Justice versus Conscience

Can’t believe someone can wear something only once and discard it! I have some clothes that are over 20 years old and still fine to wear!

Imagine the privilege of wearing something just once, then chucking it in the landfill and laughing about it on camera. These influencers should be held accountable just as much as the actual brands. But why do that when you can make money, then fill up landfills of third world countries while vilifying them about the way they deal with the waste. Get your priorities straight!

It’s a shame we can’t go back to towns having a couple of tailors and seamstresses making elegant clothing with a regional and local style to them that last, instead of corporate giants selling the same crap to everyone that’s only worn once.

So recyclable clothes are not really recycled. Thanks DW for opening the consumers eyes through this well made documentary.

I lived in Manhattan in the 1970’s. One of the things that blew my mind the most was that every 6 months you could see, it seemed like everyone, wearing the next greatest fashion. It was exhausting. If you went to a club, at 6 months later, people would be wearing the latest 5th avenue trend. I could not understand how they could afford it. They wanted to keep up with the ‘jones’ of NY. It was very weird and even weirder that they all bought into. That is where this all started. It has been going on for decades. We have a sick culture, a very insecure culture that has no sense of it’s self or its real value. So incredibly superficial. It is our lack of self worth, and I don’t mean our ego aggrandizement, that is our problem. We think to have expensive things makes us worth something. It doesn’t. It makes us stupid, ignorant and mostly out of touch with who and what we really are.

I have been sewing all my own clothes since 2007. When you spend a week or longer making a really nice outfit, you never throw it away or let it hang in the closet unworn.

Thanks to informative documentaries such as this I stopped buying fast fashion items about six years ago. I started to buy the best that I can afford from local artisans and craftsman. It’s not cheap, but I know I’m supporting individuals and not a multibillion dollar conglomerate. Moreover, because it’s high quality it lasts and lasts.

This program was just too short. There needs to be a follow-up program. The topic is too important to simply leave it here. Thank you DW for your fine programs of world impact. Personal note: What we are dealing with here, in my opinion, is control of the popular mindset. We as a culture, Western Europe, America (in particular), Japan and upcoming China, are being and have been for quite a while, manipulated by the textile / fashion corporations, to believe that “we need” something, which we do not “Need”. Their entire reason for existence is, simply put, to make money. Making a useful durable product and selling it, is not in their interest, because it takes too long. Faster and cheaper is better. The drug companies here in the US do exactly the same thing, only their “target demographic” may vary. It’s targeted at older people instead of Teens and Youth. The minds of the young are malleable, and that’s what they want to really sustain. Like the women studying to become psychologists, they have already become prey to the schemes and plots of the industry. I don’t expect we can ever go back to “the good old days”, when we made at least some of our own clothing, certainly not with the Capitalist work culture we have now. “Wake, Work, Earn, Buy, Use, Discard, Eat, Sleep and Repeat!” Owning something which you made yourself, has value and pride built into it. “Cool” junk stuff on a rack, does not. (I once had a Jeans Jacket, on which I embroidered a large butterfly over the back. I wore it until it recycled itself! Fashion and Individualism built into one.) We have lost touch with what value really means. And the industry depends on this weakness of mind. Our lives are too distracted and stressed, and the “Industry” likes it that way. As long as they can keep us distracted, dizzy and entertained by the next “cool” thing, they’ll stay in business, and the world will just get messier in their wake.

i like how thrifting is becoming trendy now but it still annoys me how expensive thrifted things are now.

This is absolute insanity. When he said the average German buys 26 kg (57 lbs) of clothing every year my jaw hit the floor. Can this be for real that people buy this much clothing? I, and I assume many like me, buy very little once or twice a year maybe, so that means some people must be buying way more than 26 kg. This is just beyond stupid and such an incredible waste.

So much for the young generation caring about the environment!

Thank you DW for bringing awareness and truth to light. I used to shop moderately for new clothes when I was younger. Usually for work purposes. I haven’t bought any new clothing in years. The idea of these so called “fashion influencers” on social media is laughable but sadly it works. Everyone’s gotta earn a living somehow and you almost cant blame them as it is their passion. However, they need to understand that they are fueling a new, fast growing problem that has detrimental effect to simply clean air environment.

Buying fast fashion isn’t inherently evil, so please don’t feel bad if that is what you can afford The main problems is overconsumption; the women in this video were perfect examples,. Horrible to think about all the materials and labor that went into creating a piece of clothing, only for it to be worn once before being thrown out

Couldn’t care less about fashion so I almost overlooked this documentary, but as always an incredible insight into this terrible industry. Thank you as always DW!

Sad, interesting and horrifying documentary. Burning toxic clothing to stay warm – could it be any sadder than that for these poor Bulgarians? All for greed. I wonder how bad this toxic and throwaway clothing problem is here in the United States. Need to do some research on this. Thank you for an eye opening documentary. Big fan of all your other documentaries, too. Keep up the good work.

It’s all about money. ‘Environmental friendly’ is just an overused term to hide the truth behind business

H&M clothes can last a long time if you take care of them! I have few clothes from these stores from 2013, 2014 and 2017 and they are still in good shape. I wash them with cold water and line dry them. I don’t like throwing clothes in the trash because then I’ll feel guilty knowing that someone else could use it and because our landfills already have too much trash and there is no need to produce more.

No business of ANY kind is honest with its customers when it comes to climate change. But, also, if we don’t change (which we’re not) they won’t change.

The irony of a psychiatrist addicted to shopping.

The “Fast fashion” should be banned. If fashion companies would not invent new trends every year to make you feel like the clothes you have are not wearable people would not keep buying chlotes that they don’t need

This is horrifying. All for the sake of fast money. Thank you, DW. Would you please do reporting on what is driving up the cost of homes and rents? There is current reporting (by lefty media) that corporate buyers are acquiring homes by overbidding the price sometimes as much as 50 percent. They are buying with cash and have found a way to score the listings before non-corporate, independent buyers even get to see them. Is there any truth to this and who exactly is doing this and where in the world is this occurring? Danke.

DW never fails to give us a brilliant well researched content .

I have so much expensive clothes given to me by friends who are impulsive buyers. I have HUGO BOSS 800-EURO boots from a friend who passed them down to me after he wore them once. He said he had no more use for the boots and they are beautiful. Another friend gave me a leather jacket practically brand new. He said he had it for two winters and wore it a few times. I have had that leather jacket for years, have worn it hundreds of times and still looks good. Same for furniture. I got a brand new couch from a friend who said she got tired of her leather couch. She confessed she had had it for a few months. The other day a friend was saying she wanted to get rid of her fridge. Her fridge is gorgeous. I said, “”will you sell it to me?” She said, “”No, you can have it for free.'” There is nothing wrong with their trendy beautiful fridge. But we are living ina world where people get tired of things. Now there are throw-away-husbands and throw-away-wives and throw-away-everything. We are a society of selfish individuals.

As someone who can’t wear synthetic clothing, even cotton/poly blends, it is increasingly difficult to find biodegradable clothes made from natural fibers. And when I find 100% cotton, linen or wool items, I pay a lot more money for them. They are so much better on your body, and much better for the environment. I only recently found out that plastic clothes throw off plastic microfibers into the environment. I had never really considered that before. Plus now all these old rejects often simply end up polluting the landfills. Recently I was appalled to find clothes made out of styrofoam. That’s the scariest trend I ever heard. Talk about resistance to degradation, releasing toxic gases, and simply existing into eternity…… It was frightening.

“When a bunch of teenagers on instagram keep telling me it’s cool, it must be cool so I have to buy it.” We’re so screwed.

Im in my 20s and never buy anythin that ‘influencers’ wear. If I need and like somethin Ill buy it and usually second hand. Not only big retailers have fast fashion theres plenty of smaller clothin stores that are cheaper and the material is also cheap AF. Its horrible what were doin to this planet.

