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Re:EU approves ban on destruction of unsold clothing by mc32 on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @09:07PM (#38539697)
It's not that hard. They take cues from the catwalks, mass produce with quick turnaround and JIT production in familiar paces in the East with added characteristic of low-cost and short shelf life.

A Bonobos is fast-fashion, but a Gitman Bros less so; you'll see the same cloth/pattern/colors year in, year out. Maybe the collars change over time and maybe they'll add darts one year...

Re:EU approves ban on destruction of unsold clothing by somanytta on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @09:28PM (#38539835)
> How would you concretely ban such a thing?

Uhmmm, so your answer is to have to some group of people asses every item of clothing or every new brand that pops up to see if it qualifies as fast-fashion based on whether it was influenced by recent catwalk trends or whether the factory it was produced in made it too fast or efficiently. ? yikes. Not sure if you realize that just how subjective and unscalable that is.

Re:EU approves ban on destruction of unsold clothing by mc32 on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @10:15PM (#38540122)
They do PDO for food, how hard would it be to do something similar for clothing? This that and the other brand qualify and get some random inspections, this other MFG doesn't meet criteria and gets banned, there you have it.
Re:EU approves ban on destruction of unsold clothing by ethanbond on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @10:24PM (#38540170)
You’re describing central planning, not PDO (which is labeling requirement).