Americans buy, on average, almost70 items of clothing
<https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/02/buying-less-by-buying-better/462639/>a
year. And many of those garments are worn justseven to ten
<https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/assets/downloads/publications/A-New-Textiles-Economy_Full-Report_Updated_1-12-17.pdf>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
<http://www.danathomas.com/>, author of “Fashionopolis: The Price of
Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes
<https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554229/fashionopolis-by-dana-thomas/9780735224018>,”
walks us through the origins and effects of fast fashion.
http://blogs.wgbh.org/innovation-hub/2020/8/21/why-fast-fashion-might-need-slow-down/
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