I try to buy “lasting pieces” and shop less rather than shopping all the time for bad quality clothing that doesn’t last and that is cheap.

This documentary is very eye opening! I have been shopping at thrift stores for many years and have found really nice brand named clothes. It never occurred to me, how buying brand new clothes all the time, which I can’t afford anyway, is terribly wasteful for the environment at a global humanitarian level. Now I see why environmentally conscious individuals, such as myself, are getting into sustainable clothes with all natural cotton and natural dyes. Because honestly regular clothes are very toxic. I heard people say this like my mom but I never understand why. This documentary explained that very well! Thanks!

No one is honest to anyone in this world. Honesty died long back… Its all about business in everything let it be professional or personal its just transaction & business like quid pro quo

I buy very expensive clothes that I wear often and last a long time. I can’t even imagine having something in my wardrobe I’ve not worn 30+ times.

This is why I’m not into fashion. People are to concerned with impressing others. I used to buy a pair of shoes and sneakers every month. I had over 50 pairs barely worn. I gave most of them away. Now I wear 5 pairs and just rotate them.

This video was needed. Thank you again DW.

H&M has been caught burning clothes three times in Sweden. Haven’t seen anything at H&M in years I would take home if they were giving it away. I went on a clothing fast, didn’t buy any new clothes for a year. I learned F×$K fashion, I wear what I like, only buy things I really like and will know I will wear. Five years later I only buy natural fabric clothes to replace worn out. Need two long sleeve tshirts now, but the colours are awful right now, so I’ll wear my holey shirts a little longer til the colours are something I want to wear for four or five years.

16:00 I work for a company that uses dirty technology in a production. I often see those bags with “old” clothing, they are used as cleaning rags. Several times I had opportunity to sort through this bags, clothing looked like they were used once or twice then washed and discarded! Almost all of it looked perfectly usable and as new! I even commented to my colleagues about this and show them several pieces of cloating that if you just iron them and show them to me like that I would totally believe those are new-from shop. I never heard those are used as fuel for heating. Just now I checked local e-market adds and found several sellers of these, as they call them “industrial rags”, they are sold in 10kg bags and the price starts from 5€/bag…

Great topic and great video. Part of the problem is that, in general, high quality, long lasting garments are becoming increasingly expensive which leads people to buy cheaper clothes to include these fast-fashion garments. The materials of these fast-fashion clothes last just a bit longer than the trends they are trying to set, which forces people to buy more crap even if they aren’t trying to keep up with trends.

People should learn to buy quality and not quantity, to reduce wastage that end up polluting the environment in which people live hence illnesses that affect humans health and livability in those areas and regions in which it’s disposed off, big corporations may state that one thing and does a different thing.

Before, the fashion industry meant something, it was slowly changing and people were following it. Now it goes so fast that everything is in fashion. No need to buy fast fashion. A pair of quality garments you wear And that’s it!

Another eye-opening documentary.

Almost ALL of the fast fashion clothes I’ve seen in this video are so aesthetically poor!!! Their design, much less their materials, won’t last a decade. Be loyal to aesthetic, NOT trends! I never buy anything that I’m not sure I would still wear for at least a decade. Thus, I have few but VERY BEAUTIFUL clothes with HIGH QUALITY. Please buy vintage if you can and don’t throw away clothes just because they’re old! REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE!!!

Tbh, hm clothes are not that bad to wear ones and throw it off. There are ways to take care of them and wear them creatively enough to look repetitive. Which is why i love the idea of capsule wardrobe which can be done for all seasons or season-by-season. The goal is it buy less while reaching the end of life of those clothes. It shouldn’t be very hard.

great documentary! this issue should be more talked about

This is too much… I personally haven’t bought any new clothes even like 2 years before the pandemic, since 2018. I bought a few of good quality shirts and pants and I still wear them!! I have made my best at making sure that the clothes can be preserved and remain in a good condition to keep wearing them. I also adopted a minimalist style, so I don’t own many clothes and it makes me really happy!! When friends or family want to give me some clothes as a gift I always ask them for second hand or thrift clothing. And it’s been the same with shoes 🙂 I just had to buy a pair of special shoes this year but because of a medical reason basically.

“Since the year 2000, new clothing purchases have doubled.” That’s because it’s so cheaply made and wears out so quickly, you have to keep buying new clothing.

Because people are so darn shallow, they rely on what they wear. Well…guess what? You are not what you wear; you are not the car you drive. If you have class and style, you actually don’t need a lot of clothes. Work on your brain; work on your skills, work on speaking intelligently and you won’t need to impress anyone with the clothes you wear.

I chatted with an H&M executive about 23 years ago when our flight was cancelled. I was shocked to learn then that their model is based on cheap, throw-away clothing.

Thanks DW, the best documentaries as usual.

What would a 4-5 year moratorium on clothing production do to the people who are working in the factories in SE Asia? Just wondering. I totally agree that we buy too many clothing items year! Esp. certain groups of people. I live in Poland, and I have seen clothing in an oven in a poor person’s house.

Consumption its the main issue today, untill people understand that we will keep getting ideological answers to physical problems

That was a very good well researched documentary, also many smaller entrepreneurs who look for state or small business funding actually still get refused if they are just reselling recycled clothes they have to be refabricated into a new product in order to be applicable for funding which is hypocritical in itself, we will never get out of this economic climate change trap this way.

Such good journalism! Thank you, DW!

I buy all my clothes from the charity shop (because I fall over a lot when I’m drinking). When I’m finished with my ‘new’ clothes I have to take them for recycling because, by that stage, they’re normally just a collection of holes held together by stringy bits of fabric. To quote a song (which misquoted Oscar Wilde) ‘Fashion is something so ugly it has to be changed every 15 minutes. But style is something versatile and in the way you move and in the way you smile’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3-TCUhQfiY

Thank you for bringing awareness with research and facts, your documentaries are amazing,so glad I came across your channel. Yes I’m subscribed, thank you again!

As a Bulgarian i can really say that it is in fact problem here with people burning clothes in stoves to stay warm and all. In return, this greatly affects the quality of the air especially in winter and it’s really visible in recent years

These “fashion” trends are as toxic as the plastic they contain. Cheap boring bad fitting clothes filled the spots of tailored well made stuff and made of nice materials that lasted. These companies never receive a penny from me. Hand crafted, thrifted or swapped clothes keep me happy enough. Edit: it’s so sad people have to burn our bs to keep them warm. We can buy less and distribute wealth in a different way.

As Designers we need to design garments that the end-user has and feels a comfortable relationship with the product. When you use something long enough you build memories with it and then it becomes precious, you will never throw it away.

The culture of fast fashion needs to go.

and this video didn’t even touch on how wasteful the garment production process is. fast fashion truly is horrible from every angle.

STOP cutting clothes in pieces and “recycling” it! Give out your old clothes for the less fortunate, but even if you live in a wealthy European country, there’s BILLIONS of people in this world that can’t afford to buy new clothes! I live in Southern Europe and only go to thrift stores and bazaars…

In the 1960s our family had a thriving business in selling second hand clothing…so good on young people for ‘discovering’ vintage clothing – but like most things, it’s all been done before…

We really should be shaming the customers as well…the fast fashion people who wear and throw them away.

Great topic for a video! If you think H&M is bad, wait until you find out about Shein.

‘Clothing recycled into new clothing hardly ever happens…’. We’re all going to have to become better DIY ers- and that is an incredibly tedious solution to the problem of textile waste.

