• Fast Fashion: Shop or Stop?

    Fast fashion has taken over the fashion industry, but is less expensive, trendy clothing really worth the purchase? Those who say to “stop” argue fast fashion harms the environment in many ways and exploits workers in countries with lax regulations. Those who say “keep shopping” argue it’s up to shoppers to choose, as fast fashion offers affordable options, supports jobs, and boosts local economies. Now we debate: Fast Fashion: Shop or Stop?
    Arguing Stop: Kenneth Pucker, Former COO of Timberland; Professor at The Fletcher School at Tufts University
    Arguing Shop: Katherine Mangu-Ward, Editor-in-Chief at Reason
    Emmy award-winning journalist John Donvan moderates

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/open-to-debate/id216713308?i=1000678619812

     

     

     

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  • Sustainability plummets as priority in 2025 for fashion brands

    Climate issues are near the bottom of the list of apparel execs’ concerns for the year ahead, according to McKinsey’s 2025 State of Fashion report. Here’s how sustainability teams can push ahead.

    https://trellis.net/article/sustainability-plummets-as-priority-in-2025-for-fashion-brands/?mkt_tok=MjExLU5KWS0xNjUAAAGXAmGp0G2GPbEnU0HyUwfGxh-bgvsnqPEt_exhawr2gKtx1wVMls7RfKdbQOmsW4KsbmMzeQyyVzKOC-uu5UtKGNYecmf3Lgod6v2Ne7UIrA

     

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  • Unsustainable Fashion Is Pricing Out the Conscious Consumer

    Brands that make products with little concern for environmental and social impact are benefitting from a ‘brown discount,’ undercutting industry efforts to operate more responsibly

    https://www.businessoffashion.com/opinions/sustainability/fashion-brown-discount-green-premium-shein/?utm_source=newsletter_dailydigest&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily_Digest_051124&utm_term=K2KYSC5OSVDMDPYV5ZCG5C3B4U&utm_content=top_story_2_title

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  • Fashion’s carbon footprint is outpacing its climate progress

    As brands and sustainability leaders descend on New York for Climate Week, we take stock of where commitments lie and what needs to happen for progress to pull ahead.

    https://www.voguebusiness.com/story/sustainability/fashions-carbon-footprint-is-outpacing-its-climate-progress?uID=c079429c4c8bcfad965db9e40456b31002c73fcb7dd8cecdc470e0fcfbdde17d&utm_campaign=VB_NEWS_MEMBER_SustainabilityEdit_4_190924&utm_source=newsletter&utm_brand=vb&utm_mailing=VB_NEWS_MEMBER_SustainabilityEdit_4_190924&utm_medium=email&utm_term=VB_PaidSustainability

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  • THE MYSTERIOUS, METEORIC RISE OF SHEIN

    The most remarkable thing about Shein might be how opaque it remains even as it dominates U.S. retail. Its origins in China—where most Shein items are made—should, in theory, subject the company to extra scrutiny in the United States. Yet much about Shein is still unknown. How did it so quickly take over American retail? Who runs it, and how does it offer so many products so cheaply? Over the past year, I sought answers to these questions, and what I learned was hardly reassuring.

    https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/09/shein-ceo-chris-xu-fast-fashion/679709/?utm_campaign=atlantic-daily-newsletter&utm_content=20240906&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=The+Atlantic+Daily

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  • Ultra-fast Fashion Rot Spreads to Amazon

    Shein and competitors like Temu have grown so big that Amazon may be the only retailer that can compete with them.

    And that’s exactly what it plans to do with a new discount marketplace that would allow the same suppliers who make goods for the ultra-fast fashion titans to sell their stuff through Amazon. Unbranded items would cost less than $20 each and ship directly to consumers from China in nine to eleven days, the thinking being that U.S. shoppers would wait longer than Amazon’s usual shipment speed for a lower price. The marketplace will focus on fashion, home, and other lifestyle items, and launch in the fall.

     

    https://amyodell.substack.com/p/ultra-fast-fashion-rot-spreads-to

     

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