カテゴリー: Fashion
Aotearoa MPs are notorious for their love of ‘op-shopping’, and have offered advice to their US counterparts on the joy of buying second-handAfter the US election, congresswoman Cori Bush kicked off a conversation on Twitter about the high cost of acqu…
Analysis of trade figures reveals huge power imbalance as suppliers and workers in poorest parts of the world bear cost of Covid downturnCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePowerful US and European fashion companies have refused…
Critics and models voice heartbreak over death of Japanese designer who was ahead of his time when it came to women’s fashion The fashion world has paid tribute to the Japanese designer Kenzo Takada, who has died aged 81 after contracting Covid-19 in F…
Takada was the first Japanese designer to make a mark on the Paris fashion sceneWidely copied rule-breaker who shook up Paris fashion Coronavirus – latest updatesThe Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada has died in Paris after contracting Covid-19, a…
Brands including Primark, Zara and H&M accused of failing to protect workers at factories in Asia from ‘union busting’Some of Europe’s biggest retailers, including Primark, Zara and H&M, are failing to stop Covid-19 being used as a pretext for …
Employers are avoiding paying maternity benefits and purging union members as orders plummet during Covid-19, say activistsA few weeks ago, Kalpona Akter’s phone started vibrating. She watched with mounting dread as message after message poured in. Fir…
Announcement comes against backdrop of global anti-racism protestsL’Oréal al has announced it will remove words like “whitening” from its products, as global anti-racism protests continue.“The L’Oréal Group has decided to remove the words white/whiteni…
Workers in Myanmar say management targeted union supporters under pretense layoffs were related to coronavirus Hundreds of workers at two factories in Myanmar that produce clothing for Zara and Primark were fired days after forming a union in a move wo…
One factory owner tells how coronavirus cancellations by UK brands have seen him struggle to pay wagesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage As high streets across England opened this week and hundreds of people jostled through th…
Based on true stories, Rubaiyat Hossain’s Made in Bangladesh challenges stereotypes while revealing the relentless pressure of fashion’s supply chainRubaiyat Hossain’s latest film, Made in Bangladesh, opens with a scene of pure, visceral panic: young g…
Protesters demand wages at factory supplying global fashion brands, as coronavirus leads to layoffs in textile industryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePolice in Karachi last week allegedly shot at hundreds of unarmed garment…
In an effort to revive the stricken industry plant owners restart production, but labour activists claim safety measures are illusory Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWorkers in garment factories in Bangladesh, which have reo…
Pledge comes in response to claims that order cancellations to minimise Covid-19 losses have hurt millions of workers in the developing worldCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePrimark, one of the UK’s most popular retailers, ha…
In a deeply conservative society ravaged by years of war, Afghan women still want to be free to wear clothes with stylePhotography by Ivan Armando FloresThere’s a steady stream of customers coming through the doors of Rahiba Rahimi’s fashion studio. Th…
Japanese clothing company pulls advertisement from South Korean TV after outcryThe Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo has pulled an ad from South Korean TV after it was accused of mocking victims of wartime sexual slavery.The company said it had stopped…