Fast Fashion

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

                              Fast Fashion

What are your favourite
fashion brands?

Where do your usually buy
your new clothes?

Do you think about how clothes are produced/environment when you buy clothes?

No, I buy what I like

No, it doesn't interest me.

Yes, but I can't afford more expensive clothes.

Yes, I often go to thrift shops.

What do you do with clothes you no longer wear?

1. Nothing, they're just in my wardrobe
2. I throw them in the bin.
3. I take them to a second-hand shop.
4. I sell them.

Video: dressed to kill

• make notes about the different ways that fast fashion impacts the environment
  
• share your thoughts and ideas afterwards as a class

Discuss your thoughts and opinions. 

What could be done to tackle this problem? Think of a few ways in which this could be done. 

What did you come up with to solve this?

Reading  practice

Read the article Slow Fashion (WR nr. 4) and do the assignments. 

1. What happens to discarded clothing at the plant?

1. Most of it is incinerated.
2. Most of it goes to Africa and Dubai.
3. Most of it is recycled.

Why is fast fashion such a problem?

1. It is the fastest growing category of waste in the UK.
2. Companies sell their clothing too cheaply.
3. Only 25% ends up in a recycling plant.

What is a problem for the plant?

1. They're getting too many clothes in to be able to process.
2. The quality of the clothes has gone down, so they need to process more to be able to sell on.
3. People throw away their clothes in the bin instead of taking them to a recycling plant.

Is Rent the Runway successful?

1. Yes, it's generating a lot of profit.
2. Yes, it's disrupting the fashion industry.
3. No, too few people want to wear clothes that have been worn by others.
4. No, it's too expensive for most customers.

What is one of Patagonia's goals?

1. becoming more lucrative
2. Selling more sustainable clothing
3. motivating other companies to become more sustainable
4. putting an end to fast fashion

Discussion practice

Discuss these questions/statements:

1. Are you going to change anything with regards to buying clothes? Explain.

2. Fast fashion should be forbidden. 

Extra reading?

Here's a text that has some points to add or expand on, so would be good to read for extra depth to your arguments.  Especially second half would be good to read. 

https://hbr.org/2022/01/the-myth-of-sustainable-fashion