Ethics of Fashion

[John 6IX Breezy]

I suppose these things work on "economies of scale." They can offer things that are a little bit niche, at a low price, because they have 1000 shops around the world. In other words, in order to offer the diverse choices, they have to continue the practices that make them ethically questionable. Quick cheap labor, fast international distribution, throwing last month's stuff into the garbage. 

Since I don't know the first thing about economics, really, I fantasize about diverse choices that don't have these ethical issues. But I don't think shops like this could be as cheap or as widespread. 

I'm curious, do you think the differences would disappear if we adjusted for that scale? Which is to say, Zara can produce a diversity of options because it's a such big company. But if you were to sum up the impact of smaller niche companies, would their environmental impact be the same in the aggregate?