Forever 21 goes from rags to riches to bankruptcy court
Forever 21 goes from rags to riches to bankruptcy court
The mom-and-pop fast-fashion retailer exploded into malls across the globe. But eventually, Forever 21 unraveled like the hem on a cheap crop top.
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SHOW NOTES:
GUESTS
Dae Jae Kim — President, Très Bien
Hyepin Im — President, CEO and founder, Faith and Community Empowerment
Sapna Maheshwari — Business reporter, The New York Times
Ludovica Cesareo — Assistant Professor of Marketing, Lehigh University
Robin Givhan — Fashion critic, The Washington Post
Kevin Fegans — President and founder, The Communications Bureau
Eden Goldblum — teenager, Forever 21 skeptic
Susan Scafidi — Academic Director, Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University
SELECTED SOURCES
Forever 21's Fast (and Loose) Fashion Empire — Susan Berfield, Bloomberg
One Family Built Forever 21, and Fueled Its Collapse — Sapna Maheshwari, The New York Times
Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes, by Dana Thomas
The Troubling Ethics of Fashion in the Age of Climate Change — Robin Givhan, The Washington Post
JUST FOR FUN
Forever 21 Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing
EVERY FOREVER 21 EVER — Smosh
I WENT TO FOREVER 21...to say goodbye — Lauren Giraldo
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