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Homeworkers in an all-female cooperative in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu – known as India’s knitwear capital – took part in a photography project where they were given cameras to document their work. All the women belong to the Anukatham union, which is fightin…
Read MoreAs rising temperatures make traditionally hot and sticky Japanese summer months more severe, those toiling outside are turning to the fan-jakketo The de rigueur jacket in Japan for this year’s summer season is a functional little number with twin elect…
Read MorePeople buying full-face masks alongside hats, fans – and hats with inbuilt fans – as temperatures rise above 35CIn scorching Beijing, “facekinis” are the hottest new fashion as surging temperatures shatter records.With the air temperature rising above …
Read MoreApo Whang-Od appears on front of Philippine edition and is credited with keeping batok form of art alive An Indigenous tattooist in the Philippines credited with helping to keep alive a form of the art known as batok has become the oldest Vogue cover s…
Read MoreExclusive: Woman recounts 2018 attack as landmark lawsuit is brought against retailer on behalf of 130 Burmese former workersAnalysis: How big brands like Tesco are drawn to ‘wild west of global supply chain’A seven-year-old girl was raped in insecure …
Read MoreBlue boilersuits symbolise their low-wage jobs, but an Instagram account celebrates the culture and individuality of Qatar’s workers in their leisure timeEvery day Bisho Sahani would start his work shift at 5am, constructing roads for hours in Qatar’s …
Read MoreThaw Nandar Aung, AKA Han Lay, feared being sent home after she was stopped at Thai border last weekA Myanmar fashion model who was denied entry to Thailand and feared arrest by the military government in Yangon if she was forced back home from exile h…
Read MoreLaisiasa Raibevu Davetawalu, who designs under the label Elaradi, carries the hope of his local fashion community, which fundraised to send him to design school in AustraliaThe hopes of Fiji’s fledgling fashion industry sit on the slim shoulders of a 2…
Read MoreNicknamed ‘Madame Butterfly’, Mori was the first Japanese designer to make it in the world of French haute coutureHanae Mori, the Japanese fashion designer who broke into the world of French haute couture almost half a century ago, has died aged 96, he…
Read MoreFashion retailer’s suppliers in Pakistan have sacked hundreds without pay, as invoices for completed orders remain unpaidHundreds of garment workers in Pakistan making clothing for collapsed fast fashion brand Missguided say they have been left destitu…
Read MoreSexual harassment and assault are rife in the factories that supply some of the world’s leading fashion brands. In Tamil Nadu, union leader Thiyva Rakini is trying to change thatMany years ago, when Thivya Rakini was working as a domestic violence acti…
Read MoreKim Dong-hyun spends his days documenting the city’s vibrant senior street style to provide a new perspective on ageingPots and pans, piles of shirts and shoes, jewellery-laden tables, and boxes brimming with bric-a-brac. In the tangle of streets near …
Read MoreTraces in shirts and T-shirts appear to contradict German firms’ promises to revise supply chainsResearchers say they have found traces of Xinjiang cotton in shirts and T-shirts made by Adidas, Puma and Hugo Boss, appearing to contradict the German clo…
Read MoreDiaspora families typically travel to the region each year for wedding shopping. But the pandemic has changed everythingOnce a year, between December and February, brides-to-be and their families from all over the the US and Europe flock to India and P…
Read MoreLandmark agreement to protect garment workers from violence follows last year’s murder of Jeyasre Kathiravel, a Dalit womanH&M has signed a legally binding agreement with one of its largest Indian clothing suppliers that pledges to end sexual viole…
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