When the ugly sweater phenomenon took hold in the early aughts, an invite to an ugly sweater party required a trip to a vintage store, thrift shop or your grandma’s closet. If tacky knitwear sourcing wasn’t successful you'd make your own. Sure, it was cheesy (and I’ll never get behind an ugly outfit) but back then ugly sweater parties encouraged creativity and sustainable shopping. Not so much in 2022.
Read MoreThe fashion industry is one of the world’s top polluting industries at a time when climate change is threatening the planet. The reason? Fast fashion.
Fast fashion is a design, manufacturing, and marketing method focused on rapidly producing high volumes of clothing. The clothing is cheap, trendy, and disposable. Think H&M, Zara, Target, Walmart etc. Fast fashion markets, encourages and facilitates shoppers to unapologetically update their wardrobes each season to keep up with the latest styles and hot trends.
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