The Clothing Quality Crisis Nobody Talks About

About this episode

Daria Andronescu explores the decline in clothing quality and the prevalence of plastic materials in fashion.

I walked into a mall for the first time in five years. I picked up a blazer at Zara. Plastic. Tried Mango. Plastic. Walked into a mid-range store, three times the price. Still, almost everything was made out of plastic fibres. I went home and started researching. What I found was worse than I expected. And one study in particular completely changed how I think about price and quality. In this episode, I'm breaking down what's actually happening to clothing quality, what the research says, and...

People in this episode

Host: Daria Andronescu

Topics covered

• clothing quality
• fashion industry
• sustainability
• consumer awareness
• material analysis

Keywords

• clothing quality
• fashion
• plastic fibers
• consumer research
• sustainability

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Zara, Mango

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