Marie Ulväng: "Maybe fast fashion is a parenthesis"

"Maybe fast fashion is a parenthesis," Marie Ulväng told BBC Culture on April 1. "Maybe, later, we'll return to the wiser approach we had before." Perhaps, our brief love affair with fast fashion is about to end.

A bodice in the 1700s could become a dress in the 1820s. Photo: Marie Ulväng
Garments were once so expensive that they were remade several times – a bodice in the 1700s could become a dress in the 1820s. Photo: Marie Ulväng

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