Bring fast fashion to a standstill | Letters

Rhoda Koenig wonders if people are really happy to pay five times what something is worth, while Jo Fisher has found the secret to making clothes lastTo make yourself averse to new, retail-price clothes (The fast fashion fix: 20 ways to stop buying new clothes for ever, 14 July), consider this: less than 20% of that price represents materials and labour. The rest is the manufacturer’s and shop owner’s outgoings and profit margins. Are you really happy to pay five times what something