overcomsumption is killing the planet? gurl.... overPRODUCING is killing it. not the consumption is destryoing the planet. overuse of ressources to produce these things is killing it. get a grip and a life.

Thrifting is the way to go, but the stores have to have decent prices also. My Goodwill in my city is way to expensive so I rarely shop there.

i agree with everything, but also - if you are watching this and thinking "oh i buy loads of things, but i do it at secondhand shops, so its fine", you shouldnt. its not fine. people who overbuy things from thriftshops are still part of the overconsumption problem. if youre decluttering your wardrobe and donating, and then immediatly going to a op shop to buy more things - whats the point? you dont need that much stuff. 40% of donated items are given to 3rd world countries, which doesnt help because they are only given to those countries because they are bad quality! its just more landfill, Ghana has a mountain of clothing items bc of this - its hurting the enviroment. and if it does get send to a shop to help people, it actually just devalues other peoples clothing items and makes them not buy it from trusted citizens. you dont need 20 items from a thrift store every month, you can make do with what youve got. if you are struggling with this ask yourself "would i buy this if it was 10 dollars more" if thats a no u dont need it. if its a yes ask "would i use this alot, and would i be creative with it? or am i only going to wear it once, or do i need another thing to make it work"

love the introduction insanity

I'm happy for these people to get free stuff because it's expensive but they don't need stuff. I think that it's impactful in a negative way to not only connections to humans but to the environmental factors. It's depressing too scroll SOCIAL media to not see your new pals but endless advertisements. The fact that things are made in larger and larger quantities at the expense of underpaid workers as well as pollution of trashed stuff... It's scary to see.

LOL. No. Wearing Lululemon tint causing any irreparable damage. Neither is eating meat. What cause the problem is the constant and in creasing overpopulation. We add a billion to the total of humans every 9 years. The only way to save the planet is to fight against asylum seekers coming from the places that have too many kids Africa, Asia, and S America and not allow them to use the west as pressure gage.

This is so obscene, these hauls. I was this age in the early 00s and luckily back then we didn't have fast fashion to the extent we have it now (and there was also no social media or smart phone). I get that young people, mostly young girls/women, want to experiment with fashion. But just go thrifting when you are still trying to find your style. It's cheaper and you do not contribute to getting new stuff made, which is great when you plan on only wearing something a couple of times before you intended to get rid of it/it would end up gathering dust in your wardrobe).

never synthetic

I hate fast fashion

I buy to much but don’ follow fashion and wear my cloths( expensive) very long.

Who’s to blame it’s obvious, ladies between 16-30 destroying the planet 10 pairs of leggings at a time.

I thought shop from your parent’s closet is a thing . We can also from our friend’s closet.

$2,000 on SHEIN?!?! 😲🥴😫

the never ending hamster wheel of consumerism, sad.

Hard to watch with these people saying “like” constantly. The girl in the ‘house party’ t-shirt needs to slow her speech alittle, speak clearly and stop saying “like” endlessly. Incredibly annoying.

As soneone who tries to sell refurbished furniture and lamps imgiving up because people rather buy new and worse quality. Buyt u cannot sell in the cheap price, as wide array of materials and my time costs too, in addition to the piece itself. There is not enough of a culture change yet too. The people who have the money to buy in such prices, they dont think to first look towards second hand or small businesses, they go straight to big malls with brand name decor. Not all, but what I've seen.

What helps the environment =less ppl

Great Video, but it's not only "young people" who buy to much. I think every generation does its part. I know a lot of people older than 50 years buying new clothes and only wearing them once or twice in their life.

