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Op-Ed | The Radical Act of Curbing Consumption

Disconnecting from fashion’s hype cycle is the most effective way to both curb the industry’s environmental impact and develop a better relationship with our clothes, writes Alec Leach.
Young Men carry a shopping haul in yellow bags from British department store Selfridges.
Big shopping hauls reflect the overconsumption at the heart of fashion's terrible impact on the planet. (Richard Baker via Getty Images)
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  • Alec Leach

Fashion has an overconsumption problem and we all know it. It’s not just the horrifying images of clothes clogging Ghana’s

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