Fast fashion

Question 1

Why has SHEIN become so successful?

Answer 1

• Very cheap and affordable
• Lots of workers working long hours
• the clothes are produced in rapid amounts
• Social Media platforms like tik tok
  -endless stream of new designs
  -hide their resources
• supplying to a large amount of countries (220 counties)

Question 2

What is fast fashion?

Answer 2

inexpensive clothing produced rapidly by mass-market retailers in response to the latest trends

Question 3

Advantages of cotton production

Answer 3

-Naturally sustainable
-supports farmers and community
-hyper allergic
-odour free

Question 4

Jobs involved in the manufacturing of polyester

Answer 4

Sewing, knitting, dying

Question 5

Disadvantages of Cotton production

Answer 5

-growing cotton, making fabrics and making a cotton t-shirt uses 2700 litres of water
-water is taken form rivers already under water stress to irrigate the cotton crops
- growing cotton uses approximately 25% of insecticides

Question 6

Advantages of polyester production

Answer 6

• uses 1,000 times less water to produce then cotton
  -Durable and lightweight fibres
  -wrinkle resistant
  -retains it shape well
  -highly stain resistant

Question 7

What materials are used in fast fashion?

Answer 7

Cotton, Polyester

Question 8

Disadvantages of polyester production

Answer 8

• the process uses toxic chemicals and dyes that polluter water supplies
• Polyester is a type of plastic made from crude
• it takes 2.5kg of oil to make 3G of polyester

Question 9

Jobs involved with the manufacturing of cotton

Answer 9

Weaving, bleaching, dyeing, printing

Question 10

Give an example of a fast fashion brand

Answer 10

SHEIN