Fair Trade Fabric – Step 5
Today 24th April seven years ago in 2013, we woke to news of the worst factory accident in the fashion industry ever. Ultimately the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory claimed 1,134 lives and injured over 2,500 more. Fashion Revolution Week was born out of...
Fair Trade Fabric – Step 4
If you thought Steps 1-3 of an eco-friendly fabric involved a lot of people – just wait for this one! At this point the yarn for the weft is wound on the bobbin and ready to weave. BUT the warp is still on spools and has a long way to go before getting to the...
Fair Trade Fabric – Step 3
It’s a beautiful thing that Earth Day falls in Fashion Revolution Week. The worst excesses of the Industrial Revolution are seen in the fashion industry. Human rights abuses and environmental disasters were common then and now, 250 years later, how much has...