8 Fast Fashion Documentaries You Need to Know About
Fast Fashion has changed the way we consume fashion. As we all know, this comes with a lot of hidden costs and impact on the environment, as well as a negative impact on workers in the garment industry. Today, we would like to give you a simple guide on our favourite fashion documentaries which can help you to educate yourself about the truth behind Fast Fashion and the major issues that the fashion industry contributes to.
We hope these can inspire you to be more thoughtful in your everyday choices and to make a change.
1.The True Cost (2015)
The True Cost is a documentary film exploring the impact of fashion on people and the planet. Storyline: This is a story about clothing. It's about the clothes we wear, the people who make them, and the impact the industry is having on our world. The price of clothing has been decreasing for decades, while the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically. The True Cost is a groundbreaking documentary film that pulls back the curtain on the untold story and asks us to consider, who really pays the price for our clothing?
Click here to watch the documentary.
2. Luxury: Behind the Mirror of High End Fashion
This investigative documentary by DW looks behind the shiny facade of luxury fashion. Shot with a hidden camera, it shows the brutal conditions in Chinese fur farms, and how migrants are exploited in Italian tanneries.
Click here to watch the documentary.
3. River Blue
This documentary talks about the most serious, and perhaps the most worrying, consequence of fast fashion, water pollution. It follows river conservationist, Mark Angelo, for three years, as he takes a journey around the world to document the devastating impact the fashion industry has had on our water resources. To put things into perspective, it takes about 2,700 litres of water to produce one cotton shirt.
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4. The Next Black
'The Next Black' is a documentary film that explores the future of clothing. Watch as we meet with some of the most innovative companies on the planet to get their opinion on clothing and its future, including heroes of sustainability, Patagonia; tech-clothing giants, Studio XO; sportswear icon, adidas and Biocouture, a consultancy exploring living organisms to grow clothing and accessories.
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5. Made in Bangladesh
A lot of our clothes bear the label ‘Made in Bangladesh’. However, before the deadly collapse of a garment factory , most of us never thought about the people who make them. After clothes bound for Canada were found in the rubble of Rana Plaza, Canadian companies reacted with surprise - how could such a tragedy happen?
The fifth estate’s Mark Kelley went to Bangladesh and tracked down workers who say they are still forced to make clothes for Canada in dangerous conditions. Kelley goes behind bars for an exclusive interview with the jailed owner of one of the biggest factories inside Rana Plaza, who details his long-standing, multi-million dollar connections to Canada.
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6. The Conscience of Clothing
This documentary gives you an introduction to the topic of textile supply chains - especially to those of you who have not yet dealt with the question where our clothes actually come from.
In each new episode, the two protagonists Willy and Helen meet people from Cambodia who bring along quite different experiences with the fashion industry and tell their story.
Click here to watch the first episode.
7. The Clothes We Wear
New collections are arriving on the market at an ever increasing rate - many of them at rock-bottom prices. If you believe the information campaigns run by some of the textile giants, consumers can now buy with a clear conscience. It’s become trendy for clothing labels to tout their green credentials, advertising eco-friendly labels allegedly made according to strict environmental standards.
But is it all genuine? Two reporters go undercover to find out what’s really happening in the textile factories where many clothes destined for the European market are made. They discover the extent of the environmental devastation caused by the industry and how companies are making a profit from the fact that sustainability sells.
Click here to watch the documentary.
8. Minimalism
MINIMALISM: A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE IMPORTANT THINGS examines the many flavors of minimalism by taking the audience inside the lives of minimalists from all walks of life—families, entrepreneurs, architects, artists, journalists, scientists, and even a former Wall Street broker—all of whom are striving to live a meaningful life with less.
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How Kleiderly Contributes
We at Kleidelry always stay up to date with the latest news in the Fashion industry and try to educate our team and our followers and talk about the issues of fast Fashion and try to fix this problem with our products.
