{"id":10542,"date":"2013-09-12T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=10542"},"modified":"2013-09-12T09:00:35","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T16:00:35","slug":"fashion-week-update-5-industry-shifts-toward-ethical-sourcing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/fashion-week-update-5-industry-shifts-toward-ethical-sourcing\/","title":{"rendered":"Fashion Week Update: 5 Industry Shifts toward Ethical Sourcing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cThe first alarm: Waved off by managers. An exit door: Locked. The fire extinguishers: Not working and apparently \u2018meant just to impress\u2019 inspectors and customers. That is the picture survivors paint of the garment-factory fire Saturday that killed 112 people who were trapped inside or jumped to their deaths in desperation.\u201d
\n<\/em>–Associated Press report on the Tazreen factory fire, November 24, 2012.<\/p>\n

Fashion week fever is fresh in New York. Catch Dior’s Pret-A-Porter Collection for Winter 2013?\u00a0 I die for Suno and, coincidentally, suddenly for cargo shorts. And, lastly, I’d mostly like to just say why<\/em> Misha Nonoo? Why<\/em>?<\/p>\n

But I digress, that’s not what I am here to talk about. I’d like to shift focus back to the sizable force behind Spring 2014 that never walks the runway, or gives you a sudden cargo pant change of heart.<\/p>\n

Lest we forget, 1,000 people were recently killed in Bangladesh<\/a> for, well, fashion. Now, it’s more important than ever for consumers to be aware of the way our merchandise affects supply chains around the world.<\/p>\n

Here’s five strides ethical fashion has made in the past year – a kind of runway of our own, so to speak, highlighting some of the best of the industry’s shift toward ethical sourcing:<\/p>\n

1. H&M<\/a>:\u00a0Bangladesh’s largest buyer is H&M. Unfortunately, this means the company has historically sourced from dangerously low conditions in a garment industry accounting for 78% of Bangladesh\u2019s total exports and 13% of its GDP. This year, however, H&M led a breakthrough<\/a>, shifted their company<\/a>, and came under principles based on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2. Zara<\/a>: While Zara’s parent company Inditex signed the Bangladesh factory safety accord,<\/a> the company was freshly accused of alleged use of slave labor<\/a> in Argentina. It remains to be seen if the company will uphold the agreement’s standard, but the pressure surrounding their work, and the path they’ve chosen to take, both look promising.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0The Runway: Eco Fashion Week,<\/a> the Green Shows<\/a>, Ethical Fashion Forum’s Source<\/a> events and Estethica <\/a>are all signs of a growing showcase of Ethical fashion. A movement that was once granola and even sloppy, at times, is moving toward a chic, organized presentation rivaling the style and creativity of even mainstream fashion shows.<\/p>\n

4. Movements: During last week’s NYFW, models and activists showed public support<\/a> for fair wages and garment workers, asking Nautica to, “Put People over Profit.”<\/p>\n

5. News producer Al Jazeera recently released a hard hitting documentary, “Fault Lines – Made in Bangladesh<\/a>” to highlight human rights violations in fashion, and reveal how companies like Gap and Wal Mart are turning a blind eye.<\/p>\n

Have more ethical fashion updates for us? Comment with your additions below!<\/p>\n

Photo by Onyait Odeke<\/a> for ethical accessories brand Nakate<\/a>. Used with Permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fashion week fever is fresh in New York. But how is the shift toward ethics in the industry? Here’s five strides ethical fashion has made in the past year – a kind of runway of our own, so to speak, highlighting some of the best of the industry’s shift toward ethical sourcing. More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":10570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[94,75],"tags":[123,3,74],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC_3802.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10542"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}