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New BBC ‘Thread’ Series -- MUST WATCH -- Send this link to your friends!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/thread

Factory made – an antidote to fast fashion?

I’d hate to work in a factory, live in a slum, away from my family, because my wage can’t afford me more. Factory work is the non-stop pressure of a production line, 14-hour days (no time to think about washing your socks), and allows no creative freedom and no life work balance, unlike the Fair Trade projects People Tree work with. So why buy fast fashion if you wouldn't be prepared to make it?

I loved the concept of Thread – 6 gorgeous, young things who care little about how the cheap fashion they buy is made, visit India, live with garment workers and supervisors and work in a factory. They start at the best factory – and find it all too much – tears and frustration at not being allowed to be a 'free range person'– have a look

The programme will move on to the lower end subcontractors and the ‘sweat shops’ we imagine. Do watch on BBC or if you are outside the UK, check out some of the highlights on You Tube . Send these links to your friends too!

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Posted by Safia on April 24, 2008 10:34 AM |

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Hi guys. I just joined the forums and it looks interesting.

Posted by: llamafruit at May 12, 2008 09:30 AM

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