Category: the old blog on fast fashion

Sadly workers are still dying

In November last year 13 garment workers were killed in their sleep in a fire that swept through their workplace. You can read more about this here: http://www.thefashionlaw.com/home/factory-blaze-kills-at-least-13-indian-garment-workers-as-they-slept Before consuming let pharmacy viagra it cool down a little bit. After a long research, they invented soft versions of the the cheapest viagra genuine drug. At some point, cialis sale heart… Read more →

Ethically Made Clothing in Canada (and the US)

Wondering where you can find some ethically made clothing?  I have found a few option you may want to look into: #1: Either/Or is a Canadian online shop that promotes buying fewer, more quality items.  They sell Canadian designed and made clothing.   #2: A Globe and Mail article on the Made-in-Canada men’s fashion industry.  The industry is small but is there!… Read more →

Ethical Shopping this Christmas?

For folks living in Ottawa I am posting up the following list of Locally Made goods.  This will be a slight diversion from just clothing, but I thought it might be a good resource for people.  Please feel free to message me with any additions – I will keep updating this over the next month.   Women’s Fashion: Twiss and Weber: http://www.twissandweber.com/ Fluid… Read more →

The Woes of Joe Fresh

Back in April the Financial Post published an article on a recent Joe Fresh Lawsuit. The claim suggests  “that given the record of previous Bangladeshi workplace tragedies, Joe Fresh should have known that those sewing clothes for it at the Rana Plaza were in moral danger, and that subcontractors were paying “extremely low wages.” ” The lawsuit does indeed make a… Read more →

Fast Fashion and the Myth of Ethical Clothes

Here is yet another article on the near impossibility of purchasing “ethical clothes.”   An excerpt from the article: We buy more clothes now, move through trends faster. In the olden days—the early ‘90s—brands produced two to four fashion cycles per year, big orders coordinated by season, planned months in advance. These days, there’s no such thing as cycles, only… Read more →