The problems within the fashion industry

This video is a section from our session, 'Fashion, Planet and Community in the Age of Coronavirus: Where we stand and What's Next', as part of our workshop series 'Fashion for the Planet'. In this session we spoke to different designers and brands about how the pandemic has affected their business and plans, as well as discussing the kind of society and economies that we want to rebuild when the virus allows us to return to our lives.

In this clip, Dana Thomas discusses the biggest issues within the fashion industry and the problematic way fast fashion responded to the coronavirus pandemic.

Dana Thomas:
Dana Thomas is a fashion and culture journalist based in Paris. She began her career writing for The Washington Post, and for fifteen years served as a cultural and fashion correspondent for Newsweek in Paris. Her latest book, Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes, explores the global impact of the fashion industry and the movements fighting to reform it.

Title Song: She Just Likes to Fight by Four Tet.