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Black Friday: Is the thrill of a good deal worth our dying planet?

Black Friday: Is the thrill of a good deal worth our dying planet?

Black Friday equals huge hauls and slashed prices, meaning it’s only too easy to overindulge, but garment workers and the planet are the ones paying the real price
Review: Hand Me Down

Review: Hand Me Down

Contact Young Company treat a small audience to an intense ethical debate using fashion catwalks as a space to question the unsustainable and unethical overconsumption creates by quick fashions and trends
Primark goes online – RIP sustainable fashion

Primark goes online – RIP sustainable fashion

Primark has announced they’re moving online. But why? Is this really necessary for an already successful company?
Creative to Con Artist: An insight into concert merchandise

Creative to Con Artist: An insight into concert merchandise

An insight into the creative history of concert merchandise and how current artists are exploiting their fans through the sale of fast fashion with a lacks of creativeness
Jeremy Corbyn speaks to students at the Right to Clothing Campaign launch

Jeremy Corbyn speaks to students at the Right to Clothing Campaign launch

Jeremy Corbyn announces the Right to Clothing Campaign at The University of Manchester, in a bid to make clothing more sustainable and affordable.
Hanging out the dirty laundry on greenwashing – how to spot and avoid it

Hanging out the dirty laundry on greenwashing – how to spot and avoid it

Deputy Fashion Editor Zahra shares her top tips on how to spot and avoid greenwashing so you can live your best sustainable consumer life.
Should we drop Depop?

Should we drop Depop?

From fast fashion to drop-shipping and profiteering, has Depop been consumed by capitalism?
Accounting for Style #11 – Long term broke student finally has money

Accounting for Style #11 – Long term broke student finally has money

In the Accounting for Style series, we follow the monthly spending of a previously broke student who finally has enough money to live her fashion spending dreams (within reason).
Revealed: The students trapped in debt after using ‘buy now, pay later’ service Klarna

Revealed: The students trapped in debt after using ‘buy now, pay later’ service Klarna

Students speak of their experiences with debt after using ‘buy now, pay later’ service Klarna
The future of fast fashion after the coronavirus pandemic

The future of fast fashion after the coronavirus pandemic

Is fast fashion a thing of the past or is it gaining traction in light of the Covid-19 pandemic?
Accounting for Style #8 – Clearance sales and targeted ads

Accounting for Style #8 – Clearance sales and targeted ads

Get a glimpse into this history and sociology student’s spending habits and Depop obsession!
Why this Black Friday was the most damaging to date

Why this Black Friday was the most damaging to date

It can be easy to impulsively buy that half-price top or discounted dress, but have you ever stopped to think about the damaging effects that Black Friday has on the fashion industry?
Accounting for Style #7 – Urban Outfitters obsession and skincare struggles

Accounting for Style #7 – Urban Outfitters obsession and skincare struggles

An Electrical Engineering student tracks their journey to develop a new skincare regime and their fashion purchases over the course of October
Opinion: It’s okay if you shop fast fashion

Opinion: It’s okay if you shop fast fashion

Whether your student budget makes sustainable shopping difficult or social media has pressured you into needing to feel fashionable, perhaps we shouldn’t be so quick to judge those who rely on fast fashion
Review: Greed

Review: Greed

Sam James reviews Greed, Steve Coogan’s exaggerated biopic of the life of Philip Green
Do peer-to-peer shopping sites perpetuate the Fast Fashion industry?

Do peer-to-peer shopping sites perpetuate the Fast Fashion industry?

Olivia Stringer asks whether online platforms for selling second hand clothes are encouraging a wear-once mindset
Is the intersection of fast fashion and modern art democratic or exploitative?

Is the intersection of fast fashion and modern art democratic or exploitative?

Maisie Scott reflects on Uniqlo’s ‘Crossing Lines’ collection and the relationship between contemporary art and fast fashion
Opinion: Boycott Black Friday this November

Opinion: Boycott Black Friday this November

Planning on braving the chaotic crowds this month? You could be promoting some seriously harmful practices to our planet
Opinion: Fast fashion is destroying the integrity of the fashion industry

Opinion: Fast fashion is destroying the integrity of the fashion industry

One of BBC Three’s latest documentary series, Breaking Fashion, takes viewers behind the scenes at Salford-based fast fashion company, In the Style. Company CEO, Adam Frisby, founded the business in 2013 and has since turned it into a £30 million turnover company, utilising social media influencers and celebrities to do so. The series, which is available […]
How shopping sustainably could save our planet

How shopping sustainably could save our planet

Fashion is the second most damaging industry in the world. Amelia Dunn explores fast fashion, and offers some sustainable alternatives.