US EditionFrench Legislation to Rein in Fast Fashion Faces Crucial Test in Senate
- France's Senate debated the fast fashion bill on Monday to regulate environmentally harmful, low-quality clothing, many imported from China.
- The bill follows the National Assembly's March 2024 adoption and aims to reduce environmental damage amid rising imports and textile waste.
- The law defines fast fashion by production speed and poor repair incentives, requires companies to disclose environmental costs, and imposes sanctions based on impact.
- Senators removed the eco-labelling system, favoring penalties tied to e-commerce platform practices, while Senator Sylvie Valente Le Hir condemned “Chinese giants of ultra-fast fashion” for unfair competition.
- NGOs warn the diluted bill risks being an “empty shell, without any deterrent effect,” and call for monitoring Shein's alleged lobbying to restore key measures.
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Lutra fast fashion asphyxiates the planet and the government releases the claws. Primark, an Irish fashion designer at low prices, defends his model. Fast fashion brand like Zara or H&M, of course, but be careful not to put it in the same bag as Shein and Temu.
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While the fast fashion, and its production model deemed excessive and extremely polluting, is flooding the textile market in France, the Senate is looking at this Monday at a law intended to frame it. But many...
DECRYPTAGE - At a time when the Senate is considering a bill to regulate the "fast fashion", some of the French fully claim their purchases on platforms such as Shein or Temu. Their arguments oppose social and environmental criticism.
Experts sound alarm over brutal working conditions behind Shein's fashion empire: 'Hundreds of thousands of people work in this sector'
Workers in Guangzhou are putting in 12-hour days, six to seven days a week, to keep up with the relentless pace of fast fashion giant Shein's production demands, reported Le Monde. What's happening? Behind the trendy clothes that cost just a few dollars lies a production system pushing both people and planet to the brink. Dong, a 21-year-old worker, starts her days at 8 a.m. local time and finishes at 10 p.m. with just two one-hour breaks. She h…
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