FAST FASHION AND THE

I M PA C T O N S E W I N G

Britney Kreikemeier
Confessions of
a Shopaholic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdXAZU
(1:56 – 2:51) E9KyU
 • What is Fast Fashion?

• Fast Fashion History

TA B L E O F • Human and Environmental Impacts

CONTENTS • Solutions
• Benefits of Making Your Own Clothing
 W H AT I S F A S T
FASHION?

A design, manufacturing, and

marketing method focused on rapidly
producing high volumes of clothing.
 Fast Fashion
• Synthetic Fibers
• 4 seasons --> 52 micro seasons
• 20% of our closets are actually
worn
• 53 million tons of clothes
annually
Fast Fashion History

Industrial Revolution

1960s and 70s

1990s and 2000s

• Online shopping
 Human &
Environmental Impacts

• Cheap, toxic textile dyes

• Polyester is extracted from fossil
fuels
• Dangerous working conditions
• Contaminating waterways
 Solutions
Upcycling clothing
Mending clothing
Educate younger generation on
sewing your own clothing
Benefits of Making Your
Own Clothes
Sewing is creative
Lifetime of learning
Clothes that actually fit
Longer lasting clothes
 Resources

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