Loved Clothes Last! – Fashion Revolution Week 2021
April 19, 2021“Loved clothes last!” is a mantra to live by! But it is also a book written by Fashion Revolution founder Orsolo de Castro. I bought the book when it first came out earlier in the year, but only got around to reading it and finished it yesterday. It just so happens that this nicely coincides with the start of Fashion Revolution Week 2021. What is Fashion Revolution Week I hear you ask! The Fashion Revolution campaign started after the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory complex killing 1,134 garment workers in Dhaka Bangladesh on 24th April 2013. The factories…
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