Fashion Victims: Tough Working Conditions Caused By Fast Fashion

By ⋅ November 26, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment
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Fast fashion is the term used when big retailers ditch the typical summer-winter seasons to instead crank out new dirt-cheap products.

Quicker turnarounds can mean tough working conditions for textile workers in Asia, Latin American and Eastern Europe.

Lucy Siegle writes a column on ethical living for London’s Observer newspaper.

She speaks to anchor Lisa Mullins about the global impact of fast fashion.

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One comment for “Fashion Victims: Tough Working Conditions Caused By Fast Fashion”

  • Master Bruce

    Great show. I used to work in retail and the fast fashion hype drove me crazy.