SMU’s Cairns Lab on textile waste
Learn how one lab on campus monitors textile waste through undergraduate and graduate research.
Learn how one lab on campus monitors textile waste through undergraduate and graduate research.
IN THIS SMU LOOK STYLE Report, Caroline McLaughlin takes us inside the world of fast fashion to show the environmental impact in Dallas. Take a look!
The dilemma of fast fashion
A plain white cotton T-shirt retails at American Apparel for $24. A similar white V-neck constructed from modal and cotton retails at Forever 21 for a sixth of the price. The cost of this price disparity is made possible by outsourcing labor to factories that hire workers for pennies.