THE GLOBALIZATION OF FASHION walk down any shopping street in a big city and you'll see big names such as zara. H&M. Gap, or Nike A dress bought from one of these stores will be exactly the same as in another store halfway around the world. Indeed, tashion is one of the most globalized industries, with giant retailers who can create new designs, send them to be manufactured and then distributed to stores around the phone call. world-all with the click of a mouse or a simple For consumers in developed countries, globalization means an abundance of choice This is the era of"fast fashion," where designs can go from the design board to factories to stores in two weeks It is also"fast" in the sense that it takes less time for trends to come and go. Historically, the price of clothes has never to been lower and this, combined with the ever-changing stock, encourages people follow the latest fashions and change their wardrobes more frequently. However, the speed and low price of fashion can come at a cost For consumers. it may result in poor quality fabrics and badly made clothes that tall apart after being worn several times. Then there is a much heavier cost-one that involves the people who actually make the clothes Many big multinational companies do not sign with manufacturers to produce manufacture goods, but contracts factories in these factories manufacturers then source and engage poverty is high, an hour countries for and cutting, Because cents can exploit the workers and pay them wages that are as low as 23 A government investigation into factories manufacturing Zara revealed that it cost Inditex(the company that owns zara to manufacture a pair jeans selling at $126. This S1 14 doesn't go straight to the worker