With the variety of choices for online shopping stores, it’s been easier than ever to buy clothes. It’s also easy to get caught in the grand scheme of things and to be unaware of what’s really going ...

If every stitch of fabric tells a story, the tale behind fast fashion is one of exploitation, environmental devastation, and unchecked consumerism. Earth is facing unprecedented attacks on its ...

Under the newly adopted directive, textile producers will be held accountable for their products after they hit the market.

As advertisements for the latest trending items seem to infiltrate daily lives more and more, it's important to step back and see the bigger picture of what the state of consumerism today could mean ...

An upcycled fashion and thrifting festival in Ghana is called Obroni Wawu October, using a phrase that in the local Akan language means “dead white man’s clothes.” Organizers see the event as a small ...

The discussion surrounding “fast fashion” has grown in recent years as fashion trends have been connected to global warming. Fast fashion involves clothing trends spread through social media by ...

Sweater holes can be fixed either by discreet darning or by creative “visible mending,” popularized by designer Flora Collingwood-Norris. People in the U.S. throw away at least 17 million tons of ...

In a time when “fast fashion” is having a devastating impact on the environment, you might think that the answer lies in making clothes that are built to last. Not so, however, when it comes to the ...

Since the fast fashion company Shein rebranded in 2015, its customer base and revenue has increased exponentially, along with other similar online clothing brands. Fast fashion is typically low-priced ...

After months of uncertainty, Americans are beginning to see the price impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs — on their wardrobes. Fast-fashion giant Shein announced that its prices would increase ...

People in the U.S. throw away at least 17 million tons of textiles every year—about 100 pounds of clothing per person. At the same time, unsold blouses, jackets, and other fashion-industry leftovers ...