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Buying cheap clothes and wearing them until they fall apart is fine. Buying cheap clothes and wearing them once is not. Lower class people are not the ones causing problems with fast fashion.

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Lower class people are the ones being exploited for fast fashion. If you buy a $10 shein tshirt and own it till it's thread bare, it's less environmentally destructive than tossing it after 3 wears, but some desperately poor people were underpaid to sell it at that price.

Not to mention the other dangers of turning a blind eye to production--kids clothes tainted with lead? Heads should roll for that.

Also, if we really think about it is buying expensive clothes and wearing them once any better?

Expensive clothes are typically more environmentally to make individually, but it’s very unusual that they are worn once. Top brands are resold. Others are typically purchased by people who plan on keep wearing them.

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