How to Use fast fashion in a Sentence

fast fashion

noun
  • How long has fast fashion been around and how fast is fast?
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
  • But over the last year or so, fast fashion has fallen out of style.
    Anne D'innocenzio, baltimoresun.com, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Much of the products sold on Shein and Temu are cheap and range from furniture to fast fashion.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Shoppers, however, still look to be buying plenty of fast fashion.
    Marc Bain, Quartzy, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Not shopping is helping me refine my taste, consume less and more thoughtfully, and to avoid fast fashion.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Advertisement Thus far the outcry against fast fashion has not put much of a dent in its popularity.
    Abigail Siatkowski, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Similar fast fashion brick-and-mortars are also fighting (and, at times, failing) to keep up with online and or direct-to-consumer brands.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Forever 21, the fast fashion clothing chain, filed for bankruptcy protection.
    Petra Cahill, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2019
  • By the mid-90s, Stephanie Judith Tanner had matured from a sassy little girl with blonde curls into a tween who loved fast fashion—and even faster friends.
    Tierney McAfee, Country Living, 31 Aug. 2019
  • This is meant to help Zalando compete with online retailers like China’s Shein, which focus on fast fashion and lower prices.
    Cathrin Schaer, WWD, 6 Aug. 2024
  • There’s a growing awareness that our insatiable demand for stuff, whether that’s fast fashion, children’s toys, or new furniture, is fueling an environmental nightmare.
    Annaliese Griffin, Quartz, 1 Sep. 2019
  • The looks are often a mix of pricier items and fast fashion.
    Madison Malone Kircher, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The pieces are built to last—and to combat the ever-growing wave of fast fashion.
    Lise Nielsen, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 July 2023
  • One of the arguments against fast fashion is that it’s not built to last.
    Faran Krentcil, ELLE, 20 Dec. 2022
  • In the age of TikTok micro-trends and fast fashion, trying is how to break through the noise.
    José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The trend of celebrities wearing something once and the rise of fast fashion go hand in hand, says Holmes.
    Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2021
  • At the low, fast fashion end of the industry, promises have been made.
    Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2020
  • And with the rise of fast fashion, the amount of secondhand clothing has become a scourge.
    Paula Rogo, Vogue, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Shein has grabbed the largest share of the fast fashion market in the U.S., at over 50%, according to Temu’s complaint.
    Zen Soo, Fortune, 19 July 2023
  • In fast fashion, people buy something, wear it seven times, and then toss it in the garbage.
    Emily Farra, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2021
  • The crisis of fast fashion, and how to solve it, is rife for debate and discussion.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 27 Jan. 2023
  • These are the consequences of living in an era of easy access to fast fashion.
    Lisa Wood Shapiro, refinery29.com, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Slow fashion, on the other hand, is the opposite of fast fashion.
    Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Critics said the green mission didn’t match the practices of boohoo, since the brand is known as a fast fashion company.
    Kaitlyn Huamani, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
  • The rise of fast fashion (fuelled by the rise of consumerism) has given way to massive amounts of pollution and waste.
    refinery29.com, 31 Mar. 2020
  • In retail, fast fashion giant Shein is set to go public this year.
    Bruce Gil, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The climb of Kohl’s Plenty of ink has been spilled about the death of the department store, mainly thanks to the onset of fast fashion and online shopping.
    Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Low prices and high speed are two of fast fashion’s distinguishing marks.
    Marc Bain, Quartzy, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Driving all of these things is the corrosive effect of fast fashion.
    Kristin Larson, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2020
  • For $5 to $10, customers could snag crop tops from fast fashion brands like Pretty Little Thing or Zara.
    Morgan Sung, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2022

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