Fast Fashion

Fast fashion, a word derived from "Fast Food," can be defined as a model of mass-producing based on fast-moving trends and cheap prices. A major problem with fast fashion is the focus on quantity and over-production at extremely low prices, which means workers wages stay at poverty levels and corners are cut on safety. Brands such as H&M, Zara, Shein and Mango produce runway knockoffs at an incredibly cheap prices and quick turnaround, and this contributes to the 53,000,000 tons of unwanted clothing that are burnt or dumped in landfill every year. While fast fashion is affordable and trendy, fast fashion results in overproduction, waste, environmental degradation and deplorable working conditions.