Arctic Circle Cartoon - Who Decides What is Fashionable?

Arctic Circle Cartoon

Why is the fashion industry still a thing? It's destructive and mad. I can understand style and wearing things that make you look good or are functional or, ideally, both. But fashion for fashion’s sake is weird.

If you want to see what happens to some of the mountains of unsold clothes when they are no longer deemed fashionable, check this out:

https://grist.org/international/burn-after-wearing-fashion-waste-chile/