Fast Fashion and the Culture Industry
The Fast Fashion Infographic was designed from scratch, using Adobe Draw and Adobe Illustrator. The goal of my project was to explore the phenomenon of fast fashion through the lens of the culture industry. It responds to the question of whether an innate human desire for change is to blame, or whether the need for a constant refresh of material goods was instilled by capitalist leaders of the fashion industry. By looking at the characteristics of fast fashion (its speed and reproductive nature) as well as the implications of these characteristics (on the goods produced, for those who produce it, and on the environment), the infographic applies an understanding of the culture industry to better explain the causes of this harmful state of the fashion industry.