Fashion is fleeting, especially now. ⠀
Since mass market appeared in our lives, it seems that dreassing up has become more interesting and accessible. Many clothes from it are relatively cheap. If you are too lazy to go shopping, you can shop online.​ ⠀

But is it really so good?

Let's figure it out.
To be affordable clothing should be inexpensive. Therefore, companies that produce clothes choose low-quality fabrics to reduce costs. These are mostly synthetic fabrics. ⠀

The impact of synthetics on the human body

✔Synthetic fabrics have low hygroscopicity, as a result, skin pores get clogged, air circulation is disrupted and therefore, it is hot in summer and cold in winter in such clothes.

✔Synthetic clothes is accompanied by static electricity, the effect of which causes irritation on skin nerve terminals. Scientists have noticed that people who have synthetics in their wardrobes often suffer from nightmares, fatigue, aggression. ⠀

✔The most terrible and dangerous disadvantage of synthetic fabrics — high content of various chemicals. Volatile toxins remain on fabric forever, and even washing, ironing and drying cannot completely clean the fabric. Every day your body is under the influence of chemicals that cover your body, get into the respiratory tract, penetrate the body. ⠀

The impact of synthetics on the environment

The production of synthetic eliminates interaction with nature. For material to form, it does not get earth resources, does not receive solar energy, and is grown in the laboratory, which makes it completely far from living matter.

Most synthetic fabrics are produced literally from oil and gas, adding many chemical components.

Microplastics scrub from synthetics. ⠀
In the process of washing, microplastics get into water, sewer, then into water bodies and from there into fish, animals and humans.​ ⠀

The more people buy, the more often they get rid of clothes. Things, made of synthetic materials, decompose for decades, and the products of combustion are extremely toxic. CO2 emissions are much higher than those of other industries, causing great damage on the environment.

The world produces 100 billion pieces of clothing annually, and the volume of waste, including unsold clothing, reaches 92 million tons.

Luxury brands tend to burn unsold goods, they cannot let their clothes and accessories be available at a bargain price, as it will damage the exclusivity of the brand.

Clothing production in the Third World countries

Mass market brands produce clothes in the Third World countries. Factories have the hardest working conditions for eployees, there is no fire safety. In 2012, Tazreen Fashion Factory in Bangladesh caught fire, more than 100 employees were on fire. Right after that, the Rana Plaza building collapsed, killing more than a thousand people.

Child labour is used in production. For example, in Cambodia, a person is considered legally able to work from the age of 15, many businesses ignore this law and employ children from the age of 12. They have to drop out of school because their families live in poverty.

Regardless of the age of the employee, the average wage is about 50 cents a day.

According to UNICEF and the International Labour Organization, around 170 million children work in the garment industry worldwide. Workers are also forced to work overtime without pay increases, which means that mothers either have to leave their children alone or take them to work.

Many factories have so-called "day care", which is actually just a corner in which children wait for their mothers. There are no teachers or staff to look after them.

We are now getting convinced that thanks to modern technology, synthetics breathes, it is warm, easy to wash, crease-resistant, and it wears longer. However, this does not change the idea.

Despite signing an agreement to limit the use of harmful substances in the production of clothing, on which Greenpeace insists, many mass-market brands continue to sell things and accessories, in which lead contence exceeds acceptable limits.

We consume too much and too quickly, over the past 15 years, clothing sales around the world have doubled, and its life span has declined dramatically. We should buy less and wear clothes longer, not throw bags into a container, hoping that our things will be useful for someone else.