2:21 Casually hanging the rising sun flag and on the tshirt says boston uprising? Hmmmmm😅

05:08 Cotton is better in some ways, until you consider the damage cotton does to the planet despite being a “natural” material. Cotton requires alot of water to grow. A LOT! So much so that the Aral Sea, which for decades now has been diverted and used to irrigate cotton fields, is 60% smaller than what it was 40 years ago. All thanks to man made intervention. 10:12 equally social media platforms like TikTok are short form, they’re based around quick 30 second to a minute long videos and so require more content to maintain an audience. TikTok is itself the “fast fashion” of the media world. It needs more content than is typical which makes fast fashion stuff ideal for an uploaded because it’s cheap for them to source from fast fashion brands- doing 15 30 second videos about an expensive brand is really expensive, doing 100 30 second videos about fast fashion is cheap- especially if they’re being sponsored by that brand! So it becomes self fulfilling kind of due to the nature of the platform. Unless of course you have a constant stream of thrifted or vintage clothing to make content with like YTr and TikTokr Gabi’s Vintage. 🤔🤷😂

This is excellent content, well-researched and impactful. I would love to connect with you.

Did we not see the effect of Boycotting- it is effective.

recently ive completely switched to handmade clothes and only buying from small makers and it has transformed my style for the better and it feels great knowing these pieces will last years and years.

great video!

Hi Cassandra, your journalism piece is excellent. I have been in the apparel industry for most of my career, thankfully having worked for some of the most responsible manufacturers in the industry. Iy is very much a pull and tug. As long as there are brands/retailers promoting irresponsible, unsustainable manufacturing and over consumption and consumers that are going to choose to accept that with the power of their wallets, this is very hard to disrupt. It starts with proper education. So thank you. I commented on an Instagram piece by an influencer I respected, but I had to disagree with their assessment. Learning from that piece, I want your viewers to know that there are circumstances in which fast fashion brands are manufacturing in the same facilities that more responsible brands manufacture. There are a precious few out there that provide a fair living wage, and beyond that pay to retain their employees even when there isnt work. They may take on manufacturing at a loss for a brand like that because it is better than nothing. Do not be deceived that these fast fashion brands are ultimately good. It is a fraction of what is done. Seek out a brand's transparency on where they are on their sustainability and worker welfare goals before buying a thing.

Another option is renting clothing if you like having variety and new things to wear! I currently use Armoire, but also loved Rent the Runway.

WHY THIS VIDEO ISNT VIRAL

I went thrifting and the amount of shein clothing was ridiculous.

I only buy clothes when I need it, but most of the time it’s not thrifted. Thrifting where I live started out as a conscious and afforable way of getting clothes, but nowadays it’s way more expensive than the average clothing store… And some specific items I could never thrift like shoes and certain type of jeans and clothes with a turtleneck, The thought of somebody’s bacteria and sweat is a nono for me.

In the meantime I have 200 euro max for clothes yearly 😂😅

Outstanding video!! Overconsumption is bad for the environment AND your wallet! It impoverishes everything!

Thrift stores getting real expensive too, making it hard for me choose it over shein or wish. Plus tons of poshmark, mercari resellers already got their good picks bc it is like their main jobs.

TikTok hauls? Y’all know YT hauls exist 1st, right?

Great vid. There are almost no practical solutions in this video, and there's a reason for that. Aside from buying less, or secondhand, there is almost no ethical form of clothing consumption today. Any piece of clothing you buy may involve sweatshop labor, pollution, etc - whether at the manufacturing stage, the textile creation stage, the point of sale, whatever. The entire industry is rotten. Regulation is the only answer.

Buy only what you need. Buy items you truly love. Buy the best quality you can afford. Keep your clothing for as long as possible.

For good leather goods, it have to be made in Italy 🇮🇹.. China 🇨🇳 is bad at constructing leather goods..

This was such an important video but so sad. It's just the constant consumption that a capitalist society demands in order for it to stay alive. Like a monster feeding off it's victims. Many years ago i saw fast fashion for what it truly was and decided to make a change. I'm only one person but i can do what i can and try to talk sense into my friends and family.

Many of the places where people donate clothes are the ones throwing clothes in the dumpster, which ultimately end up in the landfill. I know of three places near where I live that this happens.

