Fast fashion refers to cheap, trendy clothing mass produced at high speeds to meet constantly changing consumer demand. It became popular in the late 1990s and 2000s due to advances in manufacturing technology. However, fast fashion has significant negative environmental and social impacts. It pollutes the planet through the use of toxic dyes and materials like polyester that take thousands of years to decompose. It also harms animals through water pollution and unsafe practices in the production of materials like leather. Fast fashion exploits workers through dangerous conditions, low wages, and human rights violations. It encourages a wasteful consumer mindset as many only wear purchases once or twice before disposing of them.
6. WHAT IS
FAST FASHION?
โฆcheap, trendy clothing that
samples ideas from the
catwalk or celebrity culture
and turns them into garments
in high street stores at
breakneck speed to meet
consumer demand.
7. HISTORY
- Before the 1800s: fashion was a laborious with time-
consuming process.
- Then, the Industrial Revolution forever changed the
world of fashion: sewing machine and textile
machines
- In the late 1990s and 2000s: low-cost fashion
reached a peak
- Took the looks and design elements from the top
fashion houses and reproduced them quickly and
cheaply
8. Why is fast fashion bad?
Polluting our planet
โข Its Use of cheap, toxic textile dyes
โข Its uses of inexpensive materials:
Polyester - a emit 706 million tons of
CO2 per year and take thousands of
years to decompose.
โข The processing of leather: 300kg of
chemicals added to every 900kg of
animal hides tanned.
9. Why is fast fashion bad?
Harming animals
โข Toxic dyes and microfibres released in waterways are
ingested by land and marine life through the food chain.
โข animal products: leather, fur,
=> animal welfare is put at risk.
10. Why is fast fashion bad?
Exploiting workers
โข Dangerous environments, low wages, no fundamental
human rights. toxic chemicals and brutal practices:
effect on workersโ physical and mental health.
โข For example, the Rana Plaza building collapse in
Bangladesh claimed 1,127 lives and injured 2,500.
11. Why is fast fashion bad?
Encourages a โthrow-awayโ consumer mentality
โข Many young people admit they only wear their
purchases once or twice
โข At least 39,000 tons of clothes will be left lying
in desert landfills.
Chile landfills
