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The clearance section of a Forever 21. Convenience of fast fashion comes with the price of an expanding carbon footprint. JULIA HEMING/THE STATESMAN

How the price of fashion may cost us our planet

Amaya McDonald April 24, 2022
Refraining from shopping or buying one top from a fast fashion company will not necessarily make or break our climate crisis, but the more we work together to adjust our practices, the more businesses will take note.
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Special exhibition in the Museum for European Cultures on fashion production. MEDEA7/CC BY-SA 3.0

Fast fashion: The trendy era of a debilitating planet

Sasha Kagan March 3, 2022
#OPINION: The fast fashion industry serves as an outlet for cheap and trendy clothing, seemingly an ideal resort, but one fostering many environmental hazards.
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My Bloody Valentine album cover for Loveless released in 1991. PUBLIC DOMAIN

Only Shallow Fashion: Breaking Down My Bloody Valentine’s Unexpected Supreme Line

Ethan Tam May 22, 2020
The popular streetwear brand was launching a collaborative clothing line with My Bloody Valentine, available online only on April 23.
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Sustainable Fashion is on the Rise as Forever 21 Nears its End

Sustainable Fashion is on the Rise as Forever 21 Nears its End

Xenia Gonikberg September 29, 2019
Popular teen clothing brand Forever 21 is on track to file for bankruptcy within the next year. Known for its loud patterns and trendy styles, fast fashion creates clothing that is made cheaply and quickly, typically catering towards teens and young adults
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Senior business management and marketing major Alec Simione owns Critic Clothing, an up and coming clothing line speacializing in streetwear. PHOTO COURTESY OF ALEC SIMIONE

Student-owned streetwear line Critic Clothing gains popularity

Thomas James March 27, 2017
Alec Simione is a Stony Brook student whose company, Critic Clothing, is rising through the ranks of the streetwear industry.
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The summer of skin: Why too-little clothing isnt a problem

The summer of skin: Why too-little clothing isn’t a problem

Sophia Ricco April 26, 2016
To those people who are against exposing skin, I say let people choose for themselves how they want to dress (or not dress for that matter).
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Hong, above, said that her favorite designer is Alexander McQueen because of his dramatic, yet majestic styles. PHOTO CREDIT: MATT BARNEY

Student Spotlight: Becky Hong the fashion guru

Jessica Carnabuci May 13, 2015
Fashion was always something that Becky Hong found interesting, but it was not until she studied abroad that she considered it as an option for her career.
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An ode to appropriate clothing

Christopher Leelum October 10, 2013
Too soon has October been prematurely suffocated by tight jeans or congested with hoodies. Sweatpants work like saunas at the first mention of the word “fall,” and long-sleeved shirts initiate insulation as soon as the leaves brown. The advent of autumn is inaccurately viewed as the point of no return for temperatures above 70. And thus the sacrifice of comfort for style is untimely, unfortunate and unnecessary.
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From dinner to the bedroom: what to wear on your date

Atiba Rogers February 10, 2013
Date night: A bodycon dress can hug curves for as low as $24.56 at asos.com, and looks great when worn with a pair of kitten heels.
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