News — EthicalFashion

Whether you’ve been wearing your sweats or garbed up in your partner’s favorite shirt during this whole quarantine stagnation, your getup was still made by someone, somewhere

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Do you know the story behind your threads? Have you any idea where they were produced or who made them? It’s Fashion Revolution Week once again. A fashion activism movement launched in response to the Rana Plaza factory collapse where 1,100 garment workers were killed and more than 2,500 were injured, the campaign celebrates its 8th anniversary. And it’s getting bigger, louder and gaining more traction with more people participating each year demanding a safe, just, transparent and accountable fashion industry. The industry’s impact on human lives, communities and the environment have been the subject of many fashion books, podcasts...

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By Anastasia Ivleva

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Founder and owner of Inditex, Amancio Ortega, whose brand pool includes Zara, Massimo Dutti and Oysho, was named the richest man in Europe in 2016 and his company, the wealthiest retailer on the planet, amassed a fortune of $79.7 billion. Quite a fitting way to begin an article on excessive consumption and impulsive shopping right? Ortega’s fortune was built on a straightforward scheme: to sell inexpensive clothes, the design of which imitates catwalk trends and delivering new collections approximately every two weeks (in fact, Zara adds new styles every week). Multiply this business model by the number of fashion retailers...

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to sweep the world, many things are changing

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Industries are facing difficulties and many people are finding themselves in situations that they couldn’t possibly have seen coming. Businesses close as entire countries go into lockdown, and the economy is cracking under the pressure of this unprecedented crisis. One of the things to change is the fashion industry. As a trade reliant on a constant influx of customer interest, as well as functioning factories and warehouses that employ lots of people, fashion is having to re-think its entire model to be able to have a fighting chance during and after coronavirus. Many ethical fashion advocates hope that a new,...

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