“Fast fashion” is the industry of manufacturing cheap clothing inspired by fleeting trends, which is rapidly distributed to stores and intended to be sold in a matter of days. The industry’s negative impacts on our planet include the excessive use of water, pollution from chemicals and dyes, and landfills overflowing with unused products — all of which accounts for the industry being responsible for 10% of all global carbon emissions.
In this animated short, Kayla Crowley tears these threads to threads, explaining the environmental harm brought about by fast fashion, as well as how to avoid supporting it.
