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Glitz, Glamour & Garbage: Why Fashion Week Needs to Clean Up Its Act

With scrutiny on fashion’s environmental impact mounting, the excess of major fashion weeks is increasingly at odds with the public commitments of major brands to operate more sustainably.
Construction of the opulent set for Dior's Spring/Summer 2016 show | Source: Getty Images
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  • Sarah Kent

LONDON, United Kingdom

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