The focus on Shein — and to a lesser extent, Temu — creates a false binary, Ufodiama continues. “In reality, fashion brands at all parts of the pricing spectrum operate with pretty much the same models. The legacy high street retailers were once celebrated for their design-to-shop floor two-week cycles, then the digital disruptors came in the…
Protesters outside BHV last week as the Parisian department store prepared to open its Shein shop to the public. Photo: Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Last Wednesday, as the upscale BHV department store in Paris prepared to open its Shein shop, the Chinese ultracheap fast-fashion giant’s first permanent store in the world, a mass of eager…
Helena Christensen, her mother, and CarolinaK designer Carolina Kleinma traveled to Peru together for the Mamacita collection. CarolinaK Carolina Kleinman launched her sustainable fashion brand, Carolina K, in 2005, back when eco-friendly clothing was just emerging and fast fashion was gaining a chokehold on consumers. Since then fast fashion has created literal mountains of clothing,…
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Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Getty Images Do you hear the people sing? It might just be the sound of thousands of Parisians who are less than thrilled to welcome Shein to their fair city. The notorious fast-fashion retailer is set to open its first brick-and-mortar store this week at BHV Marais, one of the…
With the European Union’s goal of reducing planet-heating air pollution by 55% by 2030, a new move by the European textile and clothing federations may bring this aim even closer. According to Just Style, 20 organizations at the Première Vision trade event in France signed a declaration against fast fashion. The organizations highlighted the rise…
Independent designers are getting ripped off by fast-fashion brands and the influencers promoting them — and the planet is paying the price. What’s happening? The New York Post reported how fashion designer Marcelo Gaia has had dozens of his original creations reproduced by several brands without his consent. According to The Post, Gaia, the founder…
A study from Boston Consulting Group has concluded that there’s up to $150 billion in textile waste currently in landfills. But that doesn’t mean all hope is lost for the fashion industry. MR Magazine reported that repurposing fast fashion waste, along with governments disincentivizing waste, could help fix the industry’s production problem. California’s Senate Bill…
Students sifted through racks and folded piles of secondhand shirts, jeans and jackets on Monday, Sept. 22, as the sustainable fashion club Fair Fashion held its first clothing swap of the semester at the University of Georgia’s Tate Student Center. Club members, volunteers and curious newcomers came from across campus to trade clothes and promote…
GUANGZHOU, China, Sept. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — On September 23, URBAN REVIVO (UR), China’s leading trend-setting fast fashion brand, teamed up with Tmall for the third time to launch a spectacular Super Brand Day fashion gala at Shanghai’s 1862 Fashion and Art Center. Centered around the theme “Playing with Fashion, Defining Your Own Style,” the event…