Episode 177: #Girlboss, Feminist Tees, & Other Desperate Acts, How fast fashion changed everything (part 3)

<p>In part three of three, Amanda explores fast fashion 1.0 and 3.0 through the lens of her career:</p><ul> <li>How the industry uses things like #Girlboss, feminist tees, and cause marketing to sell you more stuff.</li> <li>When fast fashion becomes desperate and starts embracing greenwashing and new revenue streams like rental and resale.</li> <li>WTF is the de minimus rule and how is it benefitting fast fashion 3.0?</li> </ul><p>We'll be talking a lot about Shein and its peers.</p><p><br><strong>Additional reading:<br></strong><a href="https://jezebel.com/after-months-of-reported-dysfunction-nasty-gal-lays-of-1757169251">"After Months of Reported Dysfunction, Nasty Gal Lays Off 19 Employees,"</a> Anna Merlan, Jezebel.<strong><br></strong><a href="https://jezebel.com/everything-really-hit-rock-bottom-how-nasty-gals-cultu-1711454805">"'Everything Really Hit Rock Bottom': How Nasty Gal's Culture Went Nasty,"</a> Anna Merlan, Jezebel.<br><a href="https://jezebel.com/how-modcloth-strayed-from-its-feminist-beginnings-and-e-1793561519">"How ModCloth Strayed From Its Feminist Beginnings and Ended Up a Walmart Property," </a>Anna Merlan, Jezebel.<br><a href="https://www.voguebusiness.com/consumers/after-reconsidering-free-returns-fashion-brands-get-creative#:~:text=Returns%20of%20online%20fashion%20orders,Yet%2C%20customer%20loyalty%20is%20fragile.">"After reconsidering free returns, fashion brands get creative,"</a> Maliha Shoaib, Vogue Business.<br><a href="https://www.thefashionlaw.com/urban-outfitters-cannot-escape-le-totes-trade-secret-claims-over-copycat-rental-venture-nuuly/">"Urban Outfitters Cannot Escape Le Tote’s Trade Secret Claims Over 'Copycat' Rental Biz,"</a> The Fashion Law.<br><a href="https://www.voanews.com/a/packages-from-china-are-surging-into-us-some-say-800-duty-free-limit-was-mistake/7152380.html#:~:text=Congress%20raised%20the%20U.S.%20government's,and%20685%20million%20last%20year.">"Packages From China Are Surging Into US; Some Say $800 Duty-Free Limit Was Mistake,"</a> Associated P