Fast Fashion (Beginner)

Possible new words to use:

• Fast Fashion: An approach to clothing production that emphasizes quick turnaround from design to retail, often involving low-cost materials and labor.

• Sustainable: Using resources in a way that preserves the environment and avoids depletion, ensuring the needs of the present are met without compromising the ability of future generations.

• Ethical: Relating to principles of right and wrong conduct, especially in terms of fairness and honesty.

• Production: The process of making or manufacturing goods for sale, often involving various stages like design, manufacturing, and distribution.

• Environment: The surroundings in which organisms live, including air, water, land, and other living organisms.

• Impact: The effect or influence of one thing on another; in this context, how fast fashion affects the environment.

• Advantages: Conditions or circumstances that put someone in a favorable or superior position.

• Disadvantages: Conditions or circumstances that put someone at a disadvantage or in an unfavorable position.

• Inexpensively: In a way that is low in cost or price; not expensive.

• Participate: To take part in or become involved in an activity or event.

• Swaps: Exchanges where people trade items, such as clothes, with each other.

• Second-hand: Previously owned or used by someone else; not new.

• Negative Impact: Unfavorable effects or consequences, especially those that harm the environment or society.

• Aware: Having knowledge or perception of a situation or fact.

• Practices: The customary or established ways of doing things; in this context, the methods and behaviors of fashion brands.

Questions:

1. What is fast fashion, and how is it different from other types of clothing production?

2. Can you name some popular fast fashion brands that you are familiar with?

3. How does fast fashion impact the environment?

4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of buying clothes from fast fashion brands?

5. Why do some people prefer to buy from sustainable or slow fashion brands instead of fast fashion?

6. How often do you buy new clothes, and where do you usually shop?

7. In your opinion, why do fast fashion brands produce clothes so quickly and inexpensively?

8. Have you ever participated in clothing swaps or second-hand shopping? Why or why not?

9. What changes could be made in the fashion industry to reduce its negative impact on the environment?

10. Do you think people should be more aware of the ethical practices of the fashion brands they support? Why or why not?