consumption
Girlhood is big business. The ones who are best at it literally treat it as an occupation, modeling or taking suitably candid-looking pictures of themselves, recommending clothes and jewelry and books, going viral on TikTok. They’re performing a way of being that looks joyful, effortless, and adorable. It’s a performance that by definition has a... See more
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Gen Z has grown up worried about climate change. But despite their concern, they’re also huge consumers of fast fashion.
Clothing giant Shein has grown by 43% since 2022, driven in part by viral “hauls” and GRWM (get ready with me) videos.
Experts from @rmit call this an “attitude–behaviour... See more
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Vestiaire Collective, the world’s largest second hand luxury platform, just conducted the first and largest study of its kind on fast fashion and secondhand consumer habits. @vestiaireco just published their results, and some of the data is pretty compelling: fast fashion looks cheap–but it’s costing consumers more than they... See more
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The peak of consumerism as performance is Ye x Julia Fox “Date Night,” leading into Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga collab. Life x culture x art x commerce.
Ana Andjelic • Luxury x Culture
We have an overconsumption problem. It’s been forced on us by greedy companies, but regardless of whether or not we created the problem, we need to fix it.
Follow @commonsearth and @secondnatureearth for science-backed climate news, eco memes, and environmental education.
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