Fast fashion and the environment

 _________is style or styles most popular at a given time. 

• Visual Merchandising
• Fads
• Fashion     
• Trends

Fast fashion refers to clothes which are...

• inexpensive

• produced quickly

• not made particularly well

• all of the above

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Garment

• to spend more money than you should

• a piece of clothing

• able to continue over a period of time

• interested in the latest fashions and in wearing fashionable clothes

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Fast fashion means

• clothes created by workers who work fast

• cheap clothes, low wages

• clothes on sale

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which two words mean the opposite of expensive...

• costly

• inexpensive

• cheap

When people dispose of their garments, they usually end up in ...

• another person's wardrobe

• landfill

What was the first more sustainable option that someone could use to purchase their clothes?

• Buy clothes that are on special

• Still buy the clothes, however, buy less of them and keep them longer

• Buy clothes the same. Who cares about sustainability?!

• None of the above

What is one of the biggest problems with the fast fashion industry?

• Over production (too many clothes made)

• Over consumption (too many clothes bought)

• Both over consumption and over production

• None of the above

As a result of the 'fast fashion' trend, global clothing production has...

• declined significantly since 2010
• tripled since 2000
• shifted back to the US
• none of the above

Why did the U.S. clothing production begin moving overseas in the 1970s?

• Nations overseas had more consumers to purchase clothing.

• Workers overseas were more skilled at manufacturing clothes.

• Factories overseas had lower labor costs, so they could pay the workers less.

• Companies could not find enough American workers to work in clothing factories.