- Dec 2015
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www.theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com
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Process innovation
"Process innovation means the implementation of a new or significantly improved production or delivery method (including significant changes in techniques, equipment and/or software).
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www.washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com
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“fast fashion”: identifying hot designer trends immediately, ordering up inexpensive copies and stocking their stores with the look-alikes, often within weeks of their runway debuts.
Definition of fast fashion.
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These are not knockoffs in the traditional sense because no one is trying to pass them off as designer originals
They're basically knockoffs, though. I guess people buy it because they are knockoffs.
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In April, a factory in Bangladesh involved in producing “fast fashion” collapsed, killing nearly 1,300 people and seriously injuring scores of others.
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You can’t convince someone anymore to spend $300 on a silk blouse if you don’t have it. You can’t re-convince an entire society that it’s okay to spend that kind of money on one item.
Today, spending $300 on a shirt is ridiculous because why spend that much money on something when you can buy something similar at H&M or Zara.
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we aren’t really watching what is going on in those factories.”
People have no idea about the poor working conditions in those factories, partly because we don't really care.
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the desire for what is current and on trend is not going to subside.
Consumers will always want what's new.
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- Nov 2015
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www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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Patagonia, a company known for its strong environmental ethic and sustainable manufacturing processes, has also declined to work with Browne
Why are they declining to work with him? What are they trying to hide?
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“minimal”
There is nothing minimal about this issue.
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1,900 individual fibers can be rinsed off a single synthetic garment - ending up in our oceans.
1,900 fibers from a single garment, think about the millions of clothing sold each year and the amount of times it is washed, goodness gracious.
Also the amount of water used to produce these fibers is ridiculous.
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fibers. Everywhere. They were tiny and synthetic and he was finding them in the greatest concentration near sewage outflows.
No one ever thinks about the fact that clothes are polluting the ocean.
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www.cam.ac.uk www.cam.ac.uk
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Fairtrade’ agreement
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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polyester, the most widely used manufactured fiber, is made from petroleum.
Polyester is not recyclable (https://example.com)http://www.tedresearch.net/media/files/Polyester_Recycling.pdf)
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www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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In terms of care, the report highlights the benefits of synthetic fabrics that require less hot water to wash and less ironing. It suggests that consumers air-dry clothes and throw away their tumble dryers, which require huge amounts of energy.
Talk about saving money.
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how they are both produced and cared for, concludes a new report from researchers at Cambridge University titled “Well Dressed?”
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If it falls apart, you just toss it away
This is the problem with cheap clothes, they don't kasat very long.
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Factory workers in China, where a lot of clothing is manufactured, are increasingly pressing for higher wages.
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it gets recycled into industrial rags and insulation, or even thrown out altogether — generating the term "landfill fashion."
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pejorative
"expressing contempt or disapproval"
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"I remember my mother would take me shopping in August for the fall, and I would just be dying, putting on these itchy sweaters when it was 90 degrees outside," recalls Sharon Graubard, Stylesight's design director. "Nobody does that anymore."
The basic structure of the fashion industry was way different until the late 1980s.
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Customers can now easily see the latest fashions online and have become conditioned to expect a constant stream of trendy new styles from retailers
Fashion today is kinda like a Twitter feed. You have to keep refreshing for new ideas and trends at a constant rate.
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Stefan Persson, is the 17th richest person on the planet, with a net worth of $26.3 billion
I don't get rich people mentality. They have the power to change the world but what do they even do with their money?
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It's so cheap that it isn't even worth returning if we get home and decide we don't like it,
This is the problem with consumerism. People buy things based on the price rather than on the basis of need.
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www.scientificamerican.com www.scientificamerican.com
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the public is more aware of police brutality because of increased media and social attention.
Social media exaggerates literally everything.
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the creation of a permanent "siege mentality" on the part of police officers.
I guess we shouldn't blame police officers, we should blame the system.
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www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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it convinced me that this was the right thing for our community
Is it okay to decide what's right for the community when they end up using the equipment against the community?
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officers throwing a flash grenade into a house and creeping through a field in camouflage.
Is this really necessary?
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The equipment has been added to the armories of police departments that already look and act like military units.
Why are police departments preparing for war against America?
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js.washingtonpost.com js.washingtonpost.com
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“9/11 caused a lot of officers to realize they should be out there looking for those kind of people,”
What does he mean by "those kind of people"? Police officers only use 9/11 as a excuse to mislabel people.
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www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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When the fashion press covers ethics it largely means whether catwalk models should eat more, rather than whether garment workers should eat.
Revised thesis:The fashion industry disregards workers' safety and jeopardizes the environment in order to make a profit.