I battle with wanting something nice and new versus adding to our over consumerism and waste. The recycling program is smart. It takes away good clothing from second hand resellers and it brings foot traffic with an incentive to spend more. My friend made fun because I had a pair of stretch pants that she complimented. I told her it was 15yrs old. She was horrified. Lol

and here I am, finally replacing the old worn out hoodie I bought in high school 15 years ago

For someone to claims to love fashion, the Michelle woman appears to be completely oblivious to how her spending habits are harmful. Look at the clothes that still had tags on it! Or the stuff she only wore once. All to be “trendy” for a week until the next thing comes along? For one cute outfit to post online for likes and clout? Maybe she should refrain from buying for a month, then take that money she otherwise would have spent, and get herself higher quality pieces that last longer. I’m glad this documentary was made and I hope the negative effects of fast fashion becomes more talked about in the future.

I can say companies produced wayyy too many things, I still find a lot of 80s/90s pieces new with price tag, they are still in the market. And I don’t promote going vintage/thrifting is the ultimate way, I’m still figuring out how sustainable it is, because I saw some people thrifting with the attitude of buying fast fashion, more is better. I wonder where do these thrifted pieces go after they get tired of them. Living in a developing country, we don’t have a healthy recycling system yet. A lot of people still choose to burn their rubbish in open air. We really need to change our selfish attitude and stop buying to fit in the society’s perception. Yes, I wear the same shoes, clothes or phones for many years, if it’s still functioning well, why do I have to change it. Even leaders make bad examples, why do they need 100 luxury bags and let the people go hungry. Instead of telling people: oh, you are wearing the same thing again, why not tell them: this dress really suits you!

I rarely buy new clothes. First, because I love the shopping and the finds in op-shops, second because I love our local Buy Nothing fb groups and it’s fun to swap and give, third because this fast fashion shit, the waste and suffering it utilises, is an entire worldwide POS industry. I make myself take somethings to donate anytime I shop, mostly because I have too much stuff though and feel a bit guilty about spending my husband’s money tbh. I basically only buy things like underwear and shoes new. If people have a problem with this stuff but keep buying new, they need to shut tf up and stop pretending they care. Btw I refuse to buy natural mined diamonds anymore too. I buy very old things, with a history and a story you can imagine or even see, I love that.

Just started learning how to sew a month ago. All of the materials I used are thrifted except for threads and garters. I turned my fabric scraps into potholders and pillows. The ones I refashioned don’t look cute at all since I’m a beginner but I enjoy wearing and keeping them as I know that I’ve spent so much time and effort making them.

Fantastic Investigative journalism Kudos to DW always a great fan of your content. Well even our smallest state in India NAGALAND (my state) we are facing the challenges of accelerated mammoth second-hand (thrift, vintage) stores/market some of them are unwearable that it lands at the landfills, clogging the drainage, rivers and polluting the environment in massive scale and these clothes are all a product of Fast Fashion imported largely from foreign countries. It is a matter of ticking (time-bomb) more strategic planning is required to handle and deal with the fast fashion growing industry.

If fashion retailers were honest with their customers fashion retailers would cease to exist.

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable it must be changed each month – Oscar Wilde.

I’ve always gone for quality over quantity. I’d rather spend more on a limited amount of high quality items that will last and are classics. Sometimes I hear people lusting over some designer fashion item and lamenting that they can’t afford them, yet they have rooms full of cheap clothing they don’t even wear, that if they hadn’t bought, they could likely afford a few high-end pieces. ️ But it’s the rush of new new new… it’s an addiction to so many.

More second hand shops needed. Vintage stores are my favorite. Consignment stores too.

Please bring us more documentaries !! Very informative !! Thanks !!

Life is rough when you have to burn chemicals to stay warm!

that’s great, so how about all the world over employers start paying their employees an actual living wage so that we can afford something other than fast fashion. Point fingers where it’s actually deserved, in the greedy faces of corporations, politicians and billionaires

Wow thanks DW. I wish every government was as responsible as EU when it comes to pressuring fast fashion giants

One point that is missing is the workers making these clothes for barely enough to stay alive, and getting sick from the fabric manufacture and colour dying. Can you factor that in – so we’re getting the whole organic production and fair distribution of profit picture for our clothing too…

Good to see so many recycling clothing and getting over the so called latest in fashion.

It is a shame how everything is made now a days to last just for a while. Pollution affects everyone rich and poor.

My point is that I have always bought from fast fashion retailer but I go for clothes that I’ll wear longterm (like 5-7 years) and I always keep hand me downs. So is it bad? The Issue is the people that throw away clothing as soon as the trends change

I am currently wearing a black turtleneck I bought 15 years ago. It’s still looks good. I hardly buy new clothes. I don’t feel I need to keep up with influencers. I don’t have Instagram anymore and I feel the pressure is off.

Here I am, hauls in thrift clothes and deliriously happy. I have 30 clothes in total and use 2 drawers. I bought H&M clothes and after 2 months, it got holes. (I dont even use washing machine in washing my clothes. )

I had meet a person before that always change the fashion every week or every two week. She tell me, the reason she can follow up with the fast fashion is because she keep return and exchange every week for a new outfit. Most brand don’t have limit for how many time you can return and exchange. The only limit is the purchase date. At the end of the purchase date (usually within 30 days), she will sell it as preloved to get back the money.

One of the most attractive features in a woman, is that she’s relaxed about clothing.

I’ve worn used clothing for 50 years. I’ve never had a problem calling it used either. It’s not a new idea either. Polyester is plastic. Social media once again is influencing to the negative.

Another docu from DW, so good as always!

In many countries, such as my own, the so-called fast fashion giants are considered as luxury, and buying secondhands from other countries and imitation of brands in flea markets are commonly the source of clothes. In the past few years, more and more of these brands pop up in local malls, and the number of consumers also increased. Online and wholesale clothes sellers have also boomed, especially during the course of the pandemic. I remain hopeful, however, that there will be more affordable, ethical and environmentally friendly fashion brands in the near future.

I always visit the second hand shops when I am in need of a replacement garment. I only buy a garment to replace someting that has worn out, so that my wardrobe never grows. I never buy for newness alone.

“When I see it everyday in my feed and then it is linked to the shop, I don’t have a lot of choice”. What?! That is addiction.

I literally wear clothes until they have holes in them and keep them for years….. but I guess younger people just don’t do that anymore.

exquisite documentary and piece of journalism.

No more fast fashion for me , never

just insane, i havent bought new cloth in years. jesus

If you do work, actual work, you’ll blow through a pair of boots & your work wear in one year or less. If you’re in the business world, then your forced to follow seasonal trends or be outed due to fashion faux pas.

I usually divide my clothes into three categories. The first are clothes for various occasions The second one is for everyday use. The thirt one workwear. if a piece of clothing does not meet my expectations for a given category, it is placed in a lower category. at the end the torn clothes end up in my garage as cleaning clothes.

Overconsumption = Extinction

It’s hard to recycle old clothing to make new unless you’re remodelling!

Psychotherapists…. They can be their own first clients.

Destruction of our earth and humanity. So painful to watch

Don’t feed your flesh while forgetting about your soul . There’s some fashion platform which quote ” Life is too short to wear boring clothes” ” In difficult time fashion is always outrageous ” ” The joy of dressing is an art ” ” Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life” my foot , narrcisist people.

Good documentary, very informative.

I lived in Spain in the early 2000s and I was buying in second hand stores… and I still am.

Once the company sells it, they couldn’t care less what you do with it since they got the money they wanted. If there is something they want you to do, it is to waste it so you have to buy more.

I am glad that I don’t shop at H&M anymore and I never liked Zara either. They are making loads of money off consumers too

Its better to buy few good quality clothes and have your own style.

Thanks for the vid. Good to always keep in mind that these for profit companies, whatever they’re advertising and promising, however beautiful a picture they paint. They always started with a meeting that says “Customers cares about ____________, how do we profit from that”

I work in a large corporate thrift store, it seems like everything now is fast, plastic fashion, Including shoes and bedding. I rarely come across wool, silk, linen. I’m 60 so I’ve seen a lot of changes since I’ve been thrifting since I’ve been a teenager.

