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May 2023
36m 24s

minimalism (part 3: fashion)

Emma Chamberlain
About this episode
today we're going to be discussing minimalism in fashion. fast fashion is the business model of replicating recent high fashion design trends, mass producing them at low cost, and bringing them to retail stores quickly while demand is at its highest. trend cycles are insanely fast nowadays, and fast fashion is thriving because a lot of people want to partici ... Show More
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