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'Fast fashion' hotline wants to cure your shopping addiction

Get away from that store.

Online Reseller thredUP Teams Up with Stranger Things Star Priah Ferguson to Help Fast Fashion Lovers Buy Impulsively Cheap launched a new phone service designed to stop Clothing—many of which end up in landfills quickly.

ThredUP surveyed 2,000 of her Gen Z Americans and found that one-third of them were "addicted" to fast fashion. We launched this initiative because of what we feel. Most popular retailers such as Zara and Forever 21.

``Pria, you have reached the'Fast Fashion Confession Hotline'. This is what it means to say goodbye to fast fashion. Ferguson, 15, said in a recorded message played after a US caller dialed his 1-855-THREDUP.

"You and the earth deserve better," the actress continues, presenting callers with three different options she has.

Ferguson is seen promoting the new hotline in an ad for thredUP. The "Stranger Things" star has recorded a series of message for shopaholics who phone the number.
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Ferguson shot to fame after joining the cast of "Stranger Things" back in 2017.
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"If you're on the verge of splurge, girl's number. Press 1," Ferguson demanded, noting that the number is why fast fashion is bad. It leads to a lecture from the star.

When the caller presses her 2, Ferguson can be heard explaining why her shopping for recycling is a great alternative for the environment.

Meanwhile, pressing her 3 starlet shares her own fast fashion horror stories and has her callers put her clothes back on the rack.

Fast fashion clogs landfills and is widely known to be bad for the environment — but people can't stop shopping. A 2018 survey of 2,000 Brits found they were buying double the amount of clothes than they were just a decade before.
Fast fashion clogs landfills and is widely known to be bad for the environment, but people can't stop shopping. A 2018 survey found that people buy twice as much clothes as they did just 10 years ago.

"I was surprised at the number of people who said they were fully aware of their personal consumption habits and were actually following them despite their impact on the planet. Erin Wallace, thredUP's vice president of marketing for integration, told Vogue Business this week.

Many young people buy clothes for their social media feeds and discard the designs after wearing them only a few times. It often takes.

Laborers are seen working in a garment factory in southern Pakistan back in 2019. Fast fashion is cheap to make and sold at affordable price points.
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In 2018,The Post reported A survey of 2,000 Britons found that the majority of Britons are buying twice as many clothes as they were just ten years ago.

The survey also revealed that 1 in 10 of her respondents threw away the clothes after wearing them only 3 times in photos posted on Facebook and Instagram. I was.

On the other hand, one in five of her respondents admitted that she dumps unwanted couture into the trash rather than donating or recycling it.