Everything You Need to Know About Fast Fashion

You’re walking through the mall and you see your favorite band on a cool T-shirt. You look at the price and can’t believe how cheap it is—not much more than a slice of pizza and a soda. You should buy it immediately, right? Maybe not. That T-shirt is probably an example of fast fashion. Fast fashion refers to trendy clothing that is made cheaply and sold for a very low price. But the actual cost of these clothes can be much higher, both to you and the planet. Here’s the truth about fast fashion.

 

100 billion pieces of new clothing are produced globally each year.

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