(un)ethical fashion.
Boycotting cosmetic brands which test on animals is increasing in popularity, but why are we still purchasing from brand who exploit workers?
The boycotting of cosmetic brands is increasing, brands such as Lush and the Body Shop pride themselves on the fact that they are “cruelty free”. This “trend” is being propelled by the ever growing blogging community, social media and an increase in ethical awareness of shoppers.
Hundreds of brand now call themselves “cruelty free” and rightly so. But, what about the clothing brands who are still exploiting their workers in order to get the latest trends from the catwalk to shelves?
Wearing cosmetics which haven’t been tested on animals seems to lose its moral ground when the accompanying outfit was produced by an uneducated 5 year old child in Indonesia
In 2007 Topshop’s manufacturers were accused of exploiting’ workers in Mauritius, the multibillion dollar brand promised to improve working conditions of its foreign factories, but do we see Topshop using bags with “Free from Slave Labour” at the checkout?.
Recently Primark were accused of ‘slave labour’ on home soil in Manchester, paying unacceptable wages and breaching legal worker break requirements, again I ask you, would you boycott Primark for mistreating its workers?
The ethics of fashion are questionable, but the recent rise of awareness towards animal testing is becoming extremely hypocritical. Bloggers, celebrities and everyday people are proud to protect animal right suggesting that Animal Rights are of a higher value than Human Rights when those Humans do not live in a Western Culture - I mean an Asian child sewing clothes for 14 hours a day is not cute and fluffy like a rabbit having lipstick smeared on it.
