Your new shirt looks good and it’s a bargain. You wear it a couple of times. You wash it a couple of times. The color starts to fade. The seams come apart. You throw it away. Fast fashion is cheap.

We've all been there. Scrolling through our favorite fast fashion site at 2 AM, adding plus-size pieces to our cart because they're only fifteen bucks each. It feels like winning the lottery. You're ...

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