ESSAY text by MARTA D. RIEZU artwork by ZHIVAGO DUNCAN spanish journalist marta d. riezu is the author of just fashion: an invitation to dress ethically A few days ago, in the maelstrom of the holiday sales, I went for a walk. A terrible idea. I came back steeped in anguish. The scene was exhausting: queues, disheveled mountains of clothes, people with six bags in each hand, shoving and sighing. On one of these pessimistic days, when I feel like we’ve lost the status of civilized citizens and are merely disoriented consumers, I force myself to remember that only 10 years ago there was no public conversation about responsible fashion. The first conference on sustainability in the fashion industry took place in Copenhagen in 2009. Fast fashion — based on dynamic inventories, big data, and real-time decisions — was in full swing at the time. The ultra-fast chains, which do…