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  1. Evaluating fast fashion: Fast Fashion and Consumer Behaviour

    Originality/value This paper offers insights into the impact of fast fashion on the supply chain and the links in the process which deserve further research attention. View Show abstract

  2. Environmental and Human Impacts of Fast Fashion

    This is accomplished by collecting and analyzing current research on the topics of fast fashion and sweatshops and synthesizing this data into a cohesive paper than provides a holistic outlook on ...

  3. Sustainability, profitability, and resiliency of the fast fashion

    Fast fashion refers to the production of low-cost, trendy clothing that moves quickly from design to retail stores to meet consumer demand for the latest fashion trends. 1-3 However, mass production and rapid growth models promote a consumer mentality and cause public concern about their potential impacts on environment and society. 4-6 Awareness of environmental sustainability is ...

  4. Full article: Fast fashion consumption and its environmental impact: a

    First, it aims to integrate reported research on fast fashion and its environmental impacts within the fashion industry from 2012 to 2023. Second, the focus is on conducting a comprehensive analysis of the overall research landscape on fast fashion and its environmental impact. ... and synthetic alternatives. Seven papers (6%) address the ...

  5. Appalling or Advantageous? Exploring the Impacts of Fast Fashion From

    The fast fashion industry is continuing to grow as demand for cheap, trendy apparel increases. According to a report by The Business Research Company, the global fast fashion market was valued at $25.09 billion in 2020 and $30.58 billion in 2021 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21.9%.

  6. The global environmental injustice of fast fashion

    Fast fashion, inexpensive and widely available of-the-moment garments, has changed the way people buy and dispose of clothing. By selling large quantities of clothing at cheap prices, fast fashion has emerged as a dominant business model, causing garment consumption to skyrocket. While this transition is sometimes heralded as the "democratization" of fashion in which the latest styles are ...

  7. A Study on Fast Fashion Sustainability: A Qualitative Inquiry

    This research will aid in understanding fashion brands' sustainability consciousness, and the knowledge gained will aid in reducing the environmental impact of fast fashion. The primary research ...

  8. Slowing the fast fashion industry: An all-round perspective

    Most of today's fashion companies adopt a fast fashion business model characterised by speed, novelty, economy, and disposable trends in constant change [30]. Fast fashion is a clothes supply chain model that is intended to adapt rapidly to the newest clothing styles by often changing the products offered in retailers [31]. This is possible by ...

  9. Too Fast of Fashion: A Literature Review on the Destructive Social and

    Environmental Impacts of Fast Fashion . Grace Webster. INTRODUCTION Fast fashion is a segment of the fashion industry where time and production are limited, which in turn allows for harmful conditions and behaviors to be heightened. The movement towards enabling fast fashion has grown rapidly in an alarmingly short period, especially in the

  10. The affective economy and fast fashion: Materiality, embodied learning

    Current 'fast fashion' trends pre-suppose selling high volumes of garments to eager consumers, keen to remain 'on trend'. ... After introducing our research methods, the next part of our paper uses a unique longitudinal qualitative dataset to explore how our participants understood the affective economy around clothing and sustainable ...