Fast-Fashion

Determining How Consumers Have Driven this Market from 1990-2024

Authors

  • Miguel Arias Romero Commonwealth-Parkville School
  • Johnny Lopez-Figueroa Commonwealth-Parkville School

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47611/jsrhs.v14i1.8508

Keywords:

fast fashion, sustainability, pollution, clothing, waste, art

Abstract

This inquiry aims to understand how individualism and self-expression will play a more substantial part in the evolution of art when the Internet supplants traditional media and routes of communication. It also explains how independent designers and the sustainability movement will triumph over the imperialist fast fashion business and continue to motivate and inspire people to act. This article provides a clear comprehension of how the Internet is vital to the growth of art and how it replaces traditional media and communication routes. It also provides examples of how designers have changed steadily and how upcoming designers are constructing robust businesses. Brands can begin creating clothing from recycled materials and old garments, representing fashion's future. This investigation describes the excessive water use, waste, and pollution associated with fast fashion and demonstrates how quickly the manufacture of clothing wastes water and degrades the environment. It also includes a list of techniques for continuing their love of fashion while keeping it environmentally sustainable. This information is vital since it makes both points of view evident and boosts the source's trustworthiness by showing that it tries to present all relevant information. Equally important is the investigation's emphasis on how consumers support this fashion of clothing, which asserts that it is reasonable for most people to want to spend less on clothing.

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Author Biography

Johnny Lopez-Figueroa, Commonwealth-Parkville School

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Published

02-28-2025

How to Cite

Arias Romero, M., & Lopez-Figueroa, J. . (2025). Fast-Fashion: Determining How Consumers Have Driven this Market from 1990-2024. Journal of Student Research, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.47611/jsrhs.v14i1.8508

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