This assignment asks you to consider how the fast fashion industry has changed retail, consumer choices, the environment, and other factors. Each factor effects the people working within that specific field or trade, and the workers within that trade will have experience and opinions to share on how fast fashion has effected them. The effects of industry changes are usually reported in subject-specific magazines and trade journals.
Popular magazines are often written for general audiences and are meant to have broad appeal. Some magazines may also be directed at a specific interest, industry, or hobby (think, Good Housekeeping or Vogue). They do often contain well-researched, long-form articles (depending on the magazine, of course!), and are usually written at a vocabulary level that is much more accessible than a scholarly article.
Trade journals function in a similar way. They are written by practitioners or workers within a specific trade or industry for the benefit of their professional colleagues. That means that you can get a well-informed article on how any other industry disrupter or trend is changing the way people work within a given field.
This is especially relevant for the issue of fast fashion as it is primarily a trade or industry practice (i.e. a commodity that is being made and sold cheaply, with a large advertising and marketing presence).
Use the following links to search a wide selection of trade journals and magazines within ProQuest and EBSCO.
Some recommended magazines and trade journals are listed below with direct links. Click on the covers to get direct access through the ProQuest or EBSCO databases.
