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THE FAST FASHION INDUSTRY
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THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
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LIFE CYCLE COSTS OF JEANS
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TIME FOR A CHANGE
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VINTAGE JEANS
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HOW SUSTAINABLE IS YOUR CLOSET?
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, INTRODUCTION
A new pair of jeans, the one from Zara I those pants last longer than the 3/4 pair of
really need to have in my closet. And have jeans I can buy for the same money at
you seen those colored versions at Primark or Zara? And are those pants
Stradivarius? I want the pink, green and really made in better conditions than those
blue ones, those pants can't be missing in much cheaper pants or do they simply
my closet! make a lot more profit out of it?
This was me too, just a few weeks ago After I had written an essay about the life
because why not? Nowadays a new pair of cycle cost of jeans, I knew one thing for
jeans only costs 30 euro, and with a little sure. The clothing industry is a lot more
luck, in sale it would cost me 20 euro. My harmful than I thought and brings a whole
closet is bulging, I buy too many new bunch of bad stuff in addition to nice
clothes, I already had to buy a second clothing.
closet & I still keep putting new clothes in
my shopping basket and why? With this e-book, I hope to inform you that
fashion is not only fun but that there is also
It has been made so easy to buy a lot of a much less fun side that can have many
new clothes cheaply these days, and the consequences (for in the future). Even
fact that there are so many new clothing though it doesn't seem like it now because
trends floating around the internet that are things are going well with the clothing
only available for a few months in line with industry, aren’t they? Running like never
the trend doesn't help either. before? Well, not everything is what it
seems...
To be perfectly honest, I was also definitely
not aware of how bad the clothing industry Whether you will only shop vintage and
and especially the production of jeans is. If environmentally conscious after reading
they can offer jeans for 18 euro, it can't be this e-book? I don't think so, because
that big of a problem, can it? So yeah, I honestly buying new clothes remains very
was wrong about that for a while. I love attractive. But even if this ensures that you
buying clothes and I always have it in the consciously dive into your wardrobe, don't
back of my mind that I know I'd better buy go to Primark or Zara but go to a vintage
a pair of Levi's jeans “because they last store for once or simply think carefully
longer & are made in better conditions” about your new (or planned) purchases, I
but is that really the case? Because will can only be happy and proud.
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