Talk:Fast fashion

Article Review
The lead section is okay, it would be better if both a negative impact (such as the negative impact it has on the environment) and a positive impact (such as hiring more workers and more affordable clothing for lower class families) was added into the lead. This will help start the article off very neutral because it would address both negative and positive impacts of fast fashion. The structure of this article is clear for the most part, it goes into detail of many things that are branched from fast fashion. This article would benefit from adding more images such as famous people that are promoting fast fashion (by wearing their clothes and posting in it), and pictures of the amount of clothes being produced.

This article would benefit from adding more images such as famous people that are promoting fast fashion (by wearing their clothes and posting in it), and pictures of the amount of clothes being produced. There are many good sources linked to this article. However, it would be good to go into more detail about certain sections such as the recycling section. The article should add spomething about the amount of plastic packaging that isn't ending up in recycle bins; it's ending up in our oceans and places it shouldn't be. This article is solid for the most part, but can be improved with some changes. Alyceraumin (talk) 02:25, 26 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Late entry by a "regular" Wikipedia editor: Wrong. The article would not benefit from any of these suggestions. They are not germane to the theme of the article and are spam magnets for meaningless pictures of celebrities (how does this illustrate anything? How in the WORLD does the article "benefit from adding more images" that do not specifically illustrate the salient encyclopedic concepts? "You need to put in a picture" isn't enough justification) and uninsightful commentary full of buzzwords and jargon (there is no such verb as "to partner"; the verb you mean to use is "to collaborate". The verb "to impact" is only appropriate when a physical object has struck another physical object, and in all other cases you need to take the time to learn the difference between affect and effect and use them instead. If this is too hard, that is something you need to consider for yourself and discuss with your academic advisor.). This article has been rendered unencyclopedic and useless by WikiEd student assignments that add nothing but unthinking regurgitation of Insta-concepts for the sake of meeting a college assignment's word count.
 * I hope later WikiEd project participants see this comment and take it into account. I'm a real-world professional person who volunteers a couple of hours most days to work on this globally accessible encyclopedia, and between this article and sustainable fashion I can squander two hours a week deleting well-intentioned, but useless, assignment-fulfillment glurge that I could have been billing to clients at $250 an hour.
 * At a minimum, I urge all participants to take any Wikipedia-editing assignment as seriously as if they were working for Anna Wintour. Words for the sake of words are useless. Your own personal editorialization is useless. Unsourced content is useless. This is an encyclopedia, not a blog. Either treat this as a real paid job, like I do when I take time out of my real paid job to volunteer here, or drop whatever this class is that you're in and stop burdening this encyclopedia and its volunteer editors with your last-minute churned-up non-WP:NPOV, non-WP:MOS-compliant, unthinking content. Thanks. -  Julietdeltalima   (talk)  23:16, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Bravo. - Roxy the mindfulness dog 23:35, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
 * This. This is a bit worth making required reading for all wiki-writing courses. DMacks (talk) 23:55, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Article Evaluation
Question: Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?

When discussing planned obsolescence in the Overconsumption section, the source referenced is The Economist This source is recorded as having a political alignment following "Economic Liberalism", "Radical Centrism", and "Social Liberalism". The article does not mention the bias or political alignment of the source. This means the source contains bias and is therefore not a reliable source. Kkellywhite (talk) 05:08, 26 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Wrong. Encyclopedic content comes from reliable sources. That doesn't mean "neutral"; nothing is truly "neutral." It means they check their facts. Please reread WP:RS a couple of times. The Economist is certainly in the very top handful of English-language periodicials in terms of its reputation for fact-checking and it is as exemplary a WP:RS as one could ask for. -  Julietdeltalima   (talk)  23:36, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

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Correct date usage "the mid-2000s"
I'm not sure what time period this references - the mid-aughts? It looks like it's saying mid-21st century, i.e. 2050 - 2060? Morphidae (talk) 03:25, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

