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How does fashion fuel modern slavery?

Sustainable fashion, Together Street Challenge, Inspiration, Charity, Brand founder, Ethical fashionClaire AstonOctober 18, 2018Slavery, Modern day slavery, Human trafficking, Forced labour, Cotton, Uzbekistan, Sumangali, Fashion, Clothes, Conscious consumerism, Ethical fashion, Supply chains, Sub-contracting, Fast fashion Comment

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#Streak6 of #TheGarmentStreak. The occasion is #ClimateEmergency. The dress code is #slowfashion
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Here’s #Streak5 of #TheGarmentStreak for me - posting a day late because my battery died at the key moment yesterday 🤷&zwj;♀️ .
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Hanging with the gorgeous @hannahelwyn for #Streak5 of the #TheGarmentStreak

Neutral colours are great for a capsule wardrobe (which I definitely do not have, but am slo-o-o-wly working towards), but some days you just have to crack out the gold trainers to liven things up a bit 💃 I love these shoes. I found them in a charit

Here are some sobering facts for you on this Thursday evening... People:

Fashion is one of the biggest drivers of modern slavery. A report by the Walk Free Foundation looked at the risk of slavery happening in the supply chains of the biggest global

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Golly, posting selfies is a real challenge for me. Arghhh.

And, just in case you’re in any doubt regarding my motives, I am not posting these pictures because I am some kind of ethical hero. I am not. Full stop. I have very mixed approaches to

Abi and I are getting our streak on as part of the #TheGarmentStreak. It’s all about being seen in the same thing over and over again, because a) there’s nothing wrong with that (though the ‘gram would often have us believe otherwis

In the U.K., we send 11 million tonnes of clothing each week. On a global scale, @ellenmacarthurfoundation estimates that the equivalent of one rubbish truck full of clothing and textiles is sent to landfill or incinerated every second.
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#Streak1 from @clairepenelope 🙋&zwj;♀️ This less-than-professional photo was taken a few weeks ago as we left one bunch of friends in London Town to go and visit another bunch up in Leeds. I’m wearing my trusty navy blue @peopletree dress whic

#TheGarmentStreak is a collaborative Instagram performance artwork launched by @ferproduction and @labelleetlegourmet. @GarmentStreak invites instagramers to post selfies every 24 hours wearing the same piece of clothing they already own. Instead of

Fast fashion is a leading cause of carbon emissions, landfill content and the biggest emitter of microplastics in the ocean.
SM has played a huge part in the rise of fast fashion, encouraging us all to buy more clothes than we need. The pressure thi

This tiny babe is 2 🎈 .
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I spent some time looking at photos last night and realised I wore this same dress on my eldest’s 2nd birthday too. I found it hidden on a rail in an @oxfamgb shop 5 years ago and it’s been worn a LOT since th

How do our clothes contribute to climate change? .
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👚The fast fashion industry produces more greenhouse gas emissions than aviation and shipping combined. .
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✈️ The emissions from the new clothes bought in the U.K. every month are greater than

What impact does social media have on our buying habits? Does it make you want to buy more? Does it impact how long you keep your clothes for?

This month, @FerProduction and @labelleetlegourmet are running a collaborative project called the 'Garment

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