Comments on: Blood, Sweat and T-shirts http://cleanupfashion.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/blood-sweat-and-t-shirts/ From Labour Behind the Label Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:07:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Graca Mancilha http://cleanupfashion.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/blood-sweat-and-t-shirts/#comment-162 Graca Mancilha Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:07:46 +0000 http://cleanupfashion.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-162 I am portuguese and I work on textile business for 20years now . And I think main issue is when you buy clothes to check in which country they have been made in . Last year a lot of manufacturers have closed in Portugal due to international crisis and also because is very difficult for us to compete with Asia prices . Here all companies really have to follow all human rights and all our laws according to minimum wages , extra time , etc . Otherwise our courts and laws for workers are very severe . So this is very unfair , we are a very pacific country , we do not have problems with race , human rights , wars , anything . The textile industry is very big here in the northern part of Portugal and even though several UK retailers still prefer to produce great part of their garments in Asia just taking into consideration the very low prices they get but not thinking how many people are afftected by that . I do work for some UK retailers ( producing t-shirts , sweaters , etc ) but those are the few that are being more and more worried about the use of child and forced labour. And prefer to have lower margins better feeling when they see their garements . Since Asian governments have not done anything to improve workers conditions neither great part of retailers seam very worried about it I recomend BUY ONLY GARMENTS MADE IN PORTUGAL . I am portuguese and I work on textile business for 20years now . And I think main issue is when you buy clothes to check in which country they have been made in .
Last year a lot of manufacturers have closed in Portugal due to international crisis and also because is very difficult for us to compete with Asia prices .
Here all companies really have to follow all human rights and all our laws according to minimum wages , extra time , etc . Otherwise our courts and laws for workers are very severe .
So this is very unfair , we are a very pacific country , we do not have problems with race , human rights , wars , anything .
The textile industry is very big here in the northern part of Portugal and even though several UK retailers still prefer to produce great part of their garments in Asia just taking into consideration the very low prices they get but not thinking how many people are afftected by that .
I do work for some UK retailers ( producing t-shirts , sweaters , etc ) but those are the few that are being more and more worried about the use of child and forced labour. And prefer to have lower margins better feeling when they see their garements .
Since Asian governments have not done anything to improve workers conditions neither great part of retailers seam very worried about it I recomend BUY ONLY GARMENTS MADE IN PORTUGAL .

]]> By: jacob kotze http://cleanupfashion.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/blood-sweat-and-t-shirts/#comment-141 jacob kotze Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:46:29 +0000 http://cleanupfashion.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-141 can you please help me..where can i get hold of copies of the all episodes of the series.. Please confirm... Many Thanks Jacob can you please help me..where can i get hold of copies of the all episodes of the series..
Please confirm…

Many Thanks
Jacob

]]> By: iluvfairtshirts http://cleanupfashion.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/blood-sweat-and-t-shirts/#comment-137 iluvfairtshirts Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:02:11 +0000 http://cleanupfashion.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-137 Yeah we source our tshirts from places like edunlive, they're great. In fact, many people who come to us haven't heard of the companies who do ethical clothing... so unless they're actively researching they won't find anything. Check us out. Yeah we source our tshirts from places like edunlive, they’re great. In fact, many people who come to us haven’t heard of the companies who do ethical clothing… so unless they’re actively researching they won’t find anything. Check us out.

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]]> By: jazz http://cleanupfashion.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/blood-sweat-and-t-shirts/#comment-32 jazz Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:41:16 +0000 http://cleanupfashion.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-32 What an insightful series. If your interested in learning more about fashion with a social conscience and want a t-shirt that you can be sure their was no blood behind check out Edun Live the ethical company set up by Ali Hewson and Bono http://edunlive.blogspot.com/ What an insightful series. If your interested in learning more about fashion with a social conscience and want a t-shirt that you can be sure their was no blood behind check out Edun Live the ethical company set up by Ali Hewson and Bono http://edunlive.blogspot.com/

]]> By: ERIGBUEM SIMON http://cleanupfashion.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/blood-sweat-and-t-shirts/#comment-29 ERIGBUEM SIMON Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:09:26 +0000 http://cleanupfashion.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-29 DEAR SIR /MADAM , I HERE BY ASK FOR AN INVITATION LETTER TO COME DOWN TO YOUR STORE TO BUY GOODS IN WHOLESALE PRICE AND SALE IT TO RETAILER , THANKS FOR YOUR COOPERATION IN THIS MATTER . YOUR SINCERELY ERIGBUEM SIMON DEAR SIR /MADAM , I HERE BY ASK FOR AN INVITATION LETTER TO COME DOWN TO YOUR STORE TO BUY GOODS IN WHOLESALE PRICE AND SALE IT TO RETAILER , THANKS FOR YOUR COOPERATION IN THIS MATTER .
YOUR SINCERELY
ERIGBUEM SIMON

]]> By: jay http://cleanupfashion.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/blood-sweat-and-t-shirts/#comment-26 jay Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:41:02 +0000 http://cleanupfashion.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-26 I've been trying to become a more responsible consumer but this ethical shopping is hard. I've heard a lot of criticism of fairtrade, but if fairtrade is not entirely fair then what are the consumers supposed to do? stop buying fairtrade? This stuff really does your head in if you think about it too much too deeply. I’ve been trying to become a more responsible consumer but this ethical shopping is hard. I’ve heard a lot of criticism of fairtrade, but if fairtrade is not entirely fair then what are the consumers supposed to do? stop buying fairtrade?
This stuff really does your head in if you think about it too much too deeply.

