Kat Scala
4/17/2025 5:38 PM
This week I learned more about how to implement sustainable fashion practices in my life and the impact that fast fashion has on the environment. My friend and I were talking about how we need to do spring cleaning because we are starting to look like hoarders with all the stuff, especially clothes, we have. We both exclaimed that we barely wear most of the things in our closets. We talked about the shift in our view of fashion and the clothes that we buy. Specifically, when we were younger, we bought a lot in bulk for very cheap. Most likely, a lot of these places were fast fashion, and we know some people who still buy from those stores like Shein. We discussed how these types of fast fashion sites target younger people, and promote consumerism and accumulation of items that we don't actually need. Her cousin who is 13 consistently buys from Shein, likely influenced by media, ads, and her peers. When we were younger, we would also buy so much more just because it is cheap, not necessarily because we wanted it. When my friend first stopped utilizing fast fashion, it was not because of sustainability. Rather, she did not like how cheap the clothes looked and they work break easy. She started to realize that the buying in bulk of cheap things was not worth the investment. It made much more sense to invest in a nice, high-quality, sustainable brand for more money that lasts. Now, we have both learned much more about the negative impacts of fast fashion, as well as waste production when it comes to overconsumption. We decided we both need to try reselling the clothes we don't wear, or donating them, rather than hoarding them or throwing them out. I have had both a Depop and Poshmark account for awhile now, but haven't used it in over a year. This week, we both took out all the clothes we didn't want and started posting them to Depop to promote other people reusing our clothes.
