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Andrew Morgan On The True Cost Of Fast Fashion: The Ethical & Environmental Price of Clothing
When I was a kid, shopping for new clothes was a treat. A special, infrequent occasion. Why? because even inexpensive garments challenged our middle-class family budget. By comparison, the mega-conglomerate retailers of today — Target, H&M, Gap, fill in the blank — allow the average, penny-pinching consumer to fill a closet for a $100 or less.
How and when did clothing become an essentially disposable product? What exactly is going on?
The answers to these questions will shock you.
Andrew Morgan is the young, talented filmmaker behind the beautiful and heartbreaking documentary The True Cost…
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