Calls have been made for a tax to be placed on fast fashion products entering Ireland which has been described as “cheap rubbish that falls apart”.
It would follow a bill approved by the lower house of French parliament this week that will see cheap and discardable clothing hit with a €10 levy per garment by 2030.
The French Government is also considering other measures such as an advertising ban on low-cost fast fashion productswhich are often mass-produced in China.
On Lunchtime Live today, sustainability teacher Barbara Connolly said the proposed measures were “fantastic” and should be considered in Ireland.…
Velda Tan is one of those people who makes you feel like you’re speaking too quickly. We’re in a cafe chatting about her twenty decades in the Singapore fashion scene, and while my questions are coming fast and furious, the 36-year-old’s answers are measured, and her tone is gentle and thoughtful.
When she says that after eight years of running a fast fashion business, she felt like she was burned out and needed a break, you believe her. Not because you think she couldn’t keep up with fast fashion’s frenetic pace, but because you get an impression that someone like…