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Kirstie Clements

Cost-per-wear, cheap fast fashion comes at a staggering price

Unlike fast fashion, good quality woollen clothing will literally last for years.

Despite the proliferation of articles and warnings about the dangers about fast fashion in terms of overconsumption, pollution and sheer waste, the lure of more affordable clothing and accessories appears to be too hard for most people to resist.

There was a recent, and extremely depressing New York Times article examining the spectacular success of the Chinese fast fashion brand Shein, which was reported to have a sales revenue of $US10 billion in 2020.

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