Sustainable Project

• The style-conscious would get a preview of the styles to come via fashion shows that displayed new collections and clothing lines several months in advance of their appearance in stores.
• In the late 1990, fashion became a form of entertainment
• Knock off garments, fashion-cheap, and mass producing were introduced in the 20th Century.
•  The costumer could realize that they are always being manipulated into being new things,this could only happen if fashion was always repetitive, 'The new' would not then be genuinely new
• Fashion is just a compilation of the last designs and garments used in the past. The compound of this with a bit of innovation catches the attention of the consumer.19th century
• Fast fashion makes the newest collections obsolete in just one week or one month.

  collections, just because their favorite influencers are wearing them. 21th Century
• Before fast fashion was a banger there were only 4 collections per year, nowadays there are almost 52 collections per year, one every week. 21th century
• *The recycling of used clothing is nonexistent, because the quality of the clothing doesn't fit the standards necessary to be recycled or become second hand clothing.21th century
• Fast fashion is wasteful and harmful to the environment. The quality of workmanship, materials, cheap labor, low stock for quick sales on the items show that fashion has always been harmfull for the environment. 19th Century
• Of all the wastewater in the world, 20% is from textile dyeing and is highly toxic—many countries where clothes are made have reduced or have no regulations for wastewater disposal.
• • Microplastic fibers used in clothing make their way to the ocean, amounting to about 500,000 tons—close to 50 billion plastic bottles.
• Changing trends and clothing available at cheap prices manipulates us into a throw-away culture as though clothing isn’t meant to be long-lasting or worn more than a few times.  
• A polyester shirt produces the equivalent of 5.5kg of carbon dioxide compared to 2.1kg from a cotton shirt.
• Our clothes are around 60% plastic. 
• With the rise of globalization and growth of fibers the manufacturing of textiles and the constructions of garments have become massive.
• *Environmental injustice of fast fashion is a concept used in  scientific literature and in practice to explain  the disproportionate placement of superfund sites
• *Some big fast fashion brands like H&M or ZARA offer the opportunity to dump the used clothing in their stores to obtain a discount the next time they want to buy new clothing, but the truth is that the information in the labels about the way they recycle clothing isn't specific.
• *Scouring and bleaching of yarns and textiles usually use sodium hydroxide,sodium hypochlorite,heavy metals like copper,chromium, and cobalt,  that end up polluting the water in massive levels.
• A constant release of new styles (fast fashion averages a new collection weekly) promotes an overconsumption mentality, making people feel like they need more and more stuff to feel comfortable. 
• Some even suggest they feed a kind of addiction through instant gratification and the release of dopamine. Not to mention that more environmentally friendly shoppers can feel eco-anxiety when fac⁵ed with shopping fast fashion
•  Workers are affected by low wages and terrible working conditions, those who work or live near textile manufacturing facilities have to bear a burden of environmental hazards,
• The social consequences that come along with the chain of producing chain garment are include damage to the human health, the violation of human rights, and the environment
• uring the 90s, mostly in the United States, garment manufacturing facilities were closed and moved offshore to countries like Vietnam,China and Indonesia.
• *Clothing line selling at Walmart was made by children in Honduras that were forced to work up to 20 hours everyday.
• *Some garment industries even use the increasing need of migration as an opportunity to gain more manpower without spending a cent. Some workers have to pay their opportunity to live in the United States working extra hours at this facilities
• Indonesian work in dangerous conditions.the majority of these workers are women and children,Most of these workers do not have access to health and safety at work, which is why many accidents occur in these factories.
• The main purpose has always been to produce as much as possible even if they'll have to dump some storage and get the most money possible from it, whatever it takes
• *Fashion industry is valued at $1.6 trillion dollars, being one of the largest industries

  *1980,1990 the fashion changed to an off-shore production model that evolved to the dominant manufacturing strategy used by brands and firms
• *This made United States and European Union (EU)

  to shut down their company owned manufacturing facilities and utilizing a new and complex system  of contracts and subcontractors in developing countries.
• Boycotting: the refusal of  having deals with a person,store, or company.
• *Buycotting: type of protest at a company or country with questionable ethical standards in which consumers buy the products of another company or country.
• *Lifestyle:  Lifestyle politics is  politicization of everyday life choices, including ethically, morally or politically.