Many people don't actually realize how detrimental buying from retailers can be. A lot of the cheap-and sometimes not so cheap- accessible clothing we buy in malls and online use unsustainable labor practices, such as wasting valuable fabric that used a lot of emissions in being created. The textile industry produces nearly 1.2 billion tons of CO2 emissions! Also, a lot of clothing that is still quality is thrown away in the landfill instead of being reused or given to someone who is not as fortunate! If you want to learn more about this, here's a good article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-017-0058-9

I agree, the textile industry is not environmentally friendly. To help solve this problem be sure to use or buy as many second-hand clothes and shoes as possible.

Totally agree and not to mention some big fashion designers use fox fur which is a huge threat to fox population.

I agree, so many people buy huge amounts of clothing at cheap prices and create so many emissions, just to give them away in a few months.

I agree as well the fast-fashion industry is bad for the environment. We should buy the clothing we need from second hand stores and donate our clothes when they are still in decent condition (if they are not in great condition(stiches coming undone, rips/tear,...) then if you have decent sewing skills you could even fix them or alter them so you or someone else can keep wearing them) to those second hand stores or even use something called freecycle or something similar to donate clothes for free. That way instead of them sitting around in a thrift store and eventually being thrown away someone who needs it can get it for free.
Also did you know that clothes used to be so much more durable and long lasting, for example tights which now break at one touch used to be able to tow a truck.

Something else to think about with this topic is the harm the making of these cheap clothing items have on the enviroment. In a news story today posted by CBC (a respected news station in Canada) they identified high levels of harmful chemicals like lead in clothing sold by cheap fast fashion online shops. We have to think about not just the harm that these chemicals are doing to the people wearing this clothing but also to the harm that it's doing to the people making the clothes (often low wage employees touching and breathing in toxins) and the effect on the environment (like the rivers the chemicals are being washed into and the landfills extra fabric is being dumped in.)

I approve and support!  Many people buy clothes from the fashion industry without realizing that there are far too many clothing items in the consumer's closet.