fast fashion
noun
: an approach to the design, creation, and marketing of clothing fashions that emphasizes making fashion trends quickly and cheaply available to consumers
For many shoppers, Primark has an irresistible offer: trendy clothes at astonishingly low prices. The result is a new and even faster kind of fast fashion, which encourages consumers to buy heaps of items, discard them after a few wears and then come back for another batch of new outfits.—
The Economist
The EconomistCompetition is fierce at every end of the fashion spectrum from luxury to fast fashion.—Nedra Rhone
Nedra RhoneIn 1985, we bought roughly 31 clothing items per year; now [in 2012] we snap up twice that many thanks to "fast fashion."—Azeen Ghorayshi
—usually hyphenated when used before another nounAzeen Ghorayshifast-fashion chains/retailers
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Western economies got flooded with bargain electronics, plastic stuff and fast fashion, while our working-class communities became hollowed-out husks of their former selves.
—Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
Most fast fashion items are made cheaply in other countries and shipped to the U.S.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Case in point: While fast fashion shops like SHEIN and Forever 21 unsurprisingly don’t fare well, neither do luxury purveyors like Chanel, Loewe and Versace.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
Real quick Prices are going up at fast fashion sites Shein, Temu.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
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Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
Most fast fashion items are made cheaply in other countries and shipped to the U.S.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Case in point: While fast fashion shops like SHEIN and Forever 21 unsurprisingly don’t fare well, neither do luxury purveyors like Chanel, Loewe and Versace.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
Real quick Prices are going up at fast fashion sites Shein, Temu.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Fast fashion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fast%20fashion. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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