每隔幾天店里就會上新款；跟大牌的款式那么相似，可價格卻便宜很多；門店越開越多，差不多家門口就有了。這些都是近年來某些快時尚品牌連鎖店的現(xiàn)狀。

那么，到底什么是快時尚呢？

Fast fashion refers to low-cost, quickly-made clothing that copies the latest high-end fashions.
快時尚指仿照高端時尚品牌最新的款式，以低成本、快速生產(chǎn)的模式制造出來的服裝產(chǎn)品。

“Unlike conventional clothing companies where designers plan their new lines every season, fast fashion retailers design, manufacture, and release new products ad hoc, whenever new trends appear,” explains a report on fast fashion funded by the Samsung Economic Research Institute.
由三星經(jīng)濟研究院資助的一項有關快時尚的研究報告指出：“傳統(tǒng)服裝公司設計師會為每一季設計新的款式，快時尚商家則不同，他們隨時都在設計、加工并發(fā)布新產(chǎn)品，只要有新的流行趨勢出現(xiàn)。”

Cheap prices and a continuous supply of new looks keep customers coming back to fast fashion chains like H&M and Zara.
低廉的價格和不斷上新的產(chǎn)品讓顧客不斷光顧H&M和Zara這樣的快時尚連鎖店。

But despite fast fashion's growth, these chains are increasingly facing criticism over both environmental and social justice concerns.
不過，雖然業(yè)務在增長，但是這些快時尚連鎖卻面臨越來越多來自環(huán)保和社會公正方面的指責。

Furthermore, many fast fashion retailers rely on cheap labor to produce high quantities of their products.
此外，很多快時尚零售商都依賴廉價勞工生產(chǎn)大批量的產(chǎn)品。

（中國日報網(wǎng)英語點津 Helen）