The season of the consumer is in full swing which means unethical fast fashion brands are throwing too good to be true steals and deals at those wanting shiny new gear for holiday parties, “must-have” gifts and a fresh crop of mass produced ugly Christmas sweaters to be worn once and tossed out with those throwaway party outfits – ’tis the season for (un)ethical fashion after all (and a big bah humbug to that frustrating fact)!
This year stay informed and choose to spread some sustainable, ethical holiday cheer with my latest round-up of informative garment industry articles, ethical shopping guides and charitable organizations striving to aid and promote garment worker rights:
– War on Want is a magnificent organization that fights against the root causes of poverty and human rights violation, as part of the worldwide movement for global justice.
– The Global March Against Child Labour (Global March) is a worldwide network of trade unions, teachers’ and civil society organisations that works together towards the shared development goals of eliminating and preventing all forms of child labour, slavery and trafficking and ensuring access by all children to free, meaningful and good quality public education.
– Eduard Meringo shares the awesome tale of the Messenger band, Cambodia’s all-female rock band of ex-garment workers with Post Magazine.
– I am so looking forward to the world-wide release of Citizen Journalists. Over the last year, 40 citizen journalists in Cambodia have been using smartphones and a hidden social media platform to record footage of their daily lives and working conditions in garment factories.
– Labour Behind the Label is a campaign that works to improve conditions and empower workers in the global garment industry.
– Want to shop ethical this holiday season? Check out my rundown of ecofashion resources and ethically produced brands and my guide to sustainable small businesses to shop online.
– My own affordable refashionista boxes full of ethically produced gear created from completely sustainable materials are right here.
– Ecouterre has the best ethical fashion bits from Net-A-Porter’s interview with Sarah Jessica Parker.
Speaking of celebs and fashion, do you think Katy Perry was paid less than a living wage to pose for those festive fast fashion ads?
Get my thoughts and share your own about why celebs continue to support unethical brands over here.
Disclaimer: I am not at all an expert on the big business of fast fashion however I am a concerned consumer who has chosen to learn & share as much as I can through my own personal experiences & the wealth of resources available online.
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Wow, wow, wow! I am so glad I decided to log onto WordPress tonight and saw your post! I’ve been looking for this kind of information…recently started an upcycled clothing biz & I feel like there’s so much to learn! Thank you for sharing & I look forward to checking out your stuff too.
be sure to check out all of my ethical fashion articles for loads more info about the garment industry and sustainable fashion 😀 https://awesomesauceasshattery.com/ethicalfashioninfo/
Amazing….just getting started but can tell this is gonna be a journey! Already shared one of your articles on my fb page 😉 One burning question- do you know any resources for recycling bags of fabric scraps? Of course Goodwill wouldn’t take them. Maybe the best thing is to ship them to a sustainable fashion company that would use them(?)
You could try making a bunch of projects with them (here’s my scrapbusting DIY index for everything from fabric to wood scraps: https://awesomesauceasshattery.com/category/tutorials/scrapbusting-diys/) or post it on your local freecycle and someone is sure to take it off your hands and put those scraps to good use: https://www.freecycle.org/