Seems something is missing in their lives to constantly feeling the need to buy things to fill a hole in their lives

a thorough report from diverse angles it seems that the iconic influencers are literally influencing this planet

To be honest I’ve been getting some of these recycled items by name brands that are highly overpriced and are crap in quality.

Slavery underneath the word fashion. When you wear “fashion” be sure slavery is what you support.

Fashion producing companies are like politicians, they rarely live up to their promises.

Most of the women obsessed with new clothes will also be the ones to tell you how much privilege you have and how you should care more about the environment…….

Could you make a video about those jewelry brands that claim using recycled gold/silver? Are they really sustainable or this is just another marketing trap?

Banning the use of polyester and avrylic for clothing would be a great start. Th are not really suitable for clothing, anyway, but might be ok for patio furniture, awnings, etc.

OMG H&M lies, I donated some clothes for recycling there, now it is all for nothing. Boycott H&M!

This is very intriguing and interesting put the perspective of things out there instead of just keeping it in the dark

psychotherapists that they dont know their brain was washed? i pitty the patients once they graduate,,, i hope they never do in that state of mind.

Reducing is the most important here, not recycling and reusing.

I am wearing my mom’s sweaters and my grandma’s sweatshirt. I love wearing vintage. I even have a lot of clothes for over 20 years. I do love fashion and shopping and new things but it is such a waste of my money to buy them all the time when I have great clothes already.

Another good one!…one suggestion i have to get more viewership among a large young target audience is it make it little more like an episode so there is a drama effect to it along with making the video titles little more peppy…i say this only because i like your work & want the better for it.

The trouble second hand clothes can still be out of reach to the poor!

I have one pair of cargo shorts I’ve been wearing since I was 9. Now, I’m 25… Sometimes, good clothes just last long.

Hold on. Where are you going to wear it? Is it for pics on social media. Sad. The pressure on teens today must be staggering, if you let it. Problem is there are no well made garments they can afford. Companies throw away returns because it costs too much to recycle them. Teens don’t care. Parents don’t care if it’s ethically sourced. It’s all about how cheap it is.

I’ve had the same winter sweaters for the past few years and only just recently purchased a few additions with no intention to get rid of anything. I only buy clothes I really like, and if I love it, I keep it for…as long as it doesn’t fall apart. Jeans unfortunately don’t last forever. Of course companies don’t wanna advertise to people that they should cherish their clothes and only buy once in a while.

When my mum was young she used to make her own clothes herself. I wish we could go back to that but it’s impossible.

Well… when as a society we dnt consider simplicity or repeating outfits as sexy

I always donate/ resell my clothes, which I think I will not wear anymore, and they always end up where they are needed further. I do agree, we have too much clothes to buy, to wear, at our homes, I think the future will be more like star track system, wherein people are given just one wearable clothe, made from supersmart fabric, regulating heat/cold, bodily functions, organ wellbeing, and so forth …

These little angels need to read up on history and see what their grandparents went through, this is disgusting but to be honest I blame the parents, I brought up my 2 sons to be responsible

“Fast fashion — produced cheaply, worn briefly, discarded quickly.” Well, that actually sums it all, if you ask me! Good thing I don’t wear briefly & discard quickly whatever clothes I wear. Most used clothes I have, I turn them into kitchen or floor wipes and dusters until they become fit for proper disposal. Even my spent undergarments goes not to waste easily.

It’s good to see that an expert from FH Reutlingen was part of this excellent documentary.

They make low quality clothes on purpose so when they tear and break we can buy clothes again

I buy fast fashion, but I make sure the clothes are good quality or the types that last long. I cannot afford luxury brands as it doesn’t carry my size & my pocket can’t afford it as well. Not all people throw away their clothes as it is literally throwing away money.

It’s inevitable that fashion will continue to produce more clothing and people will continue to buy for whatever reason so how about they limit their “collections”? It seems every week they are producing new fashions when in the past they only had to deal with spring/summer and fall/winter.

Excellent documentary. Vielen Dank!

I believe each country should create a law for recycling intended for all manufacturers such as clothing, plastic container, scraps from steel, and gadgets.

Thrifting is really the best way. I found a marc jacobs sleeveless top for just a dollar.

Social Media is such a sickness ! I am so glad I left FB and Insta. My mental health is recovering but its been an uphill battle. New laws should be implemented to regulate the fast fashion industry at the source.

I always see comments about thrifting becoming expensive and I’m curious to know where people go thrifting. I go to Goodwill and everything is priced my category. T shirts are 2.99, shirts 5.99 etc. I got an Ann Demeulemeester vest for $14.

You always have a choice. By Turning Off All social media and find friends who like you not your clothes.

This is insane. Wearing some bruh for for such a short period of time and then discarding it? Its such a waste of money. I come from a South Asian country where we are so used to wearing our clothes for as long as possible. We hand wash them if they are good quality/expensive ones and we also wear them for as long as we could. In case it doesn’t fit, we exchange with friends and family or we give it to charity.

Fast fashion is problem but this will not be solved with re-resourced clothings— made with recycled materials. Ppl should know during the process of recycling these materials other toxic chemicals killing environment is also used. Plus recycle does not mean cheaper option for customers. All that bs

Exact opposite of sustainability. I would never buy nylon or synthetic fabric. Cotton, linen, silk, wool, alpaca, cashmere. That’s it.

I always donate clothes, I cannot even imagine throwing them away. Also- I rather spend 50$ on a high quality thrifted luxury label than 5 cheaply made crop tops from shein.

Sharing and swapping clothes? Dream on. Very few would agree to that. I most certainly would not.

The most sustainable is also the one tat states it is designed to last 6 or 10 years, and is ultimately biodegradable for compost. What it is made of is everything.

Fast fashion is always attacked but what about high fashion, same industry, same toxic chemicals, same slave labour, destroying the planet, maybe we should not let high fashion get away from the critics

Well,stop shopping at Big Companies…start buying at Charity Shops,that’s what I do,Second Hand is the Way to go !…

Fashion is not just an art, it is also a science!

Thank you very much DW.

Salute for transparency and honesty!

Let’s just slow this fast fashion trend by halving our purchases. Let them go bankrupt

I’ve been avoiding mixed fabrics for a while, like in the bible. Also, brought my old clothes to h&m. Only old clothes and were to old to use, to old to give or could not be used as dust rags. I was aware of this program being mostly greenwash, but there will still be old cloths. The only ‘R’ that can help us is ‘Reduce’ but this is avoided in our consume based economy, thus ‘Recycle’ is pushed forward.

Do any one know our rivers get spoiled by the textile dying companies in India? Our people are literally drinking diluted dye chemicals, thinking it is pure river water! Also our farmers use the same poisonous water for rice & other farms.

It is horrendous! I have a sweatshirt that I have probably worn at least a 100 times! Last year I was tempted and bought many clothes in Zara. After the first wash, (I even washed them by hand) they shrank so much and lost their proportions. I ended up giving them away. I also love shopping in Goodwill and Unique. Those second hand clothes fit me much better because they are already pre-shrank and are much much better quality!

Impulsive purchases is something everyone of us should guard against. It should start obviously with ladies first.

The fashion world has always been about making money & getting us to buy & consume. There is nothing sustainable about the material, it’s more in the supply chain. How and where the garments were made & if labour was not “slavery”! I love the idea of Vintage clothing. There is a new concept with new fashioners where they have an online shop where you can go on & rent something to wear for an occasion & return it. That sounds reasonable to me. Saves you money & you aren’t left with a closet with clothes that you don’t wear anymore. Love your show.

Natural materials have a longer use and shelf life, so the simple answer is to pass laws to limit clothing and similar coverings to be limited to natural materials. The other way to attack this is to educate people into not being so ready to buy new clothing all of the time.

