As a society, we are obsessed with “deals and steals”. Cline states that “Americans spend more money on eating out in restaurants every year than they do on clothes. It’s not that we can’t pay more money for fashion; we just don’t see any reason to.” I learned as well that this fast fashion business is directly harming thrift and charity shops. Less than 20 percent of donated clothing is sold by these charities. Most of the disposed of clothing goes to textile recyclers, which is then sold in foreign countries like in sub-Saharan Africa. Everyone enjoys fashion and the status that it brings, but these countries are only receiving the “rejected” clothing
As a society, we are obsessed with “deals and steals”. Cline states that “Americans spend more money on eating out in restaurants every year than they do on clothes. It’s not that we can’t pay more money for fashion; we just don’t see any reason to.” I learned as well that this fast fashion business is directly harming thrift and charity shops. Less than 20 percent of donated clothing is sold by these charities. Most of the disposed of clothing goes to textile recyclers, which is then sold in foreign countries like in sub-Saharan Africa. Everyone enjoys fashion and the status that it brings, but these countries are only receiving the “rejected” clothing