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B’ Class Senior High 2017-2018

Individual Work Team Work In English Visit to the designer’s Vassilis Zoulias Atelier

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Fast Fashion

• Term of fast fashion : Phenomenon in the fashion industry whereby

production processes are expedited in order to get new trends to the market as quickly and cheaply as possible.

• History of the term : The idea was that “quick response” could help the

US textile industry work more effectively with retailers and stem the tide of production moving offshore.

• Its goal : Originally two fashion seasons: Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter.

Fast forward to 2014 and the fashion industry is churning out 52 “micro- seasons” per year.

BIG BRANDS

Well known clothes brands:

In the majority of the factories: awful working conditions exploitation, people working more than 16h/day without even having a toilet break wages earned are too low to sustain workers children forced to work for more than 10 hours a day workers often beaten by their bosses

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WORKERS CONSUMERS HEALTH

respiratory problems

allergies

embryonal misgrowth

Neurological disorders

infertility cancer CHEMICALS SYNTHETIC DYES SYNTHETIC CLOTHING

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Textile Industry: Environmental Pollution

 Cotton:

• consumes enormous amounts of water
• is one of the most chemically dependent

crops in the world

 Chemical Materials:

• Polyester and nylon

are made from petrochemicals are not biodegradable

 Water Pollution:

• more than a half trillion gallons of

fresh water are used throughout the textile dyeing process annually

• The dye wastewater is discharged

into nearby rivers

• Water into rivers: "highly caustic“
• Countries: China, India, Pakistan,

Turkmenistan, Brazil

• Transportation of clothes: a

container ship fueled by the dirtiest of fossil fuels which provoke water and air pollution.

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Animals die in the name of fashion

They get killed for:

• Their fur
• Pelt

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Working conditions and safety

• Working conditions have been

improved since the Rana Plaza disaster, but not dramatically.

• Most workers are women and

children.

• The buildings are not always

properly designed for this use.

• The government has also made legal

changes that have helped increase the number of unions.

• Recent Zara’s workers note campaign

in November

Zara: Note Campaign Workers in garment industry Accidents due to destroyed buildings

“I made this item you are going to buy but I didn’t get paid for it”

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Life stories of the workers

Huynh Van Hai

works in a large factory in

• Vietnam. On a normal day, Hai

works a ten-hour shift, starting at seven in the morning and finishing at five in the afternoon. He usually works extra time if he

• can. There are from two to four

hours on top of his normal shift.

Selim

a survivor of the collapse of Rana Plaza, a garment factory in

• Bagladesh. Selim, a 37-year-old

father, heard a tremendous noise as the world plunged into

• darkness. He was thrown to the

floor alongside fellow workers. Some died quickly when concrete and metal crushed them as the building imploded.

Naseer

worked in a garment factory

• n the seventh floor of Rana
• Plaza. When it collapsed, he

was trapped for around 6

• hours. Naseer created his own

factory, as he has planned.

Workers in India

It is worth saying that many textile workers in Indian factories earn so little that an entire month's wages would not buy a single item they produce.

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Legal Framework

There are laws that are established in order to protect workers’ rights but they are constantly violated by most enterprises, in countries like:

 Pakistan  Bangladesh  China  India  Philippines

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• Tasks better

suited to children

• Fast fashion
• Lack of

education

• Poverty

Causes

United Nations UNICEF International Labor Organisation

Protection

Solutions

• Use organic cotton – wear clothes 100%

cotton made

• Reduce – Reuse – Recycle
• Consumer awareness
• Enhance organizations trying to improve

working conditions & empower workers

• Avoid clothes made of animal fur

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Αθανασιάδη Βασιλεία, Βερβίτα Έλενα, Βλάχου-Σακελλαρίου Νικολέτα, Δεληκούρα Αναστασία, Καραχάλιου Παρασκευή, Κοζή Ευγενία, Ματζιάρ Ναταλία, Μεταξάς Ζήσης, Μουστάνης Νίκος, Μυλωνόπουλος Ιάσων, Σαμαράς Γιώργος Teacher: Maria Bastaki