ASA 141
Week 4
Living in a first world country that is full of excess and consumerism, people can find it difficult to remember the backstory behind the attractive products that they buy on a normal basis. In an seemingly new form of imperialism, wealthy countries like the United States exploit less well-off countries and their people for their cheap labor, which promotes a capitalist world. However, people are pushing towards a more "sustainable" way of fashion nowadays. In Asimananda Khaundal and Swikruti Pradhan's article, "Fashion Brands and Consumers Approach Towards Sustainable Fashion," "sustainability" is mentioned as a new "trending buzzword." Over the past years, the fashion industry has experienced changes in sustainability. This includes the desire to know where people's clothes comes from, which made popular the hashtag, #whomademyclothes. People are also becoming more aware of where the textiles that makes up their clothes come from. One fact that particularly came as a surprise to me was that most of our "wardrobes are essentially plastic." More than 60% of the fibers in are clothes are usually made of polyester that can be made too even look like faux fur or silk. The article mentioned that people are really aware that the ocean is flooded with plastic and are concerned about that, yet we continue to wear clothes that are made up of plastic too. I feel like this is something that should be spread to more people as environmentalism is also very trendy nowadays. This makes me wonder, why does social media play such a major role in bringing awareness to current issues? How can be it be used even more effectively? The issue with unsustainable fashion seems to go hand in hand with unethical worker conditions and bad effects on the environment. Why does poverty/oppression of a group seem to almost always go hand in hand with environmentalism?
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