Blood, Sweat and T-shirts premiered on BBC3 last night. The documentary follow six young people to Delhi, India where for the first half of the programme they worked in a sweatshop producing clothes for the likes of Zara, H&M, French Connection and Gap. The four girls and two guys worked and lived like factory workers but struggled to cope with the harsh conditions.
Did the realities of the industry change your opinion on bargain shopping? If you missed the show you can watch it now on BBC iplayer.
Rebecca
Buckle
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Post a CommentI'm just watching this now on iplayer and I think it's really good. It's definitely a different approach to the sweatshop debate. I think it was especially good to take them out to see how far their factory earnings would go towards living expenses. I personally am against the whole idea of disposable fashion to start with- I do shop on the high street, but that's because that's the extent to which my budget stretches. Even if I buy something for £5 from Primark, I still expect to wear it at least a few times, and never buy anything with the intent of wearing it once and throwing it away. I think that sort of behaviour is the most harmful, both to the environment and to the people making the clothes.
I don't really like "bargain" stores. You can get cuter, better quality items -- for less! -- at thrift stores and flea markets. I buy almost everything used... good for the budget as well as the environment.
I voted probably not because not only cheap brands work like that. If you buy a Ralph Lauren shirt, for example, it's never said to be made in USA, but to be made in an Asian country and you pay for it much more than you would pay for a similar shirt in GAP. I think that then i should only buy fair trade clothes.
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