40) What It's Really Like Working for Fast Fashion | with Amanda McCarty of Clotheshorse

Amanda McCarty, the host of Clotheshorse and an experienced buyer in the fast fashion industry, is giving us an inside look at the practices used by the fast fashion industry and revealing the realities of working for fast fashion corporations.You'll hear about:How overproduction is part of fast fashion's business modelWhy most deals today are really just a delusionWhat drove the dramatic drop in quality of fashionWhat the toxic environment is like many fast fashion corporate officesHow Amazon is taking the fashion world by storm (but not in a good way...)And why small business is the futureHit play to hear Amanda pull back the curtain on the fast fashion industry! FULL SHOW NOTES & TRANSCRIPT:https://www.consciouslifeandstyle.com/amanda-mccarty-clotheshorse LINKS MENTIONED:#PayUp MovementThe Rana Plaza factory collapse (Article)The Amazon That Customers Don’t See (Article)EP22 Aja Barber on Colonialism, Consumerism, and Changing the Fashion Industry (Podcast) CONNECT WITH AMANDA & CLOTHESHORSE:WebsiteInstagram - @clotheshorsepodcastEmailClotheshorse Podcast CONNECT WITH ELIZABETH & CONSCIOUS STYLE:WebsiteInstagramPinterestYouTube SUBSCRIBE TO THE CONSCIOUS EDIThttps://www.consciouslifeandstyle.com/edit