Surveys, Hangers and labels

On clothing

Thinking about the use of 2nd hand clothing,  and it was suggested that by using it it would cancel out the fact that thay were made in a sweat shop. I do not believe this to be a fact, let me use an example.  To skin a tiger for its fur would be considered unethical but buying it second hand doesn't change the way in which it was created.  If a 11 year old girl is beaten after a 12 hour shift for not producing enough or not meeting her quota, and is in tear and pain to create your garment,  buying it 2nd hand is not going to change that fact.

Vacuum forming with lettering

The idea behind this was to create a wall of transparent company logos that are known to be unethical in the manufacturing of their products.  Behind the wall of brands I would have prehaps a siloet(s) of a child working behind sewing machine. This would allow the public to think of the people behind the brands.

Label templates

Labelling

I am curious of how much the public look at labeling.  I know with food it is a major part of it as it gives info if it is organic, battery farmed,   free range, corn fead, fair trade and even has country of origin and where it was packaged. I know too that there are laws and regulations that are back by government to make sure this happens.  But I believe that this is because it is in the news alot and we have been trained through the media to look for these things. However with clothing it is different as I believe we look mostly at the style, fabric, colour,  then we look at the designer labels and price tag, and then on to size. I have never looked at the labeling in a shop for any more than that and I am sure I am not the only one.  When it comes home the labels are then thrown in to the bin, and the internal label is only looked at when it's time to wash it. It's usually at this point that some labels say where they are made.  I think it is really about re- educating the public in to looking at labelling,  however none of this matters as there are no laws stating that the ethics behind the production has to be shown. If more of the public demanded it then this would bring change.