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Here’s what fast fashion brands are doing to be more sustainable, what may be motivating those efforts and how to avoid ...

Globally, we produce over 100 billion garments a year. New study uncovers disturbing impact of fashion industry far from the runway — here's what you need to know first appeared on The Cool Down.

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A group of Democratic lawmakers announced the first-ever Congressional Slow Fashion Caucus to curb the ever-growing fast fashion epidemic. The founding members of the caucus and other sustainable ...

Produced from petrochemicals that contribute to climate change, air and water pollution, ... “Fast fashion definitely is not out of fashion” in China, Lu said.

The pollution introduced by the fast fashion industry results in devastating impacts to both terrestrial and aquatic environments, with harmful effects linked to habitat degradation, proliferation of ...

AI is reshaping the efficiency of fast fashion, ... but experts warn it may also perpetuate overconsumption and pollution. ... Shein sent about 900,000 packages to customers by air.

Also getting zero were U.S. label SKIMS, co-founded by Kim Kardashian, and low-price brand Fashion Nova. U.S. retailer Everlane was the highest-scorer at 40 points, with only half of those for ...

In 2023, the fast-fashion giant Shein was everywhere. Crisscrossing the globe, airplanes ferried small packages of its ultra-cheap clothing from thousands of suppliers to tens of millions of ...

Textile waste is an urgent global problem, with only 12% recycled worldwide, according to fashion sustainability nonprofit Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Even less — only 1% — are castoff clothes ...