]]> By: Shade http://cleanupfashion.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/blood-sweat-and-t-shirts/#comment-25 Shade Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:38:59 +0000 http://cleanupfashion.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-25 Just finished watching the series through on playback. and the first thing i have to state is how astounded i was that these six fashonistas HAD NOT GOT A CLUE!! i was astounded that they had never asked themselves the questions that were addressed in these programmes. richard especeially came accross less idealist and more blinkered. his inability to understand that life for some people is HARD was difficult to comprehend. i had not realised the moral and psychological damage the consumer culture we live in has inflicted on our outlook on the world. oh and on the front of ethical fashion, its probably not the answer to all problems but me and my fiance shop goodwill and vintage ( go banardos!!) and revamp the fashion ourselves to the latest styles. that way your giving to charity and getting kick ass clothes that are exactly how you like them. it takes a lil expertise but you can start with the little things. the jeans that got stained and shredded in the winter or are just a year out of season. can become cool 3/4 lenghts (or even cheeky hotpants.) in the summer. The sweatshops were born when the 'make do and mend' culture died. Just finished watching the series through on playback.
and the first thing i have to state is how astounded i was that these six fashonistas HAD NOT GOT A CLUE!!
i was astounded that they had never asked themselves the questions that were addressed in these programmes.
richard especeially came accross less idealist and more blinkered. his inability to understand that life for some people is HARD was difficult to comprehend. i had not realised the moral and psychological damage the consumer culture we live in has inflicted on our outlook on the world.

oh and on the front of ethical fashion, its probably not the answer to all problems but me and my fiance shop goodwill and vintage ( go banardos!!) and revamp the fashion ourselves to the latest styles. that way your giving to charity and getting kick ass clothes that are exactly how you like them. it takes a lil expertise but you can start with the little things. the jeans that got stained and shredded in the winter or are just a year out of season.
can become cool 3/4 lenghts (or even cheeky hotpants.) in the summer.
The sweatshops were born when the ‘make do and mend’ culture died.

]]> By: tamz http://cleanupfashion.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/blood-sweat-and-t-shirts/#comment-24 tamz Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:00:38 +0000 http://cleanupfashion.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-24 One way to reduce your impact on exploitation is to invest in clothing-if you buy decent, hardwearing and well made clothes, you will be reducing the demand for cheap,fast fashion. Try and buy decent staples like jeans,and wear what you already have more often, and buy from charity shops (i snapped up a zara shirt from one the other day for £3.50,its not all frumpy rubbish) Alternatively make your own clothes like I do,patterns are easy and with a few common sensical adjustments or lessons from someone they can be made fashionable. One way to reduce your impact on exploitation is to invest in clothing-if you buy decent, hardwearing and well made clothes, you will be reducing the demand for cheap,fast fashion. Try and buy decent staples like jeans,and wear what you already have more often, and buy from charity shops (i snapped up a zara shirt from one the other day for £3.50,its not all frumpy rubbish) Alternatively make your own clothes like I do,patterns are easy and with a few common sensical adjustments or lessons from someone they can be made fashionable.

]]> By: Rock Pilgrimages http://cleanupfashion.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/blood-sweat-and-t-shirts/#comment-23 Rock Pilgrimages Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:16:09 +0000 http://cleanupfashion.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-23 This guy Richard in the series is unbelievable, he doesn't see any political side to why people are so poor, sleeping on factory floors and at the mercy of the factory owners. The whole reason why the UK is NOT like that anymore (although it was about 150-200 years ago) is because workers got organised and made unions, they negotiated better pay, they made their own parties and voted them into power. I am not saying India needs some sort of Communist revolution, but what they need is to go through the process that Britain and the other western countries went through to ensure their workers have a decent standard of life. We should be responsible when consuming, and aid that process. It's both about the politics in India and our consumerism! This guy Richard in the series is unbelievable, he doesn’t see any political side to why people are so poor, sleeping on factory floors and at the mercy of the factory owners.

The whole reason why the UK is NOT like that anymore (although it was about 150-200 years ago) is because workers got organised and made unions, they negotiated better pay, they made their own parties and voted them into power.

I am not saying India needs some sort of Communist revolution, but what they need is to go through the process that Britain and the other western countries went through to ensure their workers have a decent standard of life. We should be responsible when consuming, and aid that process.

It’s both about the politics in India and our consumerism!

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