There is no regard for garment workers whatsoever. They are completely under appreciated by the world. Garment workers don't get enough credit for the work that they do.
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ecowatch.com ecowatch.com
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more than 60 percent of world clothing is manufactured in developing countries
Revised thesis:The fashion industry disregards workers' safety and jeopardizes the environment in order to make a profit.
Cheap labor and poor working conditions are a result of fast fashion.
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there’s still a big carbon footprint with cotton garments carrying the “organic” tag.
Revised thesis:The fashion industry disregards workers' safety and jeopardizes the environment in order to make a profit.
The term "organic" in the fashion industry is only a misleading concept that deceives consumers.
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waterless dye technologies have been developed
Revised thesis:The fashion industry disregards workers' safety and jeopardizes the environment in order to make a profit.
Although new eco-friendly technologies have been developed, the fashion industry has no intention of losing money.
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fisheries and the communities that relied on them failed.
Revised thesis:The fashion industry disregards workers' safety and jeopardizes the environment in order to make a profit.
The overall impact of cotton farming not only affects the environment but also people's homes.
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the fashion industry is truly a mess.
Revised thesis:The fashion industry disregards workers' safety and jeopardizes the environment in order to make a profit.
The fashion industry may seem luxurious but it has many problems that need to be fixed.
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most chemically dependent crops in the world
Revised thesis:The fashion industry disregards workers' safety and jeopardizes the environment in order to make a profit.
With cotton being the most chemically dependent crop, farmers' safety and well-being are also at stake.
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While cotton, especially organic cotton, might seem like a smart choice, it can still take more than 5,000 gallons of water to manufacture just a T-shirt and a pair of jeans.
Revised thesis:The fashion industry disregards workers' safety and jeopardizes the environment in order to make a profit.
Organic cotton has been used widely in the fashion industry and it may be safer than chemically produced cotton but it still takes a toll on the world.
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the overall impact the apparel industry has on our planet is quite grim.
Revised thesis:The fashion industry disregards workers' safety and jeopardizes the environment in order to make a profit.
No one ever realizes how garment and textile factories harm the environment.
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- Oct 2015
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grantland.com grantland.com
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Oh shit, that’s Matt. And then I kept watching and thought, Oh Lord, that’s me.
This video shoes us that Drake is human, and in a way we can relate. That could be us dancing on the dance floor.
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But the fact that he’s doing them, or anything at all, is what you want to see.
Drake is just having the time of his life, he's actually enjoying himself. I guess that's what makes this video so popular.
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Music video directors are magicians in making all artists look more interesting than they are.
True. Video editing can make something awkward as hell into something beautiful.
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www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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People portray companies as evil by definition, and in many aspects they are. But often times a company is forced to behave in certain ways by consumer behaviour. If no one buys your product, you are out of business. Consumers take decisions for companies, but often [they] don't, which means they don't care
Large corporations disregard workers' safety and jeopardize the environment in order to make a profit.
Maybe the problem doesn't lie with companies but with consumers. Consumers only care about buying things based on the price and want rather than on the basis of need.
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"The best way for the country is for brands like H&M to stay there."
Large corporations disregard workers' safety and jeopardize the environment in order to make a profit.
Companies like H&M does benefit economies of third-world countries but it does not do the Rana Plaza incident any justice. Large companies have the ability to change and prevent these incidents from happening.
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somehow, overnight, the cracks that shut the factory the day before have become less dangerous and the management has called in the workforce
Large corporations disregard workers' safety and jeopardize the environment in order to make a profit.
Because large corporations only care about production, garment factories have no choice but to continue production with their business at risk.
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It made me think differently about the workers; that it is another life, like mine,
Large corporations disregard workers' safety and jeopardize the environment in order to make a profit.
People often disregard workers as human beings, diminishing their existence.
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otherwise "these women would be in the fields, in ship-breaking or shrimp farming, working as maids". Now, he says, they are breadwinners, independent
Large corporations disregard workers' safety and jeopardize the environment in order to make a profit.
Although this may be true, large companies only sugarcoat the real situation without fully understanding how these women actually feel.
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And cost, whatever the brands say, is always the prime consideration.
Large corporations disregard workers' safety and jeopardize the environment in order to make a profit.
Because of this, garment factories adjust their prices accordingly resulting in underpaid workers.
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he price of a human being cutting, making and trimming a garment is key in the overall production costs and, of course, eventual profits.
Large corporations disregard workers' safety and jeopardize the environment in order to make a profit.
For large corporations, the lives of human beings are only valuable when it involves a price.
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