On the occasion of government issues At Senate This Wednesday, February 19, the senator of theOise Sylvie Valente-le-Hir rose up against the giants of the fast food (ephemeral mode) as Mate Or Shein.
“The runaway from the textile industry”
In the Senate, the elected official of the Oise is the rapporteur of a bill aimed at reducing the environmental impact of the textile industry (more commonly known as “Fast Fashion”). The bill had been adopted in March by the National Assembly. She was to be presented in front of the Senate, but she was postponed. The senator then requests the Minister Delegate, in charge of trade, crafts, SMEs and the social and solidarity economy, in order to be able to obtain the registration of the text after her postponement.
Sylvie Valente-le-Hir attacks fast fashion and denounces “the runaway from the textile industry with more than 100 billion clothes sold each year”.
The number of employees in the downward textiles
In the hemicycle, the elected official evokes the “deep upheavals following the appearance of new Asian brands, such as Shein and Temu”. “A study has just revealed that these brands have imposed themselves as those in which the French spend the most for the year 2024. Thus, the weight of these actors is more and more visible within our economy since they represent 22 % Packages treated according to the CEO of La Poste, Philippe Wahl. ”
The emergence of these new websites specialized in fast-fashion is not without consequences on the textile industry. The Senator de l’Oise evokes the substantial drop in employees in France: 50,000 currently against 600,000 in 1990. “We are witnessing a massacre.”
Other consequences on the textile industry
The parliamentarian also evokes “the desertification of our city center, the loss of historical and traditional know-how” and the “economic consequences (which) also become social and environmental”.
It also evokes “second -hand sectors overwhelmed by non -recyclable clothes because of their poor quality”. And to wonder about the role of influencers who promote these platforms like Shein or Temu in their content.
