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Fashionable Quote of the Week by Professor Dilys Williams

Posted in Events, Fashion, Uncategorized, Vintage, tagged , , , , , , , , on April 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »

We should stop and really consider what it is that we’re wearing every day. And how we came by it and what it means to us, and what we are saying through what we’re wearing.

Professor Dilys Williams – Professor of Fashion Design for Sustainability, London College of Fashion.

It’s Fashion Revolution Week! This is an annual event that recognizes the anniversary of the 2013 Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh, where 1,100, mostly women seamstresses, died and 2,500 people were injured. FRW is a movement that seeks to raise our awareness of what’s really going on in clothing/fashion industry.

This week is an opportunity for all of us to think about our fashion and clothing choices. Where and how can we cut back? I believe what we wear matters and I’m taking Professor Williams’ quote seriously. Particularly, what we are saying through what we’re wearing?

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Fashionable Quote of the Week: A Labor Story

Posted in Fashion, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on September 4, 2017| Leave a Comment »

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Know who made your clothes. Photo: Fashion Revolution

I feel bad that my whole family ended up working in the garments factories … It wasn’t supposed to end up like this. I’ve been working in garments for eight years. I work on the machines. I started when I was 11 or 12. It was difficult. I really struggled to handle the workload … There are not any other jobs for girls like us. We aren’t educated so how could we get a decent job? Without the garments factories we’d have nothing. Once you start working in garments, you’re trapped. It’s no different to being in a prison

– A young woman garment worker. (From the documentary UDITA.)

This woman and her two sisters live in Dhaka (the capital of Bangladesh) and work at the same factory. All three have young children and husbands who walked out on them. They share one room with their children, parents, and a brother. They get MAYBE one day off a week and worry whether they’ll even get paid.

In 2013 the minimum wage for garment workers in Bangladesh was $38 a month as reported in the New York Times. Workers most often live in poverty. They are not paid overtime and sometimes they’re not paid at all. No paid sick time, vacations, or a Labor Day holiday! Any talk of unions can result in intimidation and firing.

Something to think about this Labor Day holiday.

Click here to watch UDITA and learn more about the working and living conditions for garment workers in Bangladesh.

 

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