72) What's Driving Overconsumption in Fashion?

In this special short series, Conscious Questions, Stella and Elizabeth dive into some of the most talked about and ask questions in the sustainable fashion space. Today, we're talking about a big one: overconsumption.

There were 100 billion items of clothing produced in 2014, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. But that was before the rise of ultra fast fashion giants like Shein. So that number is likely much larger today!

And global fiber production increased to a record 113 million tonnes last year, according to the Textile Exchange. That figure has almost doubled in the last 20 years and is expected to further increase to 149 million tons by 2030. Yikes!

So who or what is to "blame" for this rapid rise of overconsumption and overproduction?  We're sharing some perspectives in this episode.

 

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RESOURCES MENTIONED:

• Podcast: The History of Fast Fashion with Sara Idacavage 
• Article: Inside Fashion's Trend Cycles
• Podcast: Shakaila Forbes-Bell on Fashion Psychology
• Podcast: Amanda McCarty from Clotheshorse On Working For Fast Fashion
• Podcast: Zainab Mahmood on Why Fast Fashion Is So Addictive
• Podcast: A Wellbeing Wardrobe 
• Podcast: Fashion’s Waste Crisis in the Atacama Desert
• Article: Amazon Uses Factories Other Fashion Brands Blacklist
• Organization: Labour Behind The Label
• Organization: Remake

 

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