The addiction to fashion and the clothing which have never been worn…

A waste of money really, when you think about it always better buy quality items that last much longer whereby saving you money in the long run.

Very informative and eye opening video

Thank you again DW….great docu

40% of clothes are never worn. Wow…a staggering statistic. These companies just don’t care about anything but profits.

The opening line was powerful

I have clothes that are about 20 years old, I learned to buy clothes that are more classic than trendy.

Shopping is an addiction and coping mechanism for emotional pain just like opioids and narcotics.

Jesus.. every time I see these documentaries im so happy Im not a part of many of the most environmentally destructive lifestyles. Im always happy to pay more for clothes of quality that I know I can wear for years, like 10+ years. Especially pants, I try ti buy as little as possible. Give your friends shit if they barely wear clothes more than once

Why all my clothes are made of 100% or nearly 100% natural fibers.

I think we should wear more clothes like men do it, get five pairs of the same jeans and five different shirts and just switch every day for five years before they are worn and can be replaced. A good polo will never go out of fashion.

I used to be a pretty frequent “fast fashion” buyer. I never have this issue of only wearing things once or having things in my closet that have never been worn. And I still get excited every time I see my items in my closet I get that “high” from stuff I bought years ago. So this first lady’s experience is definitely not representative of everyone. It’s probably some shopping addiction thing. Judging by the stats presented in this video, it seems that’s a problem. After I learned how some of these clothing companies have dangerous levels of heavy metals and other chemicals in their clothing (saw a Vice documentary), I’m not buying from fast fashion places anymore. It was hard to let go, but I’m pretty happy buying myself higher-quality, more expensive stuff less often. Clothing companies are finally catching up with stuff people want to wear in the pandemic i.e. athleisure wear, leisure wear, more pyjamas

Buy less, choose well, no synthetics or blends. I’m currently frustrated trying to find cotton clothes without Spandex in them, I don’t like it and it makes the cotton non-recyclable, nor biodegradable. Use what you have. High-value fibers can actually be reused: cotton, linen, silk, wool, cashmere, etc., but not if blended with those crap synthetics.

I would have thought most waste from “fast fashion” was coming from the people buying those “YouTube Subscriber shirts” and only wear it once or twice before throwing it away and buying the next ones. Guess I learned something.

so they buy, give them money as present and then bring them back 🙂 I also brought my clothes there sometimes, it´s a shame, I didn´t know they don´t actually donate them

Also, don’t forget about forced labor

What upsets me a little is the fact that they used H&M x Moschino collab fashion runway show, which I really loved when it happened few years ago. Not gonna lie I bought some of my favourite pieces from That collection. What happened with that collaboration, is that they made luxury brand affordable for regular people. I’m more flabbergasted by brands which have obviously nice clothing, but are high end in the price range AND produced in third world countries, with little to no regards to sustainability. (Like investments into making dyes non toxic, more recycled fabrics and produced locally etc.

If we all get outraged and stop buying these brands, they will collapse. Fast fashion is a polluter by clothes quickly ending up in the landfill but to burn the nasty synthetics is just mind blowing. The clothes just look cheap and nasty. I do not understand the appeal.

thank god i still have jeans from late 1990s in perfect condition. also a military coatfrom 2000s. LOL

Why do they return perfect clothes to be recycled instead of giving it charity so they can be worn by people who need it ?!

Excelente información para compartir

Why don’t they take back gently used clothes, and then wholesale them to stores like Goodwill and Savers?

I like shops like Zara, their clothes last a long time. I’ve never considered throwing them away. I have a few clothes that I would like to donate, they’re still in good condition but they’re from my early teens so not my style anymore. I think I’ll donate to a home. I recently had a shirt which ripped so now it’s used as a wipe/rag in the house. I’m not perfect. I’m sure I could do better and I’ll try. I love shopping and nowadays when I buy clothes I think to myself whether I’ll still be able to wear in 10-20 years. I also try and buy more local, they’re expensive but support people better and last.

I understand it’s not good for the environment to burn clothes, but let’s find a way for poor people to stay warm without having to find these ways to warm their homes. Root cause…

I wear 100% cotton , 100 merino wool. Why? As it’s so god Damn comfortable. Don’t bother with anything synthetic it’s damages the environment

\Once you are out of this crazy shopping system you relize how ridiculous it really is. I always wanted to buy new clothes and lots of it. but i got dissapointed because after a while it looked worn out. and i always refused to buy expensive clothes. i was thinking i can get the same for cheaper .. i can conclude YOU WONT GET THE SAME. it took me a lot of practice simply because i did not wanted a closet full of clothes. it made me feel stressed out. including returning packages. now i have a small waredrobe but i feel content with it. i buy 90% of my clothes second hand and if its new like a jeans es it cost me a bit more but at least i can go on for years.. i do enjoy my clothes a lot more. and at the end its more profitable. plus you dont nee5 15 pants. it cost a lot but a lot of reflecion. and investigation. i wish all these influencers and young people stop buying. but i have been there too .. i think step 1 is building awareness. i know that i cant change the world . but at least i want to make the decision for myself. countries like india ghana are paying a high price for our dumps of clothing.. nevertheless i understand why people buy thing at primark. they dont have a lot of money. but there are so many beautifull thrift stores these days. i would tell people dont go to pirmark ! but it does not make any sense if they are not aware… yes but its cheap and i dont have lots of money. with 30 peaces of clothing you can combine 70 outfits ! its all in our mind.. love these documantaires

if the world leaders really cared about climate change and pollution they would put an end to fast fashion.

I wear the same clothes until it has holes. When it has holes, i will use it as a rag

God this documentary really made me feel shame on myself and my race, we really need to go back to seeing clothes as an investment, pieces we will wear again and again clothes that serve a function to keep us warm or let the air in warm climates, not just fashion pieces and statements and if so fine but if you love the style of the piece wear the hell out of it and show it. We have begun to treat clothes like smoking or drinking as just fleeting hits of dopamine to make us feel better about ourselves. They should be loved and cared for and made to the highest standards so everybody in the industry is paid fairly and the consumer would be happy to pay a high price for something that will last them 10 years etc. The whole industry and ethos around it needs to change this should be taught in schools awareness is vital.

Ironic that the girls are studying psychotherapy…

80% of Mt clothes are classic, black, white,blues, gray. I mixed and match it to create different looks. I have a 10 years old gray mock turtle next from Forever 21 for about $16 Yes, fast fashion . I don’t buy crazy prints or colors to avoid regrets . Sometimes I take a few really unfit clothes to the Goodwill

I buy classic pieces that I know I’ll wear years from now

I want my clothes back. I WANT MY CLOTHES BACK.

I cant lie the polish charity shops (lumpeks) are actually good…they could just donate them there :/ and to other poor countries

I do not buy extra just because of bargain, I have 5 tops, 5 bottoms for work days and so are my non working days.

EU regulators must have started working on this matter by now…. ZARA s.c.r.e.w.e.d up!!! burning clothes ??? Using second hand clothes in the name of new fashion material….!!!

It’s not H&M and Zara that are bad, it is people who buy more clothes than they actually need or wear – just to throw it away and pollute environment. If people reduce demand retailers will need to respond with reduced supply.

That’s why I am very picky with what I buy , I want durability and easy to maintain

Thank for opening this topic!

tbh i just buy durable gear and stick with it, no need to have 20 pairs of pants if i can just alternate between 2 or 3 and wash them/take care of them

Please find out how much Shein pay it’s workers and environmental cost

You should do one on the real high fashion online stores like SHEIN, boohoo and the likes.

