STORY
After working in the garment decoration industry for 10 years, I found myself forever wondering who sewed the clothes that passed through my hands each day. Was it a Man, Woman or even a child? Were they being paid a fair, living wage? And were they working in a safe environment?
I had read the books about sweatshops and fast fashion, seen the haunting documentaries of buildings collapsing on garment workers, their unrealistic hours for little pay and leather tanneries polluting local waterways.
I became aware the garment factories may have been a world away from my purchase of a cheap T-shirt, but as the end user, I was greatly part of the problem.