Tasha Lewis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design. Her research interests include the disruptive impact of technology in the apparel industry, the behavior of fashion brands, global and domestic apparel production ("glocalization") issues, and the significance of social responsibility and sustainability throughout the global apparel supply chain. Tasha Lewis received her undergraduate and Master's degrees from The Ohio State University and her PhD from Cornell University.
So the idea is the more a consumer pays for a product, the less likely they are to dispose of it. And so, it's sort of a, kind of, price value and sort of a cheaper item you didn't pay as much for, what we sometimes call disposable fashion, people are more apt to dispose of. It creates a problem b...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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