Something
literary has turned up which will take a little time so a short item but with
large implications.
It is suggested
that among the many destructive consumer goods markets are the ones in clothes.
Fast fashion
from Naked Capitalism explains what it is.
Frock horror?
What we need is fur, then we wouldn't need clothes. No doubt we'd still have fur fashions though.
ReplyDeleteSackcloth and ashes, laddy, sackcloth and ashes.
ReplyDeleteExcellent article - thanks!
ReplyDeleteBack in 2013, The FT quoted a Bangladeshi trade association spokesman:
"In November, [garment] exports rose over 29 per cent but our target was about 40 per cent."
With this appetite for growth pouring stock into an already saturated market, there is no way to avoid the vast economic, environmental and human costs of fast fashion.