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52 / Lifestyle
Fashionable and fashion business models that pro-
Sustainable vides inexpensive garments of the
love fast fashion, but I have latest trends, encouraging frequent
to throw away many clothes and excessive consumption among
“I every six months,” says consumers. “
Shum Man-yin, a Year 2 student Being trendy, however, leaves I'm regretful every-
studying history at the Chinese Uni- Shum in a dilemma. As much as she
versity of Hong Kong. cares about trends, she is also con- time I throw away
Shum, like any other girl of her cerned about textile waste in Hong my clothes. But I
age, loves shopping Kong. “It (fast-fashion clothing) is
from Zara, cheap but poor in quality. I always have to because it's
a Spanish buy a lot but don’t wear them much,” hard to manage my
fast-fashion shares Shum. She tries to buy less
brand, to now and makes it a habit of putting wardrobe
keep up away unwanted clothes into recy-
with the lat- cling bins placed in the community.
est trend. ”
Fast fashion A New Choice
Shum Man-yin
is one of the Keeping up with fashion trends
