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Hi,
As we marvel at the glamorous displays of haute couture this New
York Fashion Week, we can anticipate that cheap, polyester
reproductions of the upcoming seasons’ styles will show up on the
front page of fast fashion sites and into the landfill before you know
it.
Fast fashion juggernauts such as SHEIN lead an epidemic of
oversupply, adding up to ten thousand new items a day at the cost of
human rights violations and environmental destruction.1,2
In fact, a recent study cataloged 1.3 million new products launched by
Shein in just one year.3 Up to 40% of the billions of
garments produced every year globally aren’t even sold.4
Owing to poor quality and rapidly changing microtrends, for every 5
garments produced each year, the equivalent of another 3 are being
disposed of, with 92 million tons of textile waste generated per year.
5,6
It’s clear: we cannot go on like this.
Redirect what you’d spend on a fast fashion haul and invest in the
priceless future of our planet! Donate to EARTHDAY.ORG to support our work and help us
maximize our impact in initiatives such as Fashion for the
Earth.
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