POSTCARDS: KYRGYZSTAN’S KIDNAPPED BRIDES USE FASHION AND FLAGS TO END MARRIAGE TABOO
ADELA SULIMAN reports from Central Asia…
Britons say willing to pay more for fair fashion but trust in brands lacking
Thomson Reuters Foundation Most British consumers would pay more for their clothes if factory workers received fairer wages, but lack trust in the ethical pledges made by brands, a poll found on Thursday, amid growing concerns around labour abuses in the fashion industry. Six in 10 people in Britain said they would spend up to […]
Cheap or kind? Europeans say they want clothes with a conscience
Thomson Reuters Foundation Shoppers in western Europe care how clothes are made and want to be kind to workers and the environment when they update their wardrobe, according to a survey released on Wednesday that shows public pressure on fashion to clean up its act. Yet, the shoppers faced no questions about the cost of […]
Brazil’s fashion brands score poorly in first supply chain slavery index
Thomson Reuters Foundation The 20 biggest fashion retailers in Brazil – where slave labour is a major problem – scored poorly on an index assessing their social and environmental practices, with almost half failing to disclose any information, UK-based campaigners said last week. Brazilian retailers scored an average of 17 per cent in Fashion Revolution‘s […]
SIGHT-SEEING: SHOP TILL WE DROP?
AMANDA JACKSON reflects on the challenges in buying ethically…
ESSAY: WHEN RIHANNA DRESSED AS THE POPE
TIMOTHY P O’MALLEY, director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life and a professor of the department of theology at the University of Notre Dame in the US, responds to Monday’s glitzy Met Gala in NYC…
Rare papal vestments to go on show at New York’s Met
Rare papal vestments from the Vatican will form the heart of an upcoming exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York which aims to show the influence of the Catholic Church in the fashion world. Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination opens on 10th May and features some 40 liturgical vestments and accessories […]
From refugee to royalty: Sierra Leone designer champions ethical fashion
Thomson Reuters Foundation Two decades after fleeing Sierra Leone to escape a brutal civil war, former child refugee Euphemia-Ann Sydney-Davies is preparing to meet British royalty at London Fashion Week. The fashion designer will present one of her creations – a three-piece suit made of Ghanaian cloth – next week at an event hosted by […]
ETHICAL FASHION: INDUSTRY MAKES “SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS” IN PROTECTING WORKERS BUT GAPS STILL REMAIN
DAVID ADAMS reports on the release of Australian Baptist World Aid’s 2017 Ethical Fashion Report…