“I dream of buying a big place and making a big shop in the market.”

Arifa Begum, tailor, Bangladesh

Fashion

We support workers and artisans changing the fashion sector for good.

In a sector brimming with untold environmental damage and exploitation, our partners are standing up for better, slower fashion.

Around 300 million people work in the fashion industry - and approximately 80% of garment workers are women of colour.

We stand with workers demanding reform. We not only campaign for legislative and policy change, but also support collectives working for better conditions and fair pay.

We invest directly in the fair trade businesses who are doing things differently - valuing the artisans who weave, sew and make the clothes we wear, and showing the world that fashion doesn’t have to cost the earth.

Key Facts and Figures

300M

the estimated number of people who work in the clothing and fashion fashion industry today

Only 2%

of fashion brands have a public, measurable plan to achieve a living wage for their workers*

*According to a 2020 survey of 250 large brands

3/5

of all fast-fashion items end up in landfills worldwide

Learn about homeworkers’ lives through their own photography and see how brands score in their approaches to homeworking.

Meet fashion’s unseen workers

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1/5 of factories unable to pay minimum wage

Research conducted with the University of Aberdeen showed that 1/5 of factories in Bangladesh struggled to pay minimum wage after brands cancelled orders without pay, delayed payments for months and changed orders at the last minute.

Join us in our fight for a Fashion Watchdog to stop brands mistreating factories and workers.

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