A surge in ultra-cheap clothing imports from China is overwhelming Finland’s recycling system, forcing tonnes of unused garments straight to incineration.
You don’t have to walk out of the store wondering how your total jumped that high. Groceries, school clothes, paper towels, ...
Swedish discount apparel retailer H&M is a major buyer of clothing from Bangladesh, where poor building infrastructure and deplorable working conditions killed more than 1,100 people when a building ...
Fast fashion is everywhere — in just about every mall, in the feeds of influencers on social media promoting overconsumption, and in ads constantly popping up online. Its focus on the continual ...
Apparently, some young people are putting cheap clothing on their holiday wish lists from companies like Amazon or Shein. Lacoste, Aeropostale, the North Face, Hollister, and Brandy Melville were the ...
The story of what’s happened to bargain clothing, and where the business is headed next, can be told by a sickly green pair of cargo shorts made in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A photo of them recently landed ...
Cheap, disposable fashion is damaging the planet. If consumers don’t seem to care, should investors? Clothing has never been less expensive. Globalization helped fashion chains like H&M, Primark and ...
Editor’s Note: Elizabeth Cline is a New-York based journalist and the author of “Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion.” When was the last time you looked at the label on your clothes ...