Debenhams sale, the Dorothy Perkins number you bought with your first pay cheque or some longed-for Topshop trophy worn with pride and inadvisable heels, the loss of so many retail giants last week has given millions of shoppers a moment’s pause.
Over the past three decades, the fast fashion machine has turned once-loved British brands into something flimsy, toxic and ultimately unsustainable – whether for the planet, for the millions of garment workers around the world trapped in poverty (Arcadia cancelled £100m worth of orders earlier this year for cancelled orders, let’s not forget), or for the 25,000 retail workers who have lost their livelihoods and pensions this week (however much schadenfreude Phillip Green might personally.
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