Talk:Environmental sustainability of vintage fashion

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Peer Review[edit]

The article does a great job at defining fast fashion and vintage clothing, as well as the benefits of consuming vintage pieces versus the consequences of utilizing fast fashion. I also appreciated the outline of the growth of the vintage clothing industry, as it provides helpful insight into consumer sentiment. The structure was clear, the article was unbiased, and they provided reliable sources.

To improve the article, I would add more on other solutions to fast fashion in order to improve balanced coverage. Additionally, are there any drawbacks to vintage clothing, and if so, what? What are other impacts that fast fashion has had on society, for instance microtrends? What are the social drawbacks of fast fashion and benefits of vintage clothing? These are some ideas of additions that could be made.

In general, I really enjoyed this article, as I am a sustainability major and this is very applicable to my interests. Tkf3jz (talk) 15:16, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I love the overall topic of choice. I think that fast fashion and moving towards more sustainable fashion is so prevalent in our daily lives. Especially as Americans, with a consumerist society, and college kids who indulge in often wasteful habits.

I think it's very interesting that you mentioned how vintage shopping is increasing in younger generations. While I think that this is very true I would also be very interested in the amount of overconsumption of fast fashion that is consumed by this very same demographic. Because in many ways I would say we are as much help to the rise in vintage shopping as we are to blame for consuming fast fashion. I think that within the same demographic there is a huge divide between those who are increasingly sustainable and want old, unique clothing and those who want convenience and buy for one occasion and then toss it. I see this trend within our own demographic and within my own friends.

I myself am a huge vintage and thrift shopper because I love the suitability aspect, I strive to lower my personal carbon footprint and I love the story that comes with pre-loved clothing.

In your article you give multiple valid reasons for phasing away from fast fashion, why many people are in agreement over this and who is adding to this positive effect. Vintage clothing helps reduce waste, helps reduce precious natural resources being used, lowers greenhouse gasses emissions, reduces our overall carbon footprint and the use of textiles. I’m very interested to see if this trend continues, and I hope it does. All fashion comes back and is recyclable so the clothes should be too. Sandiego123 (talk) 16:07, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Dubious[edit]

I added a dubious template to the "35 million USD" value of fast fashion. Although that's what the reference says, lower down it mentions 100's billions of dollars, off by more than 1000×. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:06, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Impact of thrift shops[edit]

What exactly is the basis for the claim that thrift shops have increased their prices in response to the re-selling phenomenon? IsiahBerlin235 (talk) 21:16, 6 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]