Watching this as i place my shein order😂

So many "like"s. This generation is really the embodiment of the inability to talk or express concepts in a decent manner.

great job on this.

Sorry if I ramble but I loved this and I am soooo passionate about us being better in terms of how we dress ourselves! If you're into fashion, a healthier approach would be old school french fashion. It's all about letting your inner beauty shine, your natural beauty shine, focusing on your health, minimal makeup, healthy hair and nails AND buying clothing you will wear time and time again that really doesn't go out of style. If you look at fashion it's the same shit over and over that really makes a difference in how you look. A lot of the creative stuff IS beautiful! but maybe just buy three really cool and unique items every few years and rock that style! Graphic tees or something with an interesting pattern....If you are shopping at a thrift store find two REALLY nice pair of pants, One really flattering long dress, one flattering short dress, three flattering shorts one black, one blue, one white or beige and the shirt can be whatever? Then it's just a cardigan...a blazer if you're into that? a leather jacket if you're into that? Maybe a skirt? It's not necessary to have ALL of these clothes! IS what I'm saying! And how often do we even wear them!? Most people wear lounge wear. I'd say find some classy lounge bohemian wear and invest in jewellery and a nice lip shade...you will always look good if you are healthy and wear clothing that fit. Buying online it's hard to find things that fit or are flattering so you are just wasting your money anyway...Think of the people you love. Do you love them because of their clothing? OR do you love them because of their demeanour, their cadence, the way they smile? You don't recognize a person first from their outfit, it's their silhouette and the way the walk from far away. Then it's their voice you recognize, and up close the personality and personal scent if they have one? It's the glint in their eyes? Their sense of humour, their sexy shoulders, their hair in the wind, the way they respond and the intensity in their eyes knowing that they know we are both human and that is beautiful? Find your style and move slowly as you age with fashion. Some people keep their graphic tees for decades even after not wearing them because that was a part of who they were. You know a good article when you see it. And if it wears well on you then it is worth the money and you should be able to keep it for a very long time. You don't have to give up being creative. In fact, with restrictions you get to know yourself and you are forced to learn what fabrics, silhouettes, colours, jewellery, textures suit you! If you're into dresses invest in dresses! If you like jeans....invest in jeans! If you like graphic shirts invest in those, if you like jackets or glasses invest in those! It's part of growing up to learn how to dress, but it shouldn't cost you a fortune. You HAVE to try it on before you buy it! Stop buying on a whim! Put the work in for one weekend, find some pieces you can live in for that year and thrift if you can Even when thrifting don't buy it if you don't love it!! If buying new, make sure you love it. All these pieces should be something you could wear up until three years when the clothing starts to show age and even then, learn to mend and take care of your clothing xoxoxo Instead of throwing yourself down a rabbit hole of consumption....learn to find yourself, take care of yourself and the things you wear each day. You ARE beautiful already, but you will feel much better and you will BE much better! xoxo

The opening montage makes me sick.

Bottom line - people don’t care, we wish people cared as much as “we” did, but they never will.

There’s a lot of things that’s killing our planet and it’s not just fast fashion. The world is so selfish, if we were to take a lot of things away from people to have a better planet.

Everlane for dyes, hm Everlane for worker supervision.

I’m also satisfied this is where if you really have to buy things for $5 or $10 they should last that long (5 years) belt if you need one, alterations too. Then I have to be satisfied that helps you save for $35 at Everlane Sale and $160 for quality outerwear shoes.

We don’t need to do it and my 5 year old H&M periwinkle is wearable damned near every year and my 6 year H&M linen button up Morris & Co dress is every other year in mustard or brown or both

I’m satisfied this is about one piece of H&M and one piece on thred up matching this season’s pantones and cuts or classic ones being extra popular and coats to linen shirts on Everlane HM

That’s a lot from Shein. Let’s do one piece from Everlane H&M or something like it.