Fast-fashion retailers became giants by quickly churning out fresh, ... Samantha Masunaga is a business reporter for the Los Angeles Times. She’s worked at the paper since 2014.

The Los Angeles-based fast fashion retail chain Forever 21 filed for bankruptcy Sunday for the second time in six years after struggling to keep up with competitors.

Fast fashion can be environmentally damaging. You have a striking figure about water use — it takes 5,000 gallons of water to make a T-shirt and a pair of jeans.

Fashion Nova, another Los Angeles-based fast-fashion retailer that operates mostly online, also has cut into Forever 21’s customer base. Climate & Environment The fast fashion mountain of shame ...

She buys online from Chinese fast-fashion giant Shein, where jeans cost $10. Opinion: Do what's right for the planet or for your pocketbook? A fast-fashion Shein vs. Frame dilemma - Los Angeles Times ...

The flurry of immigration raids across Los Angeles in recent days has cast a pall over the historical Fashion District in ...

Workers at Ambiance Apparel in Los Angeles often worked for the fast-fashion company for years, despite its run-ins with ...

At 10 a.m. Thursday, dozens of shoppers were already lined up outside the Forever 21 store at the Ontario Mills mall. Most were patiently waiting to shop a brand rarely seen in 3-D. And it wasn ...

In an era of fast fashion — and even faster technology — it seems every day brings a new instance of cultural appropriation with some of the most egregious examples having to do with ...

First came fast-fashion giant Shein. Now other Chinese brands are gunning for the same success. ... Stephanie Yang is a former China correspondent for the Los Angeles Times.

For attendees of the weekly Radical Sewing Club, fast fashion is passé. ... Gina Ferazzi has been a staff photographer with the Los Angeles Times since 1994.