section three fast fashion: more fashion, more toxics
The fast fashion cycle Brand designers Re-design
Raw materials, manmade fibres – natural fibres
Increased consumption and disposal
Yarn formation
Fabric formation
Increasingly compressed timelines
Customer purchases feedback
Wet processing
Store
Fabric finishing – preparation, dyeing, finishing, printing (Use of chemicals and large quantities of water)
Products Fabrication – cutting and sewing
Small orders limited stock
32 Greenpeace International Toxic Threads: The Big Fashion Stitch-Up