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 * Please read the above commentary in the subsections "Article Review" and "Article Evaluation". This article suffers from misguided contributions of many prior WikiEd student editors who do not take the time to understand the requirements of writing for this global encyclopedia. This is not a place to regurgitate school essays. The requirements of writing encyclopedia articles are very different. Thank you for discussing this with your students.  Julietdeltalima   (talk)  17:06, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
 * thanks for calling attention to this situation. The message to which you responded is actually one of the students. I pinged their wiki-edu contact. DMacks (talk) 11:42, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * Having two different school projects simultaneously working on the same article seems ripe for creating conflicts or lack of suitable space for each to work to their maximum ability. I pinged User:Brianda (Wiki Ed), who is the wiki-edu contact listed for both of them. DMacks (talk) 11:28, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Now three (see below). I pinged Ian, contact for that course. DMacks (talk) 03:55, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 7 April 2023
Norashenyh (talk) 04:38, 7 April 2023 (UTC) In 2021, it was estimated that the global textile industry produced 92 million tons of textile waste annually, with the majority of discarded garments ending up in landfills or incinerated, further contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and environmental degradation.
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. If you are looking to add content, please specify exactly where it should be added. Tollens (talk) 06:21, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 April 2023
Zara, a massive worldwide clothing retailer and trailblazer of 'fast fashion' fundamentals give verification concerning the diversity of ways in which retailers source worldwide. There's the presumption in light of the current seminal shift within the culture of design from haute couture and ready-to-wear to fast fashion, and report that the expanded diversity and fashionability related to design, represented on behalf of Zara, have shifted the ultimate balance of competitive advantage particularly. Resource firms in nations such as Morroco, India, and Turkey have picked up the competence to manufacture unique high-quality pieces of clothing with the desired mobility, and at great speeds, the company Zara has turned to source from these nations. Tokatli, Nebahat. “Global Sourcing: Insights from the Global Clothing Industry—the Case of Zara, a Fast Fashion Retailer.” Journal of Economic Geography, vol. 8, no. 1, 2008, pp. 21–38. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/26161238. Accessed 20 Apr. 2023. Conlanlily (talk) 04:22, 20 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Not an edit request. Roxy the dog 05:09, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Section on social media seems to contain odd language
"In recent years, fast fashion retailers have taken on a new approach to reach their consumers. Initially, social media's sole purpose was to act as a platform that allowed people to connect with other users around the world. However, people started to realize that there is more to social media than just sharing pictures with your family and friends. Social media has become a way for retailers to promote their products and impact consumer behavior."

It doesn't seem necessary to me to describe what social media's initial role was, and the phrase "people started to realise that there is more to social media than just sharing pictures with your family and friends". At the absolute least that should read "their" rather "your". But, further, I reckon the entire thing could just be shortened to "fast fashion retailers have taken to using social media to promote their products or influence consumer behavior" or something like that. RotAndAssimilate (talk) 16:47, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Recommend removing section on recycling and design solutions
The sections on recycling and design solutions are not super relevant. They are very poorly cited and they can't be backed up very well. They also contain information that comes off as greenwashing. The section on design solutions is almost copies from the source. These practices it recommends are not common industry practices and don't have any backup. A better use of this article would be to cover greenwashing and link to the sustainable fashion article many more times, where the solutions are laid out more realistically. Colum52 (talk) 18:16, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
 * "Link[ing] to the sustainable fashion article many more times" is not the way to do it: please read WP:OVERLINKING. Everyone should be conscious of the notion that "solutions" is a terrible marketing word that has no place in the encyclopedia (for a humorous and yet serious essay, see WP:SOLUTIONS) Please be encyclopedic, precise, and thoughtful in your language. -  Julietdeltalima   (talk)  20:15, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
 * The "design solutions" section is almost copied and pasted from its source, which is not a reliable source. The example used in the recycling section is from a false H&M report, and it reads to anyone who knows about it as inaccurate and is an example of greenwashing. Colum52 (talk) 12:26, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

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July 2011, women working
The photo captioned "July 2011, women working" shows men working too. 193.242.214.5 (talk) 21:17, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

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