Oprah and I are getting a Divorce

Don’t get me wrong.  I love Oprah.  If she called tomorrow and said she wanted Island Contessa in her magazine, I’d say ‘yes’ before she finished her sentence.  But here’s the problem.  I’ve been perusing her magazine for some time.  She is obviously a very spiritual woman and someone who cares deeply about the environment.  Unfortunately she has been promoting an environmentally damaging thing under the guise of fashion (H&M, I’m looking at you).  Fast fashion has become synonymous with waste and bad labor practices.  What’s worse, is that purveyors of this, often make you, the consumer, feel bad for not buying into it.  We used to have two style seasons–spring/summer and fall/winter.  Now these stores have created 52 ‘micro seasons’ per year.  Yup, every week to them is a season.  Some of these stores introduce 400 styles A WEEK!  That’s obscene and if these designs have any embellishment–beading or sequins–it most likely was created under child labor.  Add to that the fact the garments are cheaply made–usually with synthetic, petroleum-based fibers–and the poor quality is more likely to make them fall apart and end up in land fills where it will take decades for them to decompose—you get the picture.