Fast fashion's waste is a growing concern within China, and it's why many fashion retailers are turning to alternative methods, such as fashion rental models. But as firms such as Beijing-based YCloset have found, people's attitudes towards wearing used clothing present another challenge.

The Clothes Library is a fashion rental store in Sydney, which aims to give Australian shoppers an alternative to fast fashion. With shoppers seeing low price clothes as disposable, the lending shop encourages people to see the value in their unwanted garments and cherish what they have more.

Eco-conscious consumers may say they’ll only buy sustainable food and fashion, but their actions don’t always match their words. Canvas8 spoke to Rebecca Walker Reczek, associate professor of marketing at the Fisher College of Business, to find out why we’re wilfully ignorant of ethical issues.

Vanity sizing can make shopping for clothes slow, frustrating, and potentially damaging to one’s self-esteem. True Fit believes it has the solution. Collating information from around 10,000 brands across the globe, it’s helping people find the right size for them, whether buying online or in-person.