I AGREE, DAISY BUCHANAN

FAST FASHION

The topic of fast fashion and how detrimental it can be is spiraling around the internet at the moment. The more media coverage, the better. Daisy Buchanan wrote a compelling article for the Gaurdian last week, and it should really make you think.

Fashion Protest, Source:blackradionetwork.com

WORTH
Fashion is important to me; what I wear, how I wear it, what people think (occasionally), this is not uncommon. Alongside this, we should be thinking; how is it made? If we as consumers have a think about who is making this £5 garment, then we can make a realistic judgment on its' worth.
Daisy writes, " it's scarily easy to spend money we don't have, on things we don't need".
The society is cost over conscience, and I understand why.

OUR CRISIS 
As a working class British citizen, times are not always easy, but through work and my family I have managed to get by. Being interested in fashion yet not having hundreds to spend, I would often find styles in H&M and Primark. England is in a recession and for low income families who need to clothe their children, shops like this are their only option. Slow fashion and organic safe clothing is something so wonderful, yet so expensive (and for good reasons).

source: whowhatwhere.com

FAKE PROMISES
As mentioned in the Gaurdian article; " A globally agreed, industry wide minimum wage and safety standards for all workers is imperative". I agree completely, and some companies do too, but this outlook isn't across the board. Many business' do not own their own factories, and feel the well-being of the clothes makers is not their issue. Easy to think when all you see is profit, and not the lives of factory workers in danger. It will take more than a horrible life threatening event to make business owners see what they're doing is wrong. Protests are vital, but sadly there is a negative side to it. Consciously objecting to buy from these companies on a wide scale will cause workers to be paid less, which is ridiculous as currently the average for an overseas manufacturer is £30 per month.


ZARA
I hope that that people's opinions on Zara do change. For a company to scam their workers into not being paid for their hard work is disgusting. For me, I don't agree with paying into their business if that is how they treat their workers. On the other hand, some consumers don't care if it is not effecting them


CONCLUSION
This is an incredibly serious matter. For me, I would be more informed if business owners and factory managers would speak out about the facts and figures of what they do. We as consumers need honesty, not just where our clothes are made, but who made them. You wouldn't buy clothes made of dog fur, you wouldn't eat food picked by starving children, so why buy clothes from a store that feeds into world poverty and hurts the workers involved?