Fast Fashion Research Paper
Fast Fashion
Fast fashion is the second most polluting industry in the world due to the poor material and natural resources used for manufacturing inexpensive clothing. These industries produce the latest fashion trends for affordable prices that are ready to sell within weeks. Big fashion corporations—Forever 21, H&M, Zara—maintain low prices by seeking low-cost manufacturing methods in developing countries. While manufacturing creates new job opportunities in developing countries, jobs in these factories often have both cramped working conditions and low wages. Fast fashion pursues these poor manufacturing methods due to consumer demand and to maintain profit margins for large corporations. The modern-day industry creates thousands of new …show more content…
“’The True Cost’ of the Five-Dollar Crop Top We’d Rather Forget” by Jessica Goldstein gave a glimpse of inadequate circumstances through a factory employee, Shima Akhter. Her along with the many factory workers, earn less than three dollars a day which categorizes them in poverty level. Shima Akhter decided to form a labor union to confront the low wages distributed and developed a list of demands. Subsequently, thirty to forty employees were beaten with scissors and chairs. In 2013, the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh collapsed and killed 1,129 people. “8 Reasons to Rethink Fast Fashion” by Kate Wood provides insight on the devastating tragedy. The cause of this devastating tragedy was the lack of exits, poor construction, and a cramped environment. The Rana Plaza disaster is almost parallel to the disaster in the New York Triangle Shirtwaist factory in 1911. History continues to repeat itself within the industry to maintain profit margins and affordable prices for …show more content…
Americans are consumed in materialism from keeping up with the latest fashion trends that are not long-lasting. Low quality clothing ultimately results in the landfill and Americans are trapped in this miserable cycle. Corporations take a toll on the environment with being the second most polluting industry next to oil. This industry demands companies to provide poor conditions and low wages for hardworking employees in developing countries. Spending more money on clothing can lower the risks of sweatshop factory disasters and provide better working conditions for the factory workers. Clothing will last longer and prevent consumers from wasting money. Fast fashion must make adjustments to provide improved job opportunities in developing countries and to better the
Fast fashion is the second most polluting industry in the world due to the poor material and natural resources used for manufacturing inexpensive clothing. These industries produce the latest fashion trends for affordable prices that are ready to sell within weeks. Big fashion corporations—Forever 21, H&M, Zara—maintain low prices by seeking low-cost manufacturing methods in developing countries. While manufacturing creates new job opportunities in developing countries, jobs in these factories often have both cramped working conditions and low wages. Fast fashion pursues these poor manufacturing methods due to consumer demand and to maintain profit margins for large corporations. The modern-day industry creates thousands of new …show more content…
“’The True Cost’ of the Five-Dollar Crop Top We’d Rather Forget” by Jessica Goldstein gave a glimpse of inadequate circumstances through a factory employee, Shima Akhter. Her along with the many factory workers, earn less than three dollars a day which categorizes them in poverty level. Shima Akhter decided to form a labor union to confront the low wages distributed and developed a list of demands. Subsequently, thirty to forty employees were beaten with scissors and chairs. In 2013, the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh collapsed and killed 1,129 people. “8 Reasons to Rethink Fast Fashion” by Kate Wood provides insight on the devastating tragedy. The cause of this devastating tragedy was the lack of exits, poor construction, and a cramped environment. The Rana Plaza disaster is almost parallel to the disaster in the New York Triangle Shirtwaist factory in 1911. History continues to repeat itself within the industry to maintain profit margins and affordable prices for …show more content…
Americans are consumed in materialism from keeping up with the latest fashion trends that are not long-lasting. Low quality clothing ultimately results in the landfill and Americans are trapped in this miserable cycle. Corporations take a toll on the environment with being the second most polluting industry next to oil. This industry demands companies to provide poor conditions and low wages for hardworking employees in developing countries. Spending more money on clothing can lower the risks of sweatshop factory disasters and provide better working conditions for the factory workers. Clothing will last longer and prevent consumers from wasting money. Fast fashion must make adjustments to provide improved job opportunities in developing countries and to better the