A three to five year moratorium on clothing production would be impossible to implement under the current globalized production system. No single national or regional government could make it effective. However a three to five year moratorium of buying clothing is possible. The concerned people of the world could join in a synchronized new clothing consumption strike (say between 2023 to 2025). All participants would prove themselves global citizens, not dough brained sheep. Exceptions could be made for uniforms and medical clothing, diapers and underwear. Just imagine millions upon millions of people around the world detoxing from the practice of spending their precious resources to buy mass produced, sub-standard corporate trinkets. The amount of waste and environmental destruction in the fashion industry is not just heart-breaking – its a sign of wilful stupidity and cultural decay. The recovering from our collective addiction can only be achieved through long term personal commitments and an unyielding desire for true human self respect and autonomy.

Yeah its sad but true. Most people don’t want to get caught hearing “didn’t you wear that last week, and the week before”. I’ve bought fast fashion and love to shop new pretty dresses and shirts. The only difference with me is I have a lot of fast clothes but I keep it and wear it for years. A fashion pro would totally say I’m out of fashion. But I try to find things I really like. The annoying thing is when close get holes in them easily, then its to the goodwill with them. So I guess I’m part of the problem buying but I’m also a big girl and its not easy to find nice 2nd hand clothing

In the US they send the discarded clothing to India! There is a YouTube video that shows the whole process!

Great program about the burning issue, but considering the topic highlighted, I wonder why journalists are wearing one-time-use masks when there are masks you can wash and use multiple times.

WTF is the point in buying clothes you’ll wear one time or never wear at all?! I buy maybe 1 or 2 new jeans and a few dickies shirts once a year and wear them year round until they have holes in them from work then cut them up for grease rags then go buy more. Wash, rinse and repeat every year for my entire adult life! And none of it is inspired by social media influencers but only necessity and personal preference. Some people are just too stupid to be happy about sharing air with! Smh

It used to be that surplus or discarded clothing ended up being shipped to disaster-prone areas as relief goods. Nowadays, clothes donations are increasingly being rejected because it appears charity is being used for fast-fashion companies to get rid of their….garbage.

Yeah, completely understandable to second hand market as an option, but can we address the pricing of many pieces close to a brand new one? Regarding a designer or similar styles. Then of course you are going to buy it brand new. What’s the point then. Or wrecked clothes for a high price, then back to square one.

It’s so cringey watching all this hyper consumerism and knowing I used to do the exact same thing. As a fashion student, I really should have known better, but I used to ‘need’ to buy new clothes every weekend! What a mind f3*K that was! Who ‘needs’ all that? This was in the late 90’s and we thought all you had to do was recycle and you were doing your part and all was well. How naive we were!

Another Excellent Documentary video from Excellent documentary (DW)…another eye-opening documentary of this (DW) video .(DW) which Never Fails to give us Brilliant well researched content …Are exaggeration attention to wards Model currents by Youths with Neglecting Quality Scales of Markets Clothes causing backgrounds of this Phenomenon ? with Expansion of Poorness levels around the world especially in Eastern Europe countries are opening illegal Project Methods for famous specific Giant Companies…in addition of causing a Pollution factor

like every other product, the key is to make money, doesnt matter the cost or the repercussions of it

We are buying emotion!

Lots of used clothing can be sold in op shops or send them to third world countries for distribution by charities.

In my town Primark is the busiest clothes store, it is packed every day of the week, while the other stores that sell more expensive clothes are empty. These women are dumb they honestly believe a cheap piece of tat is going to bring their happiness and give them a high. Go for a brisk walk through a park, its free and you end up feeling great for a lot longer than 30 minutes

I buy 90% of my clothes second hand.

I did my challenge for not to buy any clothes and accessories for year 2021 and I did it! I’ll continue for 2022!

I dont like fast fashion that is why i never follow the trend and I have my own unique style, I dont like the clothes of today, the quality and no taste of fashion

And while these kinda of documentaries are been made, somewhere there’s a bunch of “fashion influencers” clicking away and adding to cart a whole new spring collection, wanting to tell us what we’re missing out on wearing while being completely oblivious to this subject of their industry.

There will never be a change in policy in these companies. What is needed is a violent uprising to remind these companies that they are just a small fraction of the world and the rest can easily rend them into pieces.

love it how they have enough money to spend on clothes and throw them away while on the other side of globe peolpe are starving to death

I go to Nordstrom’s mostly and Ross cuz they have name brand stuff that last longer I am wanting to go by all organic clothes and shoes eventually and if you don’t like a style of something you can always sew it and change it up a bit I can’t really s e w except for making pillows but my mom can

I’m wearing clothes with holes on them, and she just throw perfectly new clothes away

Future psychotherapists with an addiction to fashion. They need help.

That is why I only buy cotton clothes .

I think this is more than fashion industry problems! they wouldn’t be making fast fashion if there wasn’t a demand for it! We as people need to reevaluate our own decisions, I have came to understand that we completely forgot the difference between need and want! We want the newest clothe, the newest product, the result of us chasing our desires has got us here! This reminds me of a quote by Edward Bernays “People must be trained to desire, to want new things even before the old had been entirely consumed. We must shape a new mentality in America. Man’s desires must overshadow his needs. DW thank you for keeping up informed with your amazing documentaries, would have loved it if it was bit longer! Perhaps you guys can talk about how “recycled” clothes from these fast fashion industries impact African countries?

Uhm… no. Honesty is rare in marketing at the best of times. Especially regarding basic items that everyone needs like food, clothes and fuel.

This video made me so sad about the future

The first two girls are studying to become psychotherapists and say “they have no choice” if they see a coat on the internet? Wow, promising career right there.

Thanks for this video.

Seems we have to pay a high price fans, for saving jobs, the joy of being creative and let fashion designers work freely, saving our dreams forward, this is a good debate now, how to make smart recycling and how to neutralize pollution also about the garments industries. I can confess you, l had so much fun, buying outfit such as…put it on only once and then making of it special gift for someone dear, because it was already used. Recycling garments is a great humankind conquest fans

Excelent documentary. Well done. Let’s boycott fast-fashion; it is an industry owned by the richest rickshaw-pulled people in the world and which relies on the shoulders of the poorest workers in the world: the women sewing clothes 16h/day in Bangladesh sweatshops. Let’s share, swap, buy second hand, support fairtrade brands… and above all, do we still need more clothes? Javi Caballero (Spain)

It’s so wrong am going to:tell all my friends not to buy anything from these stores

Is it just me or has anyone else just become put off by shopping over the last 15 years? I could litterly see the quality drop from year to year. The more it dropped the less worth while things I found, the less I bought. At this point I just buy shoes, water tight coats n the rest is vintage. Everything else is and feels like trash…. It fits badly, it’s made poorly, it doesn’t last and it has been years sinse I have found a piece that geniunely made me excited because it was special

What? I’ve been using the same clothes for over 7 years!!!

I lke cotton. Clothes these days alot are made from polyester. This fabric makes you stink n sweat. Lol

I just don’t understand why only “fast fashion” companies are targeted. Luxury fashion like Dior is churning out 11 collections a year — no one really needs to update their wardrobe 11 times a year!! And the factories they used are also in developing countries contributing to environmental damage, so why not feature them as well ???

we are sad as humans, the need for materials just for others to form opinions about us or the need to feel good in ourselves

Most of the people I know can’t afford to throw away their clothes after only wearing them once that’s so disgusting and not good

Why do people obsess over clothes so much ?

Vapid people predatory industry senseless consumerism . . . . . . . . . Hotel, Trivago

The clothes from fast fashion places are obviously cheap and a person can basically assume that they probably won’t wash well. A lot of items will quickly lose their shapes. I’ve always wondered how they manage to make clothes at such a low cost. Plus, to me, most of the clothing is unattractive, not appealing and unoriginal. Lots of people wear the same clothes, looking like output from a cookie cutter.

don’t be upset at the people burning clothes for fuel while that’s not good its also not their fault. its the economic conditions induced by capitalism that is pushing people to burn old textiles.

