Fast Fashion: The Real Price of Low Cost Fashion

Directed by: Gilles Bovon & Edouard Perrin Released: 2021 (educational) Year of Production: 2020 Running Time: 52 min Language: English, French, Dutch,  Subtitle Options: English and French Closed Captions Subjects: Environmental Studies              The planet is being overwhelmed with clothes. Close to 56 million tonnes of clothes are sold every year. In Europe, the amount purchased has almost doubled since the year 2000. Thanks to fast disposable fashion, you can constantly renew your wardrobe. But producing clothes at such a low price has a very high environmental cost. Textiles are the second most polluting industry in the world, after oil. Creating a dress for ten euros in Europe, in less than a fortnight. It’s not only possible, but it’s becoming the norm. Since the fashion industry went down the path of fast fashion, it’s always both faster and cheaper – no matter the consequences. Let’s start with those suffering the most: the workers. They work between