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The #InsideOut Fashion Revolution

April 24, 2015 By Yasmin Khatun Leave a Comment

Turning my clothes inside out and travelling from one side of London to the other — Fashion Revolution Day has arrived. Selfies on instagram and tweets of our clothing (#Insideout) have taken over all across the world. Bangladesh, China, Swaziland and Brazil are just a few of the countries partaking in the day of activism tabbed under a day for Revolution. Generations of consumers are asking ‘Who made our clothes?’ — re-connecting the thread all of our clothes travel, by re-engaging us with are garments and the labels that sit on their backs.

I remember two years ago today when news emerged of the deadly collapse of Rana Plaza, a collapse which drew the world’s attention reminding us that there are real people behind our clothing, real people with real families, who all felt their loss.

The grounds upon which the eight story commercial building collapsed were swampy and the cracks on its walls were large. Garment workers were forced to go back to work knowing that this building was unsafe. But this is the world of garment workers, the result of greed, corruption, injustice and rampant consumerism and to those working in the industry, the collapse wasn’t a surprise.

Filed Under: Foreign Affairs, Media & Culture Tagged With: Bangladesh, fashion, Global capitalism, Paris Fashion Week, Rana Plaza

VIDEO: Can We Make Fashion More Ethical After Rana Plaza? (Part 2)

October 23, 2014 By Yasmin Khatun 3 Comments

In 2013 Yasmin Khatun launched an unprecedented series, “Bangladesh in Crisis,” which followed events focused on the South Asian country’s International Crimes Tribunal and political crisis. In the wake of a factory collapse in April 2013, the series explored the nation’s garments industry. “Slave Industry: A year on from Rana Plaza” was a follow up documentary to critically acclaimed “Bangladesh in Crisis” special report: “Ethical Fashion.” “Slave Industry: A year on from Rana Plaza” has been shortlisted for ‘International investigative documentary television’ of the year at the Association of International Broadcasting awards.

In Part 2: How can fashion be transformed into a more ethical industry to prevent future disasters like Rana Plaza from occurring? When does low paid labor become true slavery?

Filed Under: Civil Liberties, Foreign Affairs Tagged With: Bangladesh, capitalism, fashion, Human Rights, Rana Plaza

VIDEO: Slave Industry — A Year After Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza (Part 1)

October 20, 2014 By Yasmin Khatun 1 Comment

In 2013 Yasmin Khatun launched an unprecedented series, “Bangladesh in Crisis,” which followed events focused on the South Asian country’s International Crimes Tribunal and political crisis. In the wake of a factory collapse in April 2013, the series explored the nation’s garments industry. “Slave Industry: A year on from Rana Plaza” was a follow up documentary to critically acclaimed “Bangladesh in Crisis” special report: “Ethical Fashion.”

“Slave Industry: A year on from Rana Plaza” has been shortlisted for ‘International investigative documentary television’ of the year at the Association of International Broadcasting awards. It looks at ethics in fashion and the Rana Plaza factory collapse a year on from the disaster, with Khatun investigating whether anything has changed. She also questions what Islam says about the ethics of labor.

“It’s amazing to have been shortlisted for the award and bring attention to a cause we very often neglect. My intention behind producing the documentary was to highlight why it’s an important cause, bring to attention those who suffer as a result of fast fashion and present that being ‘ethical’ is a wholly Islamic issue.” –Yasmin Khatun

Filed Under: Civil Liberties, Foreign Affairs Tagged With: Bangladesh, capitalism, fashion, Human Rights, Rana Plaza

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