Photo Credit: Getty Images Fashion industry experts saw sustainability efforts slowing down for months. Now, the recent U.S. tariffs imposed on the world could threaten sustainability goals even further, according to The Business of Fashion. What’s happening? In 2019, The Fashion Pact, a CEO-led initiative to curb the harmful environmental impacts of the fashion industry,…
Views: 0 Community is a boutique located in Athens that uses existing materials to redesign clothing and support sustainable fashion. It also addresses local textile waste produced by the fast-fashion industry and is trying to promote their business model to younger generations. The growing business of the fast-fashion industry, which is a business model…
Textile waste is one of the most concerning issues of our time. The average American tosses 82 pounds of clothing every year, per Earth.org, adding up to 11 million tons of textiles in U.S. landfills. To combat these numbers, many people have switched to secondhand shopping to refill and update their wardrobes, looking to platforms…
Look in your closet to see the impact of consumerism, and think about the changes you can make to reduce your environmental impact while shaving a huge slice off your annual spending. The average American buys 68 new clothing items each year, according to HotOrCool.org research. We buy five times as many clothes as in…
Photo Credit: Pixabay Fast fashion may seem like it’s on the rise, but consumers are largely saying “enough is enough” when it comes to the detriment of these practices on the environment. Given how quickly trends come and go, fashion has a tough time keeping up with the latest fads. It’s no secret that society’s…
Sweden’s recycling centres are overflowing with clothes after an EU-wide ban this year on throwing away textiles, leaving overwhelmed municipalities eager to have fast fashion giants take responsibility. “It’s a huge amount coming in every day. It’s been crazy, it’s a huge increase,” said Brian Kelly, secretary general of the Artikel2 charity shop in the…
Photo: YUICHI YAMAZAKI/AFP via Getty Images It’s a confusing time to be a U.S.-based Shein shopper as President Donald Trump’s trade war with China escalates. This week, tariffs on most imports from the country are at 145 percent, but next week, who knows? Will Shein’s famously cheap clothing double in price overnight? Will shoppers be…
The clinicians administering tweakments are not immune to this beauty culture, says DeFino. “Clinicians are just as heavily influenced by beauty culture as the consumer is, and they bring those perceptions and beliefs to their patients.” Then, there’s the profit motive to consider. The more filler clinicians sell, the more they get paid, whether the…
From a 1960s stockings advertisement to a 1970s floral paper dress, viewers can catch a glimpse into fashion trends across decades at The University of Georgia Special Collections Library exhibit, “From Farms to Fast Fashion: Unravelling the Need for Sustainable Style.” Curated by Sara Idacavage, fashion historian and sustainable fashion educator, the exhibit focuses on…
Fast fashion has gotten even faster thanks to social media, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts are now expressing concerns about the long-term effects of faster trend cycles. What’s happening? During the pandemic, people relied entirely on social media to determine fashion trends since they couldn’t go out to meet friends or see what others…