Episode 175: "Lucky To Be Here," How fast fashion changed everything (part 1)

<p>In part one of three, Amanda explores the rise of fast fashion 1.0 through the lens of her career as a buyer:</p><ul> <li>How economic and social factors helped it blow up in the 2000s (and why millennials are "The Fast Fashion Generation").</li> <li>Its impact on workers throughout the world.</li> <li>How it altered both consumer behavior and our perception of price and value.</li> <li>The changes brands made in order to remain highly profitable while selling everything at a lower price.</li> </ul><p>And we'll learn who coined the term "fast fashion."</p><p><strong>Additional reading:<br></strong><br><a href="https://www.voguebusiness.com/fashion/debunking-the-dream-is-working-in-fashion-going-out-of-style-success-survey?utm_campaign=likeshopme&amp;utm_medium=instagram&amp;utm_source=dash%20hudson&amp;utm_content=www.instagram.com/p/Cw0BYG9tzLE/">"Is working in fashion going out of style?," </a>BELLA WEBB AND MALIHA SHOAIB, Vogue Business.<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2018/sep/02/academic-exposing-ugly-reality-high-fashion-giulia-mensitieri">"Chanel shoes, but no salary: how one woman exposed the scandal of the French fashion industry,"</a> Stefanie Marsh, The Guardian.<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/31/style/fashion-two-new-stores-that-cruise-fashion-s-fast-lane.html">"Fashion; Two New Stores That Cruise Fashion's Fast Lane,"</a> Anne-Marie Schiro, The New York Times, 1989.<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/13/news/swedish-outlet-chain-gambles-it-can-change-consumer-tastes-will-cheap.html?searchResultPosition=4">"Swedish Outlet Chain Gambles It Can Change Consumer Tastes : Will Cheap Chic Win Over Stylish French?,</a>" Joseph Fitchett, The New York Times (1988).<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/11/style/cheap-chic-draws-crowds-on-5th-ave.html?searchResultPosition=6">"'Cheap Chic' Draws Crowds on 5th Ave," </a>Ruth Ferla, The New York Times (2000).</p><p><strong>Special thanks to this episode's sponsor:<br></strong><a href="https://www.mixedcolor.n