In Episode 5, we discuss Consumer Fashion. We all have so much stuff! What is this need we seem to have to keep buying? Where did it come from, and when did it start? 

Sociologist Dr Jill O'Mahony of SETU provides a brief history of consumption and consumerism. Where do our clothes really end up when we put them into a clothing bank? 

We follow the journey of a pair of jeans from Ireland to the other side of the world. 

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