EST. MMXXVI · A PUBLIC RECORD
2 CONFESSIONS · 42 CASESConfess
CR-03722.07.MMXXVI

I designed garments to survive roughly fifteen wears. Thinner knits each season, seams costed to the tenth of a cent, trend cycles compressed until clothes became disposable by definition. The person sewing them was paid least of anyone in the chain, and the landfill got them within a year.

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Source UK Environmental Audit Committee — Fixing fashion: clothing consumption and sustainability, HC 1952 (2019)

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Fast fashionPlanned obsolescenceSweatshop sourcing

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