Research Paper Outline: Guide  

 
Thesis: ​Us as the human race wear clothing, it’s one of the major things that separate us from
other species. Covering ourselves with garments is mainly to protect us from harsh environments
but it’s also a social need to cover yourself, no naked people. Somehow over time certain types
of clothing became popular and decade after decade fashion changed, influenced by culture and
iconic styles. But with the birth of fashion came the demand for it and the capital gain. So
unethical fashion is what we wear today, unnecessary amounts of garment that might never even
be used.​ ​Unethical fashion is a global issue that should be addressed now because of the damage it does 
to those working in the industry, the damages it brings to the environment, and the damaging effects of 
disposing clothing when no longer used.  

  
Major sections r​ aw material growth​:​ WWF Global article on cotton farming C ​ otton: a water 
wasting crop​ explains how the production of this soft white fluffy plant is affecting our 
freshwater supply and damaging the ecosystem around them.  
I. Topic sentence for section/ pp 1: ​50% of our clothes are cotton based, this cotton 
come from 90 different countries that together produces 20 million pounds of cotton every 
year.     
a. Evidence for section/ pp 1: W
​ ater impacts, freshwater withdrawal, and the major 
impacts of cotton production on freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity 
b. Evidence for section/ pp 1: P​ esticides, puts farm worker health in danger and the 
environment from the chemicals that runoffs the farms.   
c. Evidence for section/ pp 1: C ​ otton farming’s unreasonable consumption of water and 
highly hazardous pesticide have “already been responsible for the destruction of large-scale 
ecosystems.” Ecosystems like the once largest lake in the world, Aral Sea in central Asia. This 
lake supported the lives of people living around it, but with the decision to build large scale 
irrigation systems the lake now only one tenths it’s original size.   
d. Connection all this evidence has to sub-topic/ thesis?​ Just the ridiculous amount of 
water cotton needs is damaging our earth home, I haven’t even started on the waste that 
comes with the dyeing of fabrics.   
 
II. Topic sentence for section / pp 2: C ​ otton’s next step in becoming clothing is the 
textile industry which is the conversion of fiber into yarn woven into fabric. Which is dyed or 
printed to then become your clothes but the process is a more complicated than this. Because 
the hands that were part of this process work in dangerous environment for unreasonable 
hours to only be paid small amounts.   
a. Evidence for section/ pp 2:​Low wages: cotton is sent to second and third world 
countries because of the cheap labor wages and human right can be bent more easily.   
b. Evidence for section/ pp 2: S ​ afety risks in sound and third world production buildings 
because the are built cheaply.   
c. Evidence for section/ pp 2: C​ hild labor: has been known to employ even children who 
only job should be furthering their education.   
d. Connection all this evidence has to sub-topic/ thesis?​Every time you dress yourself or 
buy a new pair of jeans you never think about where it can from. Who wove it, who sticked it 
together, when you buy clothes you think is it going to make me look good. We are obviously 
wearing something that has a story we know nothing about.   
 
III. Topic sentence for section / pp 3: ​Fashion is now ever changing it used to go by season
but now it has more that 50 mico-seasons. Your favorite shirt these week might be thrown away
or become another lost item in the narnia of your closet. Where does it go after that.  
a. Evidence for section/ pp :​The need for new, Why we buy more clothes than we need  
b. Evidence for section/ pp : ​The wash that leave microfiber into the ocean that fish eat
that you eat.  
c. Evidence for section/ pp : ​ A pile of clothes: landfills  
d. Connection all this evidence has to sub-topic/ thesis?​It has become a social need to
wear new in style clothes. When really all we need is a few article of clothes in order to live a
perfectly good life.  
 
IV. Topic sentence for c​ ounter argument/ ​pp 4:​How not to wear toxic clothes that
contribute to modern human slavery.  
a. Evidence for section/ pp : ​One operoc you could take is buying clothing with 
sustainable organic cotton, hemp, bamboo, and other fiber crops that require less pesticides, 
irrigation, and other inputs. 
b. Evidence for section/ pp: A​ nother thing you could do in use polymer which is a plant 
based material.   
c. Evidence for section/ pp :​A lot of other countries are inventing eco-fashion do your 
own reachers find what is best for you, just if you can do what you can.   
d. Connection all this evidence has to sub-topic/ thesis?​You don’t need to be a part of 
the second most harmful industry in the world surpassed only by oil. 
 
V. Conclusion Final thoughts about this subject/ summary of ideas: U ​ nethical fashion
show how our irresponsibility with the way we produce, consume and throw away our clothing
have negative consequences. What you buy has a story on other humans lives and the
environment.