FAST FASHION IN BANGLADESH


                   FAST FASHION IN BANGLADESH 

                          Shohorat Mahapara Purnata

                                                  

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Merriam-Webster describes fast fashion as inexpensive clothing produced rapidly by mass-market retailers in response to the latest trends. Bangladesh is the world's second-largest producer of readymade garments. Therefore, a significant share of fast fashion is produced in Bangladesh. Fast fashion is controlled by demand. We can start from first-world countries to third-world countries like India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. The need for fast fashion is increasing with every moment passing by. The fast fashion industry must supply products quickly before the shops run out of trend. As the demand is rising, Bangladesh is supposed to control fast fashion by order. However, the impact of this trend upon not only Bangladesh but the entire world is disastrous, especially for climate change. Quickly, clothing is bought, used, and thrown away within a month, leading to massive waste. Even after sending the used ones for reuse in Africa, the Global South is still a dumpsite.

Nonetheless, the figure is only 10 to 30 percent. The rest are a waste. It leads us to the question of how many raw materials we waste to produce these clothes and the waste we make while making them, only to do it all over again. We all know how Bangladesh is being affected by climate change and the contribution of the garments industry to it. However, as a country dependent upon garment exports, we have no choice but to participate in this dirty game of making waste that brings disastrous consequences. But how long can we keep doing it, and where does it end? Climate change is already making our lives unbearable with floods, storms, heat, and drought; almost every year, we know better than everyone the importance of protecting our nature and home; however, in this global game of wastage where the first FAST FASHION IN BANGLADESH Merriam-Webster describes fast fashion as inexpensive clothing produced rapidly by mass-market retailers in response to the latest trends. Bangladesh is the world's second-largest producer of readymade garments. Therefore, a significant share of fast fashion is produced in Bangladesh. Fast fashion is controlled by demand. We can start from first-world countries to third-world countries like India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. The need for fast fashion is increasing with every moment passing by. The fast fashion industry must supply products quickly before the shops run out of trend. As the demand is rising, Bangladesh is supposed to control fast fashion by order. However, the impact of this trend upon not only Bangladesh but the entire world is disastrous, especially for climate change. Quickly, clothing is bought, used, and thrown away within a month, leading to massive waste. Even after sending the used ones for reuse in Africa, the Global South is still a dumpsite. Nonetheless, the figure is only 10 to 30 percent. The rest are a waste.


It leads us to the question of how many raw materials we waste to produce these clothes and the waste we make while making them, only to do it all over again. We all know how Bangladesh is being affected by climate change and the contribution of the garments industry to it. However, as a country dependent upon garment exports, we have no choice but to participate in this dirty game of making waste that brings disastrous consequences.


But how long can we keep doing it, and where does it end? Climate change is already making our lives unbearable with floods, storms, heat, and drought; almost every year, we know better than everyone the importance of protecting our nature and home. However, in this global game of wastage where the world's countries are the big players, there is no other option but to work together and end this disastrous trend of "Fast fashion."

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