SOURCES

Fast fashion definition:

• https://goodonyou.eco/what-is-fast-fashion/ 

• https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/02/online-shopping-officially-overtakes-brick-and-mortar-retail-for-the-first-time-ever.html 

• https://medium.com/@glennschlossberg/glenn-schlossberg-the-effect-of-globalization-on-fast-fashion-16beebbb5f80#:~:text=Globalization%20allows%20global%20markets%20and,and%20even%20more%20readily%20available. 

• https://fashionista.com/2016/06/what-is-fast-fashion 

• https://stylevanity.com/2020/07/impact-of-globalization-on-fashion.html 

Environmental impact:

• https://www.roadrunnerwm.com/blog/textile-waste-environmental-crisis#:~:text=The%20volume%20of%20clothing%20Americans,total%20MSW%20generation%20that%20year 

• https://earth.org/fast-fashions-detrimental-effect-on-the-environment/

Shopping Consciously:

• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313420215_Fast_fashion_environments_consumer's_heaven_or_retailer's_nightmare#:~:text=Likewise%2C%20consumers%20have%20a%20positive,low%20priced%20merchandises%20they%20offer.&text=Moreover%2C%20impulse%20buying%20behaviour%20positively,in%20the%20fast%20fashion%20environments 

• https://medium.com/@didem.demirci/overconsumption-in-fashion-industry-3cd58ec84020 

Thrift stores

• https://www.countryliving.com/shopping/a18198848/is-goodwill-a-nonprofit/#:~:text=Founded%20in%201902%2C%20Goodwill%20Industries,challenged%20in%20finding%20traditional%20employment.

Labor Laws

• https://www.sustainyourstyle.org/old-working-conditions

Local Businesses

• https://www.austintexas.org/austin-insider-blog/post/shop-local/

• (more) https://www.austinlocal.com/support-local-austin-businesses.html

• https://www.yext.com/business/yext-knowledge-center/local-business/#:~:text=Any%20company%20that%20provides%20goods,operating%20in%20a%20specific%20area.

Why Is Fast Fashion Bad?

• https://www.buxtonco.com/blog/the-impact-of-fast-fashion-on-the-retail-industry

• https://azbigmedia.com/lifestyle/heres-how-fast-fashion-impacts-clothing-industry-environment/

Other

• https://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/20-amazing-benefits-thrift-shopping-you-probably-never-expected.html