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"It's people who buy expensive clothes to wear only once."

The hit reality TV  show Love Island has dropped I Saw It First and Missguided after facing publi...

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19.52 19 May 2022


"It's people who buy expensive clothes to wear only once."


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The hit reality TV  show Love Island has dropped I Saw It First and Missguided after facing public backlash for promoting fast fashion whilst on air over the summer. The ITV show has penned a deal with Ebay to kit out this year’s contestants in preloved clothing.

Geraldine Carton is Co-Founder of The Useless Project and Justin Cox Executive Producer of Dying to Clothe, A major feature length documentary on the human and environmental cost of the fashion industry joined Kieran to discuss the impacts of fast fashion.

 

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