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‘We can do it again’: Australian fashion brands offer employment for Afghan refugees - Kyna Intel, 2021-09-14T22:14:20+07:00

"An alliance of Australian fashion brands has called on the federal government to increase its humanitarian quota of refugees from Afghanistan, with pledges ...

‘We work non-stop’: LA garment workers toil for top brands and earn paltry rate - Kyna Intel, 2021-08-18T13:56:09+07:00

"Thousands of garment workers in Los Angeles who make pants, shirts, blouses and other clothing for a variety of well-known fashion labels are paid less than ...

‘We’re not all working in sweatshops’: Asian seamstresses on working in New York’s fashion scene - Kyna Intel, 2022-06-21T16:02:25+07:00

"One new documentary, called Invisible Seams, amplifies those forgotten voices, looking into a group of eight Asian women working in New York’s Garment ...

‘We’re not the cheapest,’ says the fast fashion giant selling 8p dresses - Kyna Intel, 2021-08-13T19:00:09+07:00

"Amid growing allegations of exploitation and greenwashing, John Lyttle, CEO of Boohoo, has come out in defence of the clothing conglomerate. [...] “We are not ...

‘We’ve lost the right to be pessimistic’: Patagonia treads fine line tackling climate crisis as for-profit company - Kyna Intel, 2023-03-14T12:38:09+07:00

"“If you’re serious about [the climate crisis] and this is your business, you’ve got to develop a level of comfort with contradiction,” said the chief ...

‘What are they thinking?’: toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in school uniforms - Kyna Intel, 2022-09-23T09:27:31+07:00

"Toxic PFAS chemicals are frequently used to make children’s clothing and textiles resist water and stains, but exposure to the compounds in clothes represents ...

‘What we create has consequences’: Teenagers to be trained up in sustainable fashion as studio launches workshops in East London - Kyna Intel, 2022-03-24T21:50:45+07:00

"A sustainable fashion factory is launching a series of workshops in East London to teach teenagers the skills and techniques necessary to support a more ...

‘While working at Primark I saw how UK shoppers are gripped by fast fashion' - Kyna Intel, 2022-03-24T21:48:25+07:00

"Primark customers would stuff their baskets with as much cheap clothing as they can carry. Ten pairs of shoes, mountains of dresses that will be worn on a ...

‘Why can’t people in wheelchairs be glamorous?’ Mother paralysed by meningitis creates new clothing line - Kyna Intel, 2021-09-27T19:00:21+07:00

"Paralysed from the neck down after near-fatal case of meningitis, Faduma Farah was frustrated by the lack of wheelchair friendly fashionable clothing – so ...

‘Workers can’t buy food’: How Sri Lanka’s crisis is hitting the women who make our clothes - Kyna Intel, 2022-07-21T10:23:47+07:00

"Most of these workers are women. They make clothing for major U.S. brands including Victoria’s Secret, Gap and Lululemon and campaigners are calling on these ...