'To Die for' The british clothing market 10 shocking satistics

After reading a review on the book 'To Die for' by lucy Siegle which highlights Britain's attitude to
fashion and how the UK has become accustomed to buying mass produced cheap clothing. Fast Fashion is worthless and consumers need to take more time to consider where their clothing was made, who by and who long it took and realistically how long is it going to stay in their wardrobe?

The book highlights these statistics.

• 80 billion – Number of garments produced annually across the globe

• £23 billion – Amount spent on clothes and shoes in Britain in 1990

• £32.5 billion – Amount spent annually on clothes and shoes in Britain today

• 1.72 million – Amount in tonnes of brand new fashion consumed in the UK every year

• 1.5 million – Amount  in tonnes of  clothing that we throw away in Britain every year

• 4.1 – Average number of  items of clothing a shopper buys in the UK each month

• 10% – Drop in retail prices between 2003 and 2007

• 3 weeks - Time it takes a fast fashion retailer to get a design from concept to store

• 40% – Percentage of British clothes bought at value retailers

• 1 million – Items of clothing sold by Primark Oxford St in its first 10 days of trading.

In these hard times should the consumer think that it is up to the brand and manufactures to produce more quality british clothing without putting a high price tag on or should BritaIn change its attitude and buy less and save to buy quality over quantity. 


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