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Some DU students know the cost of fast fashion and shop second-hand

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Keeping an article of clothing in your closet for nine months longer reduces its carbon footprint by 30%. [Photo by Kiera O’Neill]

Fast fashion has a secured a center-stage spot as a major contributor to climate change— according to an article published in The Guardian in 2018, the fashion industry as a whole contributes more to climate change than the aeronautical and shipping industries combined, and much of this is thanks to fast fashion.

Fast fashion as defined by Phillip Picardi, the Chief Content Officer of Teen Vogue, is a series of chain retailers who look at what high fashion is putting on the runway and recreate those styles extremely quickly and cheaply, putting them into a “see-now, buy-now” environment. The biggest examples of these chain retailers are ZARA, FashionNova, H&M, and Topshop. And they are successful. Fast fashion is the only segment of the fashion industry that has grown in the last 15 years. 

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University of Denver students are obligated to pay a significant amount of money for off-campus housing

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Katherine Kieley renews her lease for the 2020 year. [Photo by Anna DiFrancesco]

The University Of Denver off campus housing cost has been seeing an increase as rent rates have risen over the past five years, but students have no choice but to pay these expensive monthly rates, as the desire to live in close proximity to campus outweighs the cost of rent. 

In the past, Denver housing has seen a .1% increase in cost. However, this past year the cost of rent has increased by 2.5%. Average housing cost for a two bedroom apartment in the Denver area is approximately $1,340. At the University of Denver, most students live in either a house or an apartment off campus. 

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