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‘Fast fashion is corporate colonialism’ – author Dana Thomas on the true cost of our clothes

The journalist and author discusses sustainability in the fashion industry in a Business Post Magazine interview exclusive

Dana Thomas: ‘Rana Plaza was the turning point for me’. Picture: Kieran Harnett

Last week marked a decade since the world woke up to the true impact of unsustainable fashion. On April 24, 2013, the Rana Plaza factory in the Dhaka district of Bangladesh collapsed, killing 1,134 and injuring more than 2,500 others. It was and remains the deadliest garment factory disaster in history. It was entirely avoidable.

The day before, workers and management at the Rana Plaza became aware of significant cracks in the building. It is ...