Terry O'Neill: Why do consumers turn a blind eye to the costs of this industry? "I think so many modern day consumers are just so divorced from the reality of the labor that's poured into their clothes" The Triangle Shirtwaist fire killed 100 and forty six people, mostly young women and t h girls.
Fast fashion took over the apparel industry, but consumers are tiring of its poor labor and environmental standards. Vox’s Terry Nguyen explains.
Today’s show was produced by Amina Al-Sadi, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Haleema Shah.
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