Steep tariffs could have a silver lining: They have the potential to end the current era of cheap, disposable clothing.

With Halloween quickly approaching, many people may turn to fast fashion, inexpensive clothing produced rapidly using cheap labor, to find costumes. However, many engage in fast fashion all year round ...

Christmas is the season of goodwill and traditionally we exchange gifts at this time of year - writes Cllr Marianne Rixson . It can also mean some of us are tempted to spend money on items that we don ...

Fast-Fashion Brands Need a Dressing Down Our self-perceptions are intimately connected to our fashion choices. What we wear reflects our culture and affiliations and aspirations. When adolescents ...

101 East goes undercover in Italy to expose the sweatshops making bags for some of the world’s leading luxury brands. The Italian city of Prato is a manufacturing hub for some of the world’s ...

Fast fashion is an enormous, rapidly growing industry, with the number of new garments made per year nearly doubling over the past 20 years and global consumption of fashion increasing by 400%. Waste ...

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