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Since the 1990s, fastfashion has enabled everyday people to buy the latest catwalk trends. Now, just when the fashion industry should be waking up and breaking free of this vicious cycle, it’s heading in the opposite direction. We’re on a downward spiral, from fastfashion to ultra-fastfashion.
Precise data on the growth of clothing waste is scarce but collection for recycling and reuse increased gradually in several European countries from around 2010, a 2021 EU report said. Fastfashion, or making and selling cheap clothes with a short lifespan, is “highly unsustainable”, the Commission said in July.
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The brand plans to expand the Refurbished program to more US stores throughout 2021 and beyond. “Overall, I think it’s a smart strategic move to get into resale, which is one of the fastest growing segments of fashion, and which is set to become bigger than fastfashion (which is in decline) in the coming three years.
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