Before starting my fashion degree I used to buy clothes from popular websites such as pretty little thing, Missguided and boohoo.com. They sell fast fashion and have new styles in every week all which are very on trend and copied styles from celebrities. I did this because I love fashion and being in college at the time and only having a part time job meant I had to watch my money, and these fast fashion websites were cheap and perfect for me to buy clothes from.
Now I’ve started my uni degree and finding out how these fast fashion websites are not good for the environment and have a negative environmental impact such as; water pollution, the use of toxic chemicals and increasing levels of textiles waste.
I’m currently making my first garment for a final piece and the amount of knowledge, patience, skill and time it takes is unbelievable. Now when I see tops and dresses online which are being sold for £10 it makes me think how upset I would be if my garment which I have spent so much time making would be sold only for £10. When I go shopping now I go to Topshop and Riverisland, which are more expensive but reasonable for the amount of work gone into the making of the clothing.
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