Meanings
alternative slow-fashion
- uncountableA movement that advocates for the production of fashion in respect to people, environment and animals.
Of the possible postpandemic identities one can assume, there’s the early 2000s nostalgist in ironic Juicy Couture sweats, the granola slow-fashion influencer wearing nubby cardigans and clogs, the streetwear hypebae and the Fashion Nova fan worshiping at the altar of all things Kardashian.
2021 June 10, Isabel Slone, “There Are No Fashion Rules Anymore”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Origin
From fast fashion, modeled after slow food.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
slow fashion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slow%20fashion
“slow fashion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slow%20fashion. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slow fashion,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slow%20fashion.
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