Vestiaire Collective adds Zara, H&M, Gap, Mango, Uniqlo to its fast fashion ban list

Second-hand resale platform Vestiaire Collective has stated that will probably be increasing its ban of fast fashion in a bid to additional its efforts of tackling waste in the trade.

Whereas in 2022, the ban impacted the likes of Boohoo, Fairly Little Factor, Asos and Shein, now the corporate will even be completely banning Hole, Zara, City Outfitters, Uniqlo, Mango, Benetton, Bershka, Oysho and H&M, amongst others, from its platform.

Just like the ban prior, the transfer comes forward of Black Friday and contributes to Vestiaire’s three-year plan to counter unsustainable practices in fashion and finally take away all fast fashion manufacturers from its providing.

The initiative sees Vestiaire work along with The Or Basis, which works in direction of elevating consciousness round clothes waste, significantly in Ghana the place a reported 15 million fashion objects arrive on the Kantamanto market each week.

This newest transfer was introduced in a letter on Vestiaire’s web site from founders Fanny Moizant and Sophie Hersan, who stated the rationale behind launching the ban was right down to hefty manufacturing and the rising quantity of textile waste.

The letter acknowledged: “Yearly, the fashion trade produces 100 billion clothes. Zara and H&M alone produce more than one billion clothes per yr.

“As we devour more and put on much less, 92 million tons of textile waste is discarded on a yearly foundation – most of it coming from fast fashion manufacturers. This is sufficient to fill the Empire State Constructing daily, and has a serious environmental and social impression.”

Vestiaire is as an alternative urging folks to “suppose first, purchase second”, a motion that it’s complementing with the introduction of a 400 euro voucher giveaway, obtainable for patrons to take part in by its social media website.