being thrown away. This breakneck consumption of clothes is only possible because of fast fashion, a system in which clothing is made quickly, sold cheaply, and seen as pretty disposable. Dana Thomas, author of \\u201cFashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes,\\u201d walks us through the origins and effects of fast fashion.

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