Over the past decade, fashion and textile communities have voiced concerns about fast fashion. Growing more abundant, fashion follows a business model of quickly producing trendy clothes within a few ...

Let’s be real, we all love a good deal. Whether it’s a $10 dress or a $5 tee, fast fashion apps like Shein and Temu have made it easy to shop nonstop from our phones. But France is saying “enough.” ...

Every December, many shoppers plan to buy fewer things and choose more sustainable options. Yet as the month goes on, spending rises and fast fashion becomes hard to resist. Christmas has become a ...

The closing of Forever 21 stores is perhaps a symptom of an already-changed fast-fashion economy. Over the last decade, the most successful competitors cut out the brick-and-mortar element and brought ...

Mesh pullovers, knitted tube tops and faux-tweed miniskirts itch against the body like sandpaper, the artificial smell of plastic wool as strong as cologne. Finding a comfortable fit seems hopeless, ...

This is a statement echoed by many teens across America. Shein’s rock-bottom prices and trend-savvy designs make it irresistible, fueling billions in global sales. For teens, who can’t afford a $200 ...

We've all been there. Scrolling through our favorite fast fashion site at 2 AM, adding plus-size pieces to our cart because they're only fifteen bucks each. It feels like winning the lottery. You're ...

Fast fashion is a term that describes the business model intended to create high volumes of trendy clothing at a low cost for a very quick turnaround. The term was coined in the 1990s by The New York ...

Environmental concerns were put on the scale against economic benefits and individual expression as students from Chesterton and Valparaiso high schools weighed the merits of fast fashion. Inexpensive ...

Gloria Donkor worked in the secondhand clothing industry in Accra, Ghana, for three years, going to the market early in the morning to pick through bales of clothing bought by wholesalers and find ...

One of the biggest problems with fast fashion is how it promotes quantity over quality. Buying secondhand can help stop that cycle. This story was produced as part of ThreeSixty Journalism’s 2025 ...