Fast Fashion

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

                              Fast Fashion

What are your favourite
fashion brands?

Where do your usually buy
your new clothes?

Do you think about how clothes are produced/environment when you buy clothes?

No, I buy what I like

No, it doesn't interest me.

Yes, but I can't afford more expensive clothes.

Yes, I often go to thrift shops.

What do you do with clothes you no longer wear?

1. Nothing, they're just in my wardrobe
2. I throw them in the bin.
3. I take them to a second-hand shop.
4. I sell them.

Video: dressed to kill

• make 5-8 notes about the different ways that fast fashion impacts the environment

Fast Fashion in Numbers Infographic

• Group Work
• Fill in with the correct numbers

What are your answers
to the infographic?

Discuss your thoughts and opinions. 

What could be done to tackle this problem?

 Think of a few ways in which this could be done. 

What did you come up with
to solve this?

1. What happens to discarded clothing at the plant?

1. Most of it is incinerated.
2. Most of it goes to Africa and Dubai.
3. Most of it is recycled.

Why is fast fashion such a problem?

1. It is the fastest growing category of waste in the UK.
2. Companies sell their clothing too cheaply.
3. Only 25% ends up in a recycling plant.

What is a problem for the plant?

1. They're getting too many clothes in to be able to process.
2. The quality of the clothes has gone down, so they need to process more to be able to sell on.
3. People throw away their clothes in the bin instead of taking them to a recycling plant.

Is Rent the Runway successful?

1. Yes, it's generating a lot of profit.
2. Yes, it's disrupting the fashion industry.
3. No, too few people want to wear clothes that have been worn by others.
4. No, it's too expensive for most customers.

What is one of Patagonia's goals?

1. becoming more lucrative
2. Selling more sustainable clothing
3. motivating other companies to become more sustainable
4. putting an end to fast fashion

Discussion

 Are you going to change anything 

with regards to buying clothes? Explain.

Debate

 Fast fashion should be forbidden. 

3 things I learnt
2 things I want to try
1 question I still have