Fast fashion is a huge problem for our planet, and a new report released by the United States Government Accountability Office shows exactly why that is, Teen Vogue reported. The report was requested ...

When President Donald Trump started his trade war with China earlier this year, the fast-fashion industry seemed poised to take a major hit. Stiff tariffs and changes to other trade rules pushed the ...

The European Union is implementing a new tax on imports, to limit purchases from fast-fashion e-platforms like SHEIN, Temu, ...

Most people check a price tag before buying a shirt. Very few check the environmental cost. Fast fashion has restructured the ...

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 ...

Imagine your child being forced to work in treacherous conditions for extensive amounts of time, earning little to no pay. Well, for the over 100 million children that work in so-called “fast fashion” ...

This story was produced as part of ThreeSixty Journalism’s 2025 Opinion and Commentary Workshop for youth, in partnership with Sahan Journal and MinnPost. ThreeSixty is a multimedia storytelling ...

Inside the dusty, dimly lit cotton recycling unit, Rajesh stands beside a shredding machine, feeding white fabric into sharp blades. These are the remnants of clothes discarded in the United States, ...

“Fast fashion,” a phenomenon where clothing can be purchased and delivered almost instantaneously, is followed from the wash machine to a recycling option reimagining ways to reduce the impacts on ...

For centuries, clothes were hard to produce and expensive. People wore them as long as possible. But manufacturing advances have steadily driven down the cost of production. These days, clothing can ...

Fast fashion is overhauling everything about the way many of us shop for clothes: how much we pay, how often we buy, how long we keep a garment. Design trends at the most popular apparel sites are now ...