jenniferleggett on how to be a cool kid this season

abaosunsade says: get greener clothes or get them off

preeyasud weighs in on the debate

jenniferleggett channels robin hood on the catwalk

chrishare redefines romance

hollieastman is having none of it this Valenine’s Day

abaosunsade attends the official launch of semple clothing,
and speaks to stuartsemple

It appears to me that a bitter irony exists in the fight against sweatshops. Whilst we hear the emotive stories of ‘poor 12 year old girls forced to work an 18 hour day’, we are not always stirred. It seems instead that the way in which the ‘atrocities’ are presented to us provokes an almost apathetic response. Just as the media’s bombardment of images of dirt-covered, fly-ridden children in Africa has taken away any shock value: the reality of the working conditions is merely a distant truth.

I cannot stand it when I hear somebody banging on about how workers in developing countries are being ‘exploited’ by multinational corporations, and how everyone should refuse to buy Nike trainers ‘out of principle’.  Before I begin my rant, I want to make it clear that I’m not talking about child labour, or forced labour, or anything of the sort.  I’m talking about people who live in developing countries and work in the factories that make the clothes you find in Primark, Gap and the like.

Introducing the iPhone, a smashing idea in concept with more technology than you can shake a stick at, but sadly it’s a load of bollocks.