“I see the same top every day in my feed so I want to buy it… “ don’t you ever felt like to be different and look like yourself and not like someone online? And she is studies to become a psychiatrist…

We should blame ourselves for being enslaved by fashion, materialism, social media, lack of respect for the environment and short lived happiness# we are victims of lies and dishonesty# fast fashion is misleading

Price tag still on it, and this one, and this one, she needs help for sure.

Shein lol

Oobviously you can’t legislate morality. I just watched another documentary with this subject and the garment industry in the UK with the unscrupulous people in charge of the factories (and the ones with all the financial gains) and the horrible treatment of the workers. The ones in charge take advantage of the needs of the workers, reminiscent of why labor laws were enacted in the first place. They just find new old ways to get around the laws in place. The fashion industry does not want the population educated and we are oblivious to the behind the scenes practices in place to satisfy our want for new, better, and the latest things. They know the psychology very well. We need to educate ourselves and quit lining their pockets with the profits off cheated workers and false claims of the garments we are buying and wearing. Watching these docs will change my clothing purchases and wearing. I can only start where I am and with what I know now.

Ample and convenience, fuel and reflect the insatiable human desire that align with the ever-changing of nature.

I think, instead of claiming that garments are un-recyclable, companies need to find a way to make them recyclable. Those clothes can be ground up and turned right back into fibers. Those fibers can then be turned back into new threads and fabrics. I think, it’s so stupid for companies to claim they can’t. THEY CAN. What they choose not to turn back into wearable clothing fabrics can be turned into rug, bag, curtain, or rag fabrics. On top of that, some of it can be turned into paper pulp. Whatever’s left can be burned in factories (using safe filters for the exhaust), have certain chemicals removed, and turned into fuel pellets (burn-safe) and/or ash (for personal and/or industrial use). Those separated chemicals can be re-sold to other industries. Even the lye from the ashes can be separated and re-sold to soap manufacturers. Even GLASS can be created from burning and compressing materials at high heat. That glass can be re-sold. So, more money can be made off of the whole recycling process, if people would use their brains, instead of just throwing stuff away. Dummies are throwing away more lucrative opportunities and employment that could come from this process. I am glad to, at least, see more second-hand shops pop up to deal with the good fabrics. I would love to see more of them start up. More jobs and more places to shop, I say.

When you West had to here textile miles with natural fibres , wool , silk , cotton , linen .. this was not an issue . Once the mega trashy garment company’s came around with cheap , harmful garments .. that is a problem . Not to mention the exploitation 3rd world workers live everyday , because manufacturing in the West is too expensive and the price of the garments would be 300 % more for the consumer. Quality over quantity any day.

This is like Hasan minhaj show but without the Comedian. Pls bring a comedian instead of news reader as sometimes it becomes a bit boring. Comedian might spice up things .

On the flip side , it us causing this demand. We can’t always blame the advertisement for manipulating us. We are also willfully feeding into it. People shame each other for rewearing clothes, we make YouTubers famous by watching their compulsive shopping hauls , people get into debt shopping for things they’ll only wear once and the list goes on. We know we don’t need this much to live happy fulfilled lives but it’s greed and gluttony driving us on the daily. It’s not just the “fat cats” at the top,that’s a scape goat,the easy way out to make ourselves seem innocent and shift blame. It’s the everyday consumer that must effect the change . There’s such a disconnect. Same with food production. So much food goes to waste everyday, tonnes of it,same with the pollution cause by mass production of food yet there’s a global hunger problem. Everyday there’s a multi millionaire or billion dollar company pledging to do different,save the planet but nothing practical. They still produce the same low quality high volume products that end up in the trash and We are the ones lining up at sales,at launches ,at every black Friday to get more of it. There needs to be accountability on both sides.

I donate old fabric to H&M hoping they would reuse the fabric. Don’t know if they end up using them or not but at least there’s hope than dumping. I don’t take their discount voucher because I hardly purchase clothing these days. They accept your clothing but encourage you to buy more by giving you discount. I don’t like the idea at all that’s why I don’t take the discount voucher. What I have in my wardrobe will last me for years. I don’t reuse old fabric for cleaning because they don’t work as well as my Swedish cloths.

America even our northern neighbor Canada need to follow suit on changing big time…

I never ever wear polyester!! Only all natural fabrics. No fake leather either. It also has to be made in western Europe. I’m very picky but I like tailored things and I like them to last

No one seems to be talking about the cancer-causing fibers found in new fabrics.

Depressing. At least I feel every so slightly better as an American. We’re not quite so alone in being such a shallow and materialistic society as I thought.

Vainty is for the vain. Focusing your energy on “looking good” or being “fashionable” is a reflection of a persons instabily. NEVER trust a fashionable person. They have a dumb truck of mental and financial baggage.

Is it possible to clean and shred donated clothes to use them for inserts in furnitures, bedding, and the likes?

both studying to be psychotherapists, but themselves might need some therapy (no choice but to buy it only if you see it everyday in your feed? even you “don’t want to be influenced”? not A students, eh)

this kind of consumption power is what drive the economy, but it is exactly the root problem for eco-environmental issues.

I wear clothes until they literally fall off, unless I find something good at a yard sale, I’ll live w what I got. I have these sleeping shirts that I put on as soon as I get home, and my mother walked in on me sewing up the boob part, while I was still wearing it, lol! I got tired of everyone telling me that they see my boob, so I did something about it

This is crazy. Fast fashion is a no-no

Listen up manufacturers: Won’t buy new women’s clothes because they are junk, even “expensive” brands. I can buy more expensive clothes, but WILL NOT because the quality is so bad. 1. Will not buy synthetic because of micro plastic pollution. Synthetics stink after you have worn them an hour. 2. Won’t buy poorly made clothes either. I don’t want my clothes to fit like potato sacks, and have to re sew seams. 3. Won’t buy colours that will look dated next year. When I buy new clothes, I buy mens clothes. Better fabric, better construction, and no of that baby poop yellow shirts.

Its kinda weird to burn textiles for heating when you could just wear the textiles to keep warm.

How can you even think any materialistic thing will give you something. Fashion or fast fashion ,they are worthless, they’re not needed and wont make you happy.

I just kept the pants I already have cuz I don’t like the new jeans that go high up on your waist rise high pants cuz it just gives me wedgies I don’t understand how loud can be comfortable or fashionable and if I see you in your fashion and I liked it and one of my shirts is too old and needs to be recycled and I recycle it then buy a new shirt I don’t just buy a new shirt because it’s trendy and to look cool a lot of people give into the industry and I also buy for Comfort I do spend a lot of money when I buy a pair of shoes $100 but that’s because I have hip dysplasia and cheap shoes hurt my hips it makes my teeth sensitive and that’s where she l i f t but my shoes last a long time cuz they’re well-made which actually helps the earth because then I’m throwing away a lot less shoes I bought a $75 shirt once and it never got holes in it but it like 20 years ago and it still looks brand new definitely worth it I save money in the long run

The idea of getting rid of garments every year is part of fast fashion comsumption.

Each citizen should be issued seven gray and brown jumpsuits. If you want to wear something else, you should have to sew it yourself.

I believe the problem is that fast fashion is cheap but the quality is terrible and the clothes don’t last very long either. It quickly isn’t possible to donate or sell that clothing and the only way for it is to go to landfill. If you consider buying more long term clothing it is tough as most clothing nowadays is produced from low quality materials in a fast fashion manner even if you spend more money. I believe it would be beneficial if the big giants produced much less but long lasting quality which can easily enter the vintage market or second hand market after.

Wearing people old second-hand poop in clothes is unhealthy.

The issue is NOT missing regulations for clothes recycling. The rootcause is in the mind of greedy woman. Their minds is easily convinced by advertisements. Much better solution is, tax advertisment for clothes and makeups. Make limit for each brand how much money they could spend relative to income. Focus at using items for extended period, rather than replace. That is sustainable. And is not happen any time soon.

