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Caitriona Rogerson highlights the social and environmental cost of the second-hand clothing trade on African countries.
Carolyn Moore says the government’s Waste Action Plan rightly tackles fast fashion – which encourages mass consumerism, exploitation and waste – but says that doesn’t mean cheap clothes are in the firing line.
There is no room, environmentally or socially, for fast fashion anymore, writes Saoirse McHugh of the Green Party.
And why we should be thinking twice about some of our purchases.
Fast fashion is becoming slower thanks to Irish gal Clodagh Kelly.
Looking this effortless takes a lot of effort, but we’ve cracked the French fashion formula
If our gal crush Aisling Bea is into sustainable fashion then we are too.
Actress Aoibhéann McCann writes about her passion to avoid ‘fast fashion’ at all costs – and how it’s affecting our environment catastrophically as one of the biggest global polluters.
Cheap, disposable clothing has a big environmental impact.
Our addiction to ‘fast fashion’ is having a detrimental impact on the environment, animal welfare and human rights, writes Siobhan O’Brien-Selway.
The country has been a fertile feeding ground for the budget clothing chain.
A woman found a note on her dress saying ‘Forced to work exhausting hours’.
The hand-stitched label has raised more questions about Primark’s ethics.
Vietnam – working on improving technology, conditions and pay – is proving more attractive to brands who want to protect their consumer reputation.
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