Véronique Hyland
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Fast fashion vs. Trump: why women may pay more in the tariff wars
People have remarked that there's been an overall decline in clothing quality, or that when they're getting vintage pieces, even sometimes from a specific brand, the quality is better than before. the newer and people talking about relying on natural fibers like wool and cotton more, looking at tags very closely to see if things will last.
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Fast fashion vs. Trump: why women may pay more in the tariff wars
It'll be interesting to see how potential tariffs impact all of this if things get even more expensive because there have been rumblings about that in both fashion and beauty and obviously other realms too. I wonder if that'll push people more towards either secondhand or lower priced alternatives.
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Fast fashion vs. Trump: why women may pay more in the tariff wars
Emma Chamberlain, who's one of the biggest influencers, she became known in part for her thrift hauls. And she just threw out 95% of her wardrobe.
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Fast fashion vs. Trump: why women may pay more in the tariff wars
I was seeing people sometimes refer to it as underconsumption core. And I thought, well, this is something that a lot of people have been doing for a long time because there are people who are doing no buy January or even no buy years. And then there are sort of more low buy or shop your closet, as we called it during the recession.