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Fast fashion refers to rapidly producing high volumes of inexpensive clothing using low-quality materials like polyester. It emerged in the 1990s-2000s as clothing manufacturing moved overseas and western companies prioritized low costs. Fast fashion has significant environmental impacts as polyester production contributes to global warming and microfibers pollute oceans. It also creates large amounts of textile waste as the average consumer throws away 70 pounds of clothing per year.

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Fast Fashion Notes

Fast fashion refers to rapidly producing high volumes of inexpensive clothing using low-quality materials like polyester. It emerged in the 1990s-2000s as clothing manufacturing moved overseas and western companies prioritized low costs. Fast fashion has significant environmental impacts as polyester production contributes to global warming and microfibers pollute oceans. It also creates large amounts of textile waste as the average consumer throws away 70 pounds of clothing per year.

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Fast Fashion

Unit 5.5
Fast Fashion - A design manufacturing and marketing method focused on rapidly producing
high volumes of clothing.

How did fast fashion happen?


● Clothing was made with materials like wool, leather, cotton.
● People had to make their clothes.
● 60’s and 70’s clothing became a form of personal expression for the average person.
● 1990’s-2000’s low-cost fashion took off
● Western companies shifted clothing manufacturing overseas
● Clothing shifted to low-quality material (Polyester)

What is the impact of fast fashion on the planet?


● Cheap textiles also increase fast fashion’s impact. Polyester derived from fossil fuels
contributes to global warming, microfibers add to plastic in our oceans.
● Stress on other environmental areas.

Big Business
● The Global retail sales for 2019 was over 25 trillion dollars
● 39% are made in China
● The world consumes about 8 billion pieces of clothing EVERY year
● Average consume throws away 70 pounds of clothing per year equally 13 million tons of
textile waste.

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