Fast Fashion

Series

Question Time

Where

The Wheeler Centre

When

Tuesday, 19 Sep 2017, 06:15pm - 07:15pm

Event Status

Past event

But we’re starting to see a backlash. Many consumers are wising up to some of the unscrupulous labour practices of fast fashion outlets and to the massive amounts of waste this consumption model generates. In Australia, Topshop has gone into voluntary administration. Is fast fashion going out of fashion?

In this Question Time discussion, our panel will take questions on the issue from all angles. Does the fast fashion business model preclude ethical or sustainable practices? How might a backlash affect retail workers here in Australia as well as textile workers in developing countries? What are the alternatives to fast fashion and who can afford them?

Featuring

Featuring

Madeleine Morris

Madeleine Morris is a Melbourne-based reporter for ABC television’s 7.30. She was formerly a presenter for the BBC in London and reported from dozens of countries before returning to her native Australia. She is the author of Guilt-Free Bottle-Feeding: Why Your Formula-Fed Baby Can Grow ... Read more

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Jessica Perrin

Jessica Perrin is a co-founder of Not My Style, an app that rates fashion brands on how transparent they are about the women and men who make our clothes. She was formerly the Head of Global Programs at the Thomson Reuters Foundation in London, and now resides in Melbourne. ... Read more

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Clare Press

Clare Press is a sustainable fashion expert, author and podcaster. With a background in journalism, previously she was the world’s first Vogue sustainability editor. Her podcast, Wardrobe Crisis, based on her 2016 book of the same name, is now in its 9th series. Her fourth book, Wear Nex... Read more

@MrsPress

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Clara Vuletich

Clara Vuletich is a designer, consultant and educator who has worked in the sustainable fashion and textiles space for ten years. She has a design PhD in sustainable fashion/textiles with the MISTRA Future Fashion research programme (Sweden/UK), and has consulted with brands including H&M, VF... Read more

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Rebecca Hard

Rebecca Hard has been general manager of Sussan for four years, prior to which she worked as the brand’s national retail operations manager. In total, Rebecca has worked in the Sussan Group for more than 16 years – serving in senior roles at Sportsgirl until 2008. ... Read more