LEARNING TO GIVE A DAMN
By Morgan Ginn I cringe every time I walk past an H&M or when I compliment someone’s outfit and they tell me it’s from Forever 21. The reality is I know too much--I know the truth behind the fast fashion industry. I know that cheap prices are a facade and that there is a person …
WHAT: Fashion Revolution Week is about asking the question #whomademyclothes. The campaign was born on April 24th, when the Rana Plaza factory collapsed in Bangladesh, killing 1138 people and injuring many more in 2013. This tragedy exposed the lack of care in the fashion industry for those who are producing our clothing. Fashion Revolution seeks …
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In 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations wrote up the Universal Declaration of Human Rights--a document outlining the basic rights every human is entitled to. The declaration includes 30 articles--including everything from the right to life, right to marriage, right to rest, and so on. There is one article in particular we want …
Everlane is an ethical retailer that provides radical transparency. They believe that their customers should know their factories, know their costs, and always ask why. Most retailers would classify their radical transparency as retail suicide but Everlane doesn't follow the status quo. They know their customers are rule breakers and questioners so they gave them what …
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By Courtney Jones and Morgan Ginn In case you’ve been in a coma or under a rock for the past few years, there’s this thing called the Syrian Refugee Crisis going on. With war in Syria, many have fled to neighboring countries to seek safety. Of those leaving, some have ended up in Turkey where …
GIVE A DAMN ABOUT WHO MADE IT This month is all about asking the question, who made my clothes? One company in particular is making it super easy to answer this question. This company is called Krochet Kids International. Sound familiar? Yes this is how we met, and yes we are very biased towards the …
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If you looked at your clothes, would you know the person who was responsible for them? You may know the place, but what about the person? Some people may think clothes just magically appear; others think it is merely a mindless machine. The truth is, there is a person, in fact many people, behind the …
Hi everyone, Morgan and Courtney here! This right here is our first blog post ever, and to start things off, we thought it would be good to introduce ourselves and what our hopes for the blog are. To start, we met each other through an internship with a super cool and rad company called Krochet …
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NOT THE NEW BLACK 