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What actually happens to the vast majority of perfectly good clothes you return to massive fast fashion retailers?

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What actually happens to the vast majority of perfectly good clothes you return to massive fast fashion retailers?

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What actually happens to the vast majority of perfectly good clothes you return to massive fast fashion retailers?
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