After a year in which fashion was heavily criticised for its environmental impact, we look back at the progress – or lack of it – made by the industry in 2019
Twenty nineteen was a year of reckoning for the fashion industry, during which it was forced to take stock of its waste, pollution, senseless burning of excess product, and exploitative business practices. But 12 months on, what has changed? Has there been any tangible improvement?
Well, yes and no. After all, this was the year when a £1 bikini went on sale in the name of “women’s empowerment”, a staggering piece of double-speak from its maker, the aptly named Missguided, which was criticised over the potential environmental and social costs of such a product.
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