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Author Dana Thomas on the price of fast fashion

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Journalist and bestselling author Dana Thomas investigated the damage to our planet and the world's labor force by "fast fashion"—the mass production of trendy, inexpensive garments with lightning-quick turnaround—in her new book, Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and. The result? There is hope to be found in new and traditional methods of production and cutting-edge sustainable technologies, but only if we change the current practices.

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