Well I hate to think about it but I have a suspicion that they send these clothes to third world countries, like ours, and are sold as new but sold cheap especially during SALES…

I am from a so called third world country. My family is about in the middle lower class, but one of my close relatives is rich. When this relative came to my house or when we visited, like once or twice a year usually, she always gave us clothes. At least about the size of airplane cabin suitcase. It was usually more than that, but my mom always rejected bcs it will be hard since we will take public transportation back home. Some of them are good, some of them still had price tags but already turned yellowish or even had black dots, although still wearable. This relative said that her kid sometimes just bought the clothes bcs it’s cute even though the size is smaller than her body size. The last time I visited were a few years ago, since I no longer live with my family, and she still did the same. My family even donated some of the clothes (after selecting the suitable one ofc).

I haven’t seen any cute clothes in almost 10 years in the store. As someone I grew up in the 80s and 90s everything that was ugly back then now the younger generation wants to wear. It’s ridiculous I don’t understand why these women are wasting all their money. And they’re not even cute clothes But I guess when you have low self-esteem you have to buy stuff to make yourself feel better ️

TLDR; By the video the recycled material is supposedly not clothing, but from other products recycled into clothing. So, clothing is turned into rags not clothes

Could just post your clothes on facebook for free. This is the way I get my clothes now. Half of my stuff is what I bought, but I try to wear it to death. lol.

Can’t change addicted we suffer. My expensive plush towels don’t absorb

worn 1.7 times before in the bin? I’ve shirts and pants I wear for years and still own.

It’s a shame that DW use voiceover rather than subtitles. Excellent content though 🙂

It is such a waste, I haven’t gotten new clothes for maybe 5 years, other than workwear.

Love dw

They destroy any extra clothing by stabbing giant spokes in a compactor so the brand isn’t filling up the thrift stores

my country always bought used cloth…. meanwhile they just treat it like disposable tissue

The truth about fast fashion is it is just there to keep the middle class and poor keep buying and buying so they will never get rich.

If you need to skip and find the message of this video, just watch the 5 last minutes. They sum it up.

I make clothes I like and wear them for years. I can’t understand people who always want something new.

I haven’t got the money to be into fashion on minimum wage job

kill fast fashion, buy nice or buy twice, long live quality, vote with your wallet

So what do we do? Those influencers will never stop, nor will we. So how, please tell me. This is so concerning, sitting here and thinking abt it wont do something.

if u don’t have too much money u won’t be able to buy clothes every week … this is the problem of rich people

This is a very important issue!

Okay I think some of these people are a little bit mentally unstable wear something once and throw it away something’s wrong with you I wear my clothes for years until they fall apart really

There are more documentaries about this problem, Fast Fashion, on You Tube. I try to buy resale whenever possible.

This is shocking I miss organic clothes . I would prefer less but better quality.

People should think about thinking for themselves.

Imagine how much is not collected

i’m so sorry but the thumbnail has nothing to do with fast fashion. most models in runways wear high quality cloth which means they are less likely to end up in landfills due to being able to resale it

Fashion industry has no value to society.

Please I would have preferred subtitles!!!

Well all I can say is, people that need to purchase new clothing and wear it once or never wear because of peer pressure, wanting more likes on on social media need to get their priorities in order. They’re just wasteful sad individuals. Do they really understand that most of the clothing they purchased and disregard are probably made in a factory in foreign countries by underage people the are paid ridiculous low hourly wage (slave labour). I am disgusted and disappointed with their decisions.

I go thru 2 pairs of work pants a year. They wear out at the knees and I don’t know how to sew. They sit on a shelf waiting for a tailor to come into my life.:(

I really hope people start giving a shit. Clothing is so fucking catastrophic to our world and ourselves.

When they have an audience, the coporate world is all ‘save the planet’, but behind the scenes, it’s all about money and how much they can stuff into their personal bank accounts!

If it’s cotton angora wool they are natural you can’t recycle that only artificial material from oil polyester

How will materialistic awareness change, both factories and consumer? Shallow lives.

How healthy it is to wear syntyetic clothes?

You have no personality or taste if you let someone influence you on what to wear.

buy second hand or preloved clothes never trow an5thing away

“Ending is better than mending” – Aldous Huxley

we feed the business what to do. If we are greedy then they feed our greed. if we stop being shopaholics then they will have to produce less. so I guess we are collectively to blame not just rhe companies

Plastics are excellent sources of energy

“the more stiches the less riches.”

They probably make it cute again and sell it to you

What will they do and say, when they 70 and have Nooo money???!!!

It’s always Germany who cleans its own yard and throws the garbage into somebody else’s.

It seems a lot of young people can’t even recognize that fast fashion is garbage from the start. It’s not beautiful feeling, plastic doesn’t breath.

I love Charity shops

Thank you for awaring us

The second hand from Western Eu in Albania in saled here everywhere as clothes to reuse and people buy there as in a shop. Is a second market. So Romania and Bulgaria do not need it???

Bring back swap shops. 🙂

Should do another documentary about travel industry. Flights, hotel, ect.

update: whatever you wear, it won’t make you a better person. however you look, you will age. whoever you are, memento mori.

All those fast fashion brands are just lying!

I choose Minimalism Lifestyle.

U might say i am cheap i dont care, but i am NOT poor. I have friends who loves buying expensive stuffs and only wear them once to three times. Anddddd… i happily accept their “used” stuffs (so i wear polo shirts from burberry, hugo boss, lacoste, etc all free). Why not? I can save my money for my future retirement while still dress up like a wealthy man

Horrific. So much deceit on our planet.

Are these kind of life style contribute to climate change too?!

They don’t care about anything other than money. The quality of the clothing nowadays is cheape, cheap materials and the result mountains of waste send to poor countries, but is inly one world so is like karma what’s goes around comes around.

Everything includes plastic today, even your cheese.

Накрая пак нещата се свеждат до България… Тъжно

Greed over human lives and the environment, totally normal in the corporate world, but very horrible to the average person and the planet.

bro zara brnded stuff in my country are so expinsive tf

IIRC, Hasan said that fast fashion is even more polluting than Oil and Gas industry. So duck these fashion brands.

We are so materialistic not knowing who is making are clothing

i only have lot of pant , t-shirt and socouse . every thing else from jacket to bottom and top are each broken to 5 pair max. it been 11y. people who pay every week must have so much money or they are just adducited.

NEVER trust fast fashion brands

Fast fashion is cheap tat and should be outlawed especially those online retailers using sweatshops like PrettyLittleThing and Boohoo!

You can’t recycle cloths PERIOD.

Not very accurate documentary. Until now Bulgaria has been in the business only for processing. Due to cheap labor. And 90% of the used merchandise has been shipped to places where there is no clothing manufacturing going on. /// The only recently emerging problem has been that fast fashion is using fabrics which have a high plastic content which are not accepted in the secondary/used market. That’s a recent phenomenon. So all the merchandise gets rejected in Bulgaria at processing. The customers will not buy it.

Ok so there has t9 be the genius minds of the youth to think of a pill or wafer you throw into the fore to prevent the smoke from hurting the plant. Come on guys! We’ve thought of e everything for the car. We can think of this.

Why???? Send them to third world countries, ppl will still buy n use them.. OMG

I wonder if the future psychotherapists realize their addiction

I buy some beautiful like new clothes in the charity shops here in affluent Rugby Warwickshire,

What is the carbon textile emission being burnt for fuel in EU?

Today a consumption addict Tomorrow a therapist

Thank you

First world country´s struggles

That’s crazy why do they buy these pieces if they don’t want to wear they are very spoiled that’s all I can say

Vanity, its all vanity

Plot twist, people only care about you being with no clothes on.

I also don’t believe it will be easy to recycle an old used clothes because are they are really be hard-working to remove every inch of stiches little fabric they will waste time effort and tiring. They need a billion dollar machines to shred the fabrics