What is it?
What term describes inexpensive, low quality clothing produced rapidly to follow trends?
Fast fashion
Most fast fashion clothing ends up in this place within a few years
Landfills
To offer clothes at low prices, fast fashion brands drive down the wages of these in the supply chain
Workers
What kind of store sells secondhand clothing, reducing the demand for more production?
Thrift store
How long does it take fast fashion brands to produce clothing?
A few weeks
It takes 2,700 liters of this substance to make an average cotton t-shirt
Water
Many fast fashion garments are made in factories located on this continent
Asia
This practice involves repairing clothes instead of throwing them away
Mending
Who is the target audience of fast fashion brands?
Ages 18-24
Washing synthetic fabrics releases these tiny plastic particles into waterways
Microplastics
This many countries use child labour in at least one part of their garment or jewellery supply chains
51
What does greenwashing in fashion refer to?
Claims of environmental sustainability by a brand that are false or misleading
How many items of clothing are produced each year?
100 billion
The production of making plastic fibres into textiles is an energy-intensive process that requires large amounts of this
Petroleum
A 2022 report on this global supply chain found that every single woman spoken to for the report had either experienced or witnessed gender-based violence and harassment
Garment industry/fashion supply chain
Brands that reveal their supply chains are practicing this value
Transparency
When did fast fashion start becoming popular?
Late 20th century to early 21st century
This gas is emitted in large amounts during clothing production and transportation
Carbon dioxide
Unsafe working conditions became widely known after this 2013 factory disaster
The Rana Plaza building collapse
What term describes fashion designed to minimize environmental and social harm?
Sustainable/slow fashion