Its the holiday season and im being bombarded by clothing companies and evverything else to by their merchandise. But it seems like everything is made in china korea or some 3rd world country and probably in a sweatshop!! I dont wanna spend my hard earned money supporting those monster corp. Does anyone know of a websight that sells sweat shop free coats, clothes and boots that arent to expensive? Help a brotha out peace robin
I have been sweat-free since the summer, meaning that I no longer buy from places that directly contribute to sweatshop labor. I do, however, still purchase from places live Goodwill and the Salvation Army because these companies don't produce the clothes themselves. Try looking for the things you want there, first, and if you can't what you want, or simply don't want used clothes (understandable) try these websites: http://www.nosweatapparel.com/ http://www.americanapparel.net/ (If you are really big on feminism issues, I reccommend you don't shop here until they get new management...their current management really continues to try and set the standard for a healthy person as really freaking skinny. In terms of their advertising, they are no better than somewhere like Abercrombie and Fitch, although their apparell is union made. http://www.newdream.org/consumer/justiceclothing.html http://proletarianthreads.com/ (shirts from american apparell) http://www.demockratees.com/ (shirts from american apparell) I hope I'm not too late, and that this helps! Peace
THRIFT STORES!!!! its that simple. any second hand charity run store only carries recycled often reused donations, which doesnt directly support the production of anything, though i guess it does sooordove help the flow of clothing alive, but its a huge step in the right direction. your also not supporting one of the most pesitcide intensive crop grown by shopping at thrift stores, cotton. plus, all that clothing people waste their money on at regular stores, you get for a fraction of the cost...and pluuus, all those regular stores are owned by those same people who are fuckin up this planet with their greed ridden lives. i try to avoid shopping at any place other than a thrift store unless i absolutley have to or really feel the need to go elsewhere.
'sweat shops' have a bad rep.. but we may judge them in relation to our ideals... Many clothes produced in the UK or America ..or anywhere border on what we may deem 'sweat shop' but we may not think twice about it being made under exploitation... It is not just foreign companys.. i guess we should find out the conditions of the places that produce our garments and products.. but thinking just because it says 'China' or say 'malaysia'.. does not always mean 'sweatshop'.. Hell it might have been produced under better conditions that 'back home'. I think thats what a lot of this boils down too.. my answer is SO WHAT. I don't get how buying clothes at say the Salvation Army or 'Thrift stores' helps.. You still get clothing that MAY have been produced in Sweat Shops.. You STILL have to look into who produced it and where ... or is it just ''well if it says NIKE or some other 'Big business' then it MUST have been made in a sweat shop'' ?.. Imho it is not always the case..at least with major companys you can check with the coporate responsibility clauses most if not ALL have.. You can pretty much gaurantee on finding out where they made these clothes.. Wich i think is better than getting un branded clothing with some 'Anti war' or whatever slogan on.. God only knows where some of that is made. Taken from your links: They’re 100% sweatshop-free and guaranteed to start conversations, make you friends, and incense your enemies. All of the clothes at Justice Clothing are made in the USA and Canada by unionized workers. How do they prove it was made under fair conditions.. merely being made in America or Canada says not much . I guess those that are 'unionised' ar 'ok' but even so who keeps tabs on these companys ?.. Just because they are from a 'radical' source means not much with out evidence.. Nobody wishes to see exploitation where ever in the world it occurs.. so apologies if i have been either rude or cynical.
God, I won't actually shop anywhere else these days. FUCK COOL, go old school cheap style. And you're recycling cotton and polyester too. Thrift shops are the bomb!
Maybe it's just me being lazy, but I find it really hard to find good stuff in the charity shops around here, most of it is granny stuff (although this may be because, being student land, you have to be super-quick to get good stuff). I generally get clothes off Ebay, it's kind of the same thing, except without the charity element.
Become a trend setter.. wear something that nobody else wants. You might find blokes like the more 'mature' clothing not favoured by your peers. P.S You know you may lose a few brownie points buying from a global coporate entity...doing who knows what to who knows who in some god awful place somewhere to people who quite frankly don't deserve it.. i am sure .
How i have missed your unhinged swipes at me.. but i think this is the wrong thread to be bringing up gas prices.. unless you know something i don't ?... maybe ''How much fuel is used getting from a-b..in the pursuit of ethical clothing ?... is it worth the effort in the long run'' ... Very good point you raise their Paul
don't know anything about that... If I can, for the holidays, I make gifts for folks. Now that I know how to knit, it comes in rather handy.
