What is going on with fast fashion?
The latest trends can now be bought quickly and cheaply - but what is the impact?
The way we buy clothes has massively changed over the past decade - it鈥檚 now cheaper and quicker to buy fashionable clothes with the growth of 鈥榝ast fashion鈥�.
So what is it? And is there more to it than making a quick purchase and staying on trend?
Hannah Gelbart is joined by Sophie Eastaugh, who鈥檚 covered the topic for the 大象传媒's Climate Question.
Favour Nunoo, a 大象传媒 Reporter in Ghana, gives us a glimpse into what happens to some of the clothes that get thrown away, and how they end up at Kantamanto market, in Accra.
Fair fashion campaigner and influencer Venetia La Manna gives her view on how shoppers should change their habits.
Plus 大象传媒 Monitoring鈥檚 Samuel Murunga explains what鈥檚 behind the TikTok ban in Senegal.
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Presenter: Hannah Gelbart
Producers: Julia Ross Roy, Benita Barden & Emily Horler
Editors: Verity Wilde and Simon Peeks
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