Writer and sustainability consultant Aja Barber explains how the fashion industry's history of exploitation has led to our wasteful consumerist lifestyle, and how we can work toward a more sustainable future.

Being 'in style' has never been so accessible.

Fast fashion allows anyone to keep up with trends on the cheap, but have you ever wondered what happens to all the clothing we throw away once it goes out of fashion?

Aja Barber is an American writer, stylist, and consultant who focuses on sustainability in the world of fashion.

In Consumed: The Need for Collective Change, Barber explains how the garment industry benefits from inequality and exploitation, and how consumers can undo some of the damage done by centuries of colonial injustice and unlimited consumerism.