THE WORTH ( TRUE COST ) OF FAST FASHION

As we all are now aware of the terms fast fashion, slow fashion, sustainability, etc. Let's talk about the true cost of fashion. How, fashion is harming the environment. It is clearly understood from the above video that the huge amount of clothes are produced every year, most of which end up in landfills. Globally, the 80% of textiles are doomed for landfills and only 20% are reused or recycled. And, fabrics like polyester, nylon and spandex take almost 20 to 200 years to decompose. It is high time we realize that its not something we can play with, it's actually harming the environment on greater level and eventually it is going to affect us. The fast fashion allows the consumers to buy more often but they wear those garments less often and dispose them at an early stage.

SAVANNA RAGS is a clothes recycling plant which collects the discarded clothes from the recycle bins and they just collect 25% from all over the country that means there are so many more discarded clothes. Clothes have become the fastest growing waste in the world which if not taken care will lead to destruction. Due to the fast fashion, the quality of clothes has become low which when discarded need more process to get a quality which can be wearable.

Adapting slow fashion or instead of buying clothes more often we can go for rented clothes by which we can follow the trend as well as decrease the fast fashion and the clothes which we wear can be worn by others too. This is what RENT THE RUNWAY does but still only 20% of the clothes are worn, the main objective of them is to change the relation of the consumer with their clothes and instead of of throwing away their clothes rent them so that others can also wear it. 

We can also see that our wardrobe is flooded with so many clothes which are not worn by us anymore or are still now in our collection but still we go on buying clothes just because we want them in our closet and to match with the trend.

So, its high time now to think about this matter and make everyone aware of the fact that fast fashion and following the trend is effecting the environment so bad that if nothing is done as early as possible then we won't be able to do anything even in our future. Its all up to us either we make it or ruin it.

Bibliography

Anon., n.d. [Online]
Available at: https://remake.world/stories/news/are-our-clothes-doomed-for-the-landfill/

Anon., n.d. [Online]
Available at: https://youtu.be/tLfNUD0-8ts