Your new shirt looks good and it’s a bargain. You wear it a couple of times. You wash it a couple of times. The color starts to fade. The seams come apart. You throw it away. Fast fashion is cheap.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. In Beyond the Price Tag: The Dark Side of Luxury and Circular ...

A global supply chain built for speed is leaving behind waste, toxins, and a trail of environmental wreckage. The Atacama Desert in Chile is one of the most beautiful and forbidding places on earth, ...

ACCRA, Ghana — In a sprawling secondhand clothing market in Ghana’s capital, early morning shoppers jostle as they search through piles of garments, eager to pluck a bargain or a designer find from ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. This is the fourth article in the ongoing series exploring ...

Thrifting has revived old trends and aesthetics from multiple decades: low-rise jeans, hip-hop style and flares from the ...