Joy in French Magazine on Fast Fashion

The French magazine L’Express is widely read as magazines go. I was asked to give comments on fast fashion. An interview with me has been published in French at

Le regard de l’économiste Joy Buchanan sur Shein : “Les détracteurs de la fast fashion oublient souvent ses avantages sociaux”

Idées: Alors que Shein provoque une controverse nationale en France, l’économiste américaine invite à un regard nuancé sur la fast fashion, rappelant que le trop-plein de vêtements est un problème très récent dans l’histoire humaine.

Ideas: While Shein is causing a national controversy in France, the American economist urges a more nuanced view of fast fashion, reminding us that the overabundance of clothing is a very recent problem in human history.

I enjoyed talking with their reporter Thomas Mahler (kindly for me, in English). He informed me that French politicians are proposing to ban Shein from the country, meanwhile millions of people in France shop through Shein regularly.

Much overlap with my article: Fast Fashion, Global Trade, and Sustainable Abundance

Forget not that I also am featured in a French economics textbook for my drawing of a fat mouse. Vive la France!

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