The Cozzie Livs & TikTok's Fast Fashion Crisis

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Episode • May 23, 2023 • 1h 7m

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In this week’s episode, we dive into a controversy sweeping fashion TikTok that has the industry up in arms over consumers’ entitlement over being able to purchase anything they want at an affordable price. It all kicked off when NYC-based fashion designer Rachel Ellenbogen went viral on TikTok this week after sharing a beaded embroidery design she turned into a small purse. According to Rachel’s video, she spent between 15-17 hours designing and creating the purse. She listed it for sale at $990 USD based on the price of materials and her labour involved. Despite receiving a lot of love for her creation, her comment section has also been flooded with complaints about the “high” price of the purse, with some calling it an “injustice” to charge that much money for a purse amid a cost of living crisis. Others claim they could buy a similar style of purse from fast fashion retailers for much less. This has sparked intense debate over TikTok's fast fashion culture, consumer entitlement, and how little we really understand about art.

Timestamps:

00:20 The Little Mermaid live-action remake recap

03:37 VPR finale recap

16:33 Antman & The Wasp: Quantumania recap

20:35 Selling Sunset season 6 recap

21:30 White Men Can’t Jump recap

24:45 Alix Earle allegedly dating Miami Dolphins player Braxton Berrios, ex-girlfriend Sophia Culpo speaks out

29:22 iDubbbz apologises to Tana Mongeau and wider YouTube audience for his past content

37:00 Brittany Broski’s new podcast sparks speculation about fall out from former co-host Sarah Schauer

42:12 Gen Z & TikTok's Fast Fashion Crisis

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https://centennialworld.com/is-alix-earle-dating-miami-dolphins-player-braxton-berrios-sophia-culpo/