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VIVIENNE WESTWOOD PUTS PROTEST BEFORE THE CLOTHES FOR SPRING 2016
Practitioner
Vivienne Westwood
Date
Sep 20 2015

While the designer may be more focused on bigger issues, her fashion business is churning on.

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STITCHING TOGETHER: GARMENT WORKERS IN SOLIDARITY
Practitioner
Taslima Akhter, Magnum Foundation
Date
Sep 12 2018

On April 24, 2013, more than 1,000 lives were taken in the Rana Plaza Collapse. While history remembers this tragic event as the deadliest garment factory accident, activist and photographer Taslima Akhter reveals a story of dreams crushed by structural murder. Dedicating her career to the lives and struggles of garment workers in Bangladesh, she has continued to foster a community rallying together for safer working conditions.

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France Plans Fashion Revolution with Climate-Impact Labels
Practitioner
The French Agency for Ecological Transition (Ademe)
Date
Aug 12 2022

Is it better for the environment if you buy a brand-new cotton T-shirt or a recycled one?

Well, it depends.

Recycling has apparent benefits, but the process shortens cotton fibres and so usually has to be mixed with some oil-based material to keep it from falling apart.

Such trade-offs make it tricky to figure out the real sustainability rating of clothes — but brands in Europe will soon have no choice.

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The radical power of sewing: the artist turning textiles into activism
Practitioner
Aram Han Sifuentes
Date
Jan 1 2015

Sewing and textiles have always been a part of the artist Aram Han Sifuentes’ life. Her South Korean immigrant parents operated a dry cleaning business, and she mended her own clothing from a young age.

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