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My #Sheinhaul - Case Study Pt 1: The Rise of Ultra Fast Fashion
In 2021, SHEIN, a retailer based in China, overtook Amazon as one of the most downloaded applications for fashion and beauty products in...
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Feb 12, 20223 min read
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Drivers of Consumption
(Source: https://www.themds.com/back-stage/global-fashion-drivers-2019-what-keeps-fashion-moving.html) By now, it is no secret that we...
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Feb 12, 20224 min read
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About Consumption: The Dye is on Our Hands (Pt. 2)
In part one (check it out here ), I brought into attention the need to look beyond scrutinising production behaviours. It is also...
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Feb 8, 20223 min read
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About Consumption: The Dye is on Our Hands (Pt 1.)
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicates that 10% of the global greenhouse gas emissions are the result of the...
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Feb 7, 20223 min read
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Dye Me A River: Textiles & Water Pollution (Pt. 2)
Hey everyone, this post is a continuation from 'Dye Me A River: Textiles & Water Pollution (Pt. 1)'. If you would like to check it out,...
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Feb 4, 20223 min read
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Dye Me A River - Textiles and Water Pollution (Pt. 1)
Rivers of life are dying at the expense of our closets. As we rock our colourful garments, dyes and chemicals are staining our waters,...
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Feb 4, 20223 min read
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Trashy Outfits: Textiles & Solid Waste Pollution
(Source:https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2021/11/8/chiles-desert-dumping-ground-for-fast-fashion-leftovers) The textiles we wear are...
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Jan 30, 20224 min read
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Textiles & Air Pollution
So far, we have discussed the extensive influence the fashion and textile industries have on pollution, but how exactly are they...
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Jan 30, 20224 min read
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Textiles: A Short Introduction
The fashion industry is a major criminal in environmental pollution and textile is its biggest accomplice. What are textiles? Textiles...
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Jan 28, 20223 min read
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Time to Air Our Dirty Laundry: The Fashion Industry
It is time to air the dirty laundry and confront the fashion industry and our shopping choices. Many modern practices are explicit in the...
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Jan 24, 20223 min read
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Why Should We Care About Fashion and Cosmetics?
Perhaps we should trade the amount of time we spend picking out our outfit and doing our make up to consider the consequences our...
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Jan 24, 20222 min read
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About the Writer
Hi everyone, Hui Jie here! I am a final year student studying Geography in NUS. As part of the module GE4237, The Eco Collective is...
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Jan 21, 20222 min read
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