Civil servants working in urban areas are more likely than peasants to make the distinction between western and traditional clothes. Following Indonesia’s independence from the Dutch in the 1940s, people increasingly started buying factory-made shirts and sarongs. In textile-producing areas the growing of cotton and the production of naturally colored thread became obsolete. Traditional motifs on textiles are no longer considered the property of a certain social class or age-group.
Academic Coordinator of social entrepreneurship incubation programmes of European consortia. Her research has been published in international conferences and research books. Κατέχει βραβευμένο Διδακτορικό στην κοινωνική επιχειρηματικότητα και Υποψήφια ΜεταΔιδάκτωρ στην Εμπορία Ανθρώπων στις Εφοδιαστικές Αλυσίδες Nottigham Rights Lab & Ο.Π.Α.
More than one third of big brands (36%) have published their progress towards reducing the use of virgin plastics for packaging, but only 18% do so for textiles deriving from virgin fossil fuels, which consumers are less likely to recognise as plastic. Just 3%, are publicly disclosing the number of workers in their supply chains laid-off due to COVID-19, leaving us with an ‘incomplete picture’ of the negative socio-economic impact workers have faced throughout the pandemic. When Fashion Revolution published the first Index in 2016, only 5 out of 40 major brands disclosed their suppliers and now six years later 117 out of 250 major brands disclose their suppliers. A score of 100% would free civil society organisations from the lengthy process of ‘proving’ responsibility and chains of custody and allow them to focus on driving impact by holding the brand accountable for addressing and mitigating issues and risks.
They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules. Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources.
This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. Management of Personnel Resources — Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
We actively encourage publicly disclosed information to be scrutinised by anyone and everyone and used to hold brands to account. And, we will continue pushing big brands to put more information in the public domain. Real transparency, and a score of 100%, would also enable civil society organisations and experts, including the trade unions that represent garment workers, to scrutinise the disclosed information.
As a PR and communication manager she is now counselling and campaigning start-ups and young labels in textile industry, circular economy and sharing-economies. Clara is a final year student in Natural Sciences at UCL and has been an activist for a fair, transparent and circular fashion industry for many years. Alongside her studies, she has been an active member of the Fashion and Climate Action Societies at UCL, organising 2 fashion shows, campaigns and clothes swaps to make sustainability centre stage in the discourse held around fashion on campus.
Collaborate with other designers to coordinate special products and designs. Attend fashion shows and review garment magazines and manuals to gather information about fashion trends and consumer preferences. InStyle may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Fashion designers and brands have traditionally kept themselves out of political conflicts, there has been a movement in the industry towards taking more explicit positions across the political spectrum.
Companies such as MUD Jeans, which is based in the Netherlands employ a leasing scheme for jeans. This Dutch company “represents a new consuming philosophy that is about using instead of owning,” according to MUD’s website. Consumers pay €7.50 a month for a pair of jeans; after a year, they can return the jeans to Mud, trade them for a new pair and start another year-long lease, or keep them.