快时尚品牌Forever 21在六年内第二次申请破产保护，并计划关闭所有美国门店，引发网络热议。公司将破产归咎于Shein和Temu等竞争对手，认为它们利用关税豁免政策，以更低的价格抢占市场。然而，Forever 21本身也是快时尚的一员，同样存在剥削劳工、破坏环境和鼓励过度消费等问题。数据显示，服装购买量大幅增加，但穿着时间却缩短，大量服装最终被送往垃圾填埋场，导致严重的人权问题。

🛍️Forever 21六年内第二次申请破产保护，计划关闭所有美国门店，这标志着一个时代的结束，引发了人们对快时尚行业未来的担忧。

📉Forever 21在法庭文件中指出，Shein和Temu等非美国在线零售商利用关税豁免政策，以更低的价格销售商品，对公司造成了“重大且不利的影响”。

🌍快时尚行业普遍存在剥削劳工、对气候造成灾难性影响以及鼓励过度消费的问题。服装购买量激增，但穿着时间缩短，导致大量废弃服装进入垃圾填埋场，加剧了环境污染和人权问题。

⚠️每年约有800亿件服装被购买，比20年前增加了400%。但其中约85%最终被送往垃圾填埋场，对环境和人权造成了严重影响。

Forever 21? More like Never 21, am I right, fellas?

According to CNBC, the fast-fashion company filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in six years and plans to close all its U.S. stores. People online are devastated. It's the end of an era, and Forever 21 — and the internet — are blaming other fast-fashion retailers like Shein and Temu.

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In a court filing reported by CNBC, the company said Shein and Temu "materially and negatively impacted" Forever 21.

"Certain non-U.S. online retailers that compete with the Debtors, such as Temu and Shein, have taken advantage of this exemption and, therefore, have been able to pass significant savings onto consumers," Stephen Coulombe, the operating company’s co-chief restructuring officer, wrote, according to CNBC. "Consequently, retailers that must pay duties and tariffs to purchase product for their stores and warehouses in the United States, such as the Company, have been undercut."

Of course, despite Forever 21 blaming Shein and Temu, it is also fast fashion. All of these companies exploit labor, have disastrous effects on the climate, and encourage overconsumption. According to Business Insider, the average person bought 60 percent more clothing in 2014 than they did in 2000, but they kept the pieces half as long.

Greenpop reported that about 80 billion pieces of clothing are bought every year, a 400 percent increase from two decades ago. However, according to Human Rights Pulse, the vast majority of those pieces, around 85 percent, end up in landfills, leading to mass human rights violations.