Secrets of The High Street

 Our quest to find cheaper clothes has made high street stores more and more adament that their clothing range is made ethically and without the mistreat of others, as you try on that bargin t-shirt does knowing of forced labour and poor working conditions tend to slip your mind everytime?

As the official Olympic Torch travels across the globe a campiagn launched by Play Fair seeks respect for workers rights in the production of Olympics licensed products.

The international campaign, played out through the internet site "Catch the Flame" where an electronic relay race takes place, aims to bring public attention to the need for the Olympics to 'play fair' with the production of its merchandise...read more.

In a consumer society, it is easy to feel distanced from where your belongings come from. This is what inspired Fred Pearce, an environment consultant and leading contributor to New Scientist magazine, to take on the challenge of a round the world trip to discover the origins of his everyday possessions in his latest book: Confessions of an Eco Sinner...read more.

International Women’s Day yesterday marked the 100^th anniversary of the liberation of female sweatshop workers in New York.  

On 8^th March 1908 thousands of women left their jobs in the sweatshops of New York City's Lower East Side and took to the streets to demand their rights as women and as workers...read more.

A thought provoking story from a victim of sweatshops.

The popularity of Fairtrade clothing has increased as some people have become more aware of sweatshops and the ill treatment of the people who work within them.
Oxfam have shown support for the fairtrade clothing and have acknowledged the popularity of it with their customers. 
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Once a shining example of how garment workers should be treated the former CEO of American Apparel is now involved in a sexual harrasment lawsuit.  See posts.

As further changes emerge for garment workers and people gradually start to appreciate the workers struggles and hard labor which goes into their cheap clothes we should look back and see how the clothing industry got into the unethical state it is in today. See Posts

Did you  know sweatshops are not just a third world problem? Shockingly they still exist in countries that pride themselves on their employment laws including a minimum wage.
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With all the media attention on shops that don't supply completly ethical clothing, Mandy Biles and Sarah Dean went on the search for a fashionable shop that sold guilt free and 100% ethical clothing, after discovering the shop Equa and speacking to the owner Penny Cooke it offered a pleasanr surprise.

To read what she has to say click here.

Visit Equa: 

Dresses from Equa (above) Enamore Plum and Pansy Day Dress, price £60. (Right) Alchem1st Baby     Doll   Driscol Dress, price £60.

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A model at London Fashion show this week said if she found out that the designer she was working for were making clothes unethically she would not work with them...would she and other models really jeopordise their careers? maybe if all models took a stand, the treatment of the helpless children and poor would be eradicated.

Listen to what she has to say

We are currently trying to adjust the angle of the video, but we thought we'd let you hear what she had to say.

Hear what this shopper had to say about clothes made unethically  

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Teen sweatshop workers in the Philippines have seen a small justice this week as two businessmen were arrested and charged with violating the Antitrafficking of Persons Act of 2003 and for employing minors without a permit...read more 

Anti sweatshops organisation 'No Sweat' this week held their third annual student action week with anti-sweathop speakers touring university campuses across the globe; including campuses in New Zealand, Paris and England. read more