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SAN FRANCISCO — When Judy Kim left her high-powered job in the American fashion industry, she wasn’t just leaving behind two decades of career success. She was also confronting the uncomfortable truths of fast fashion: its speed and glamour masked deep environmental and ethical costs.

Kim’s career soared at I.N.C. International Concepts, Macy’s private label, where she rose from intern to vice president. But witnessing the pollution tied to textile manufacturing in Asian factories shattered any sense of accomplishment.

“What I was doing was not a positive impact — it was actually negative. My heart was really sad,” she recalled during a recent interview with The Korea Times at a cafe in San Francisco. "What began as a childhood dream inspired by my grandfather, a tailor in New York City, gradually turned into something hollow."

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