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OPINION - We know fast fashion is wrong — why 11 years after Rana Plaza are we more addicted than ever?

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We are at a point in the fashion calendar where greenwashing starts to peak. My inbox is groaning with endless pitches promising innovation and thrills from so-called sustainable brands. Celebrate Earth Day with a T-shirt that will likely end up in landfill? No, thank you.

Today is also the start of week, which is marking its ten year anniversary. Its inception came a year after the horrific , Bangladesh, the notorious factory collapse in which

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