Fashion Victims: Tough Working Conditions Caused By Fast Fashion
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Fast fashion is the term used when big retailers ditch the typical summer-winter seasons to instead crank out new dirt-cheap products.
Quicker turnarounds can mean tough working conditions for textile workers in Asia, Latin American and Eastern Europe.
Lucy Siegle writes a column on ethical living for London’s Observer newspaper.
She speaks to anchor Lisa Mullins about the global impact of fast fashion.
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