The fashion industry is a product of the modern age. Prior to the mid-19th century, most clothing, shoes and other accessories were custom made. It was handmade for individuals, either as home production or on order from dressmakers, tailors, shoemakers and others.
Let’s go back in time . . . .
153 yrs of women's fashion in 8 minutes.
Women's fashions year by year: 1795 to 1948
Uploaded by wallygreeninker on Jun 14, 2007
By the beginning of the 20th century—with the rise of new technologies such as the sewing machine, the rise of global capitalism and the development of the factory system of production, and the proliferation of retail outlets such as department stores—clothing, shoes and other accessories had increasingly come to be mass-produced in standard sizes and sold at fixed prices.
Today it is an international and highly globalized industry, often designed in one country, manufactured in another, and sold world-wide.
Fashion in the 1950s
Uploaded by teachertubeMS on Oct 15, 2009
As fabric are sourced from China, clothes manufactured in Vietnam, finished in Italy, and shipped to a warehouse in the United States for distribution to retail outlets internationally, employment declined considerably as production increasingly moved overseas, especially to China.
American Fashion of the 1970s - Sarah Chuah
Moda Anos 80
Uploaded by skateradical080 on May 24, 2009
Researching the origins of your clothes and what else you wear can help prevent child labor and sweatshop employment around the world (greenamericatoday.org).
Who Made Your Shirt? Child Labor in China
Child Labor: India's Silent Machine
An ongoing production for "fashion sake" tainted by long hours, wages below the legal minimum, crackdowns on union organizing, verbal and physical abuse and others envelopes workers in overseas factories.
Sweat and tears for the lowly at half a dollar an hour’s work compared to the many clothing company CEO’s that make salaries in the tens of millions of dollars a year.
Even fashion have not spared man’s best pet friend . . . the dogs
Dog Fur Found
In Many Popular Clothing Brands
Uploaded by waliver15 on Jul 12, 2008
For Shopper’s Awareness. . .
Rankings proceed from top to bottom with companies at the top as more responsible within the industry and those at the bottom as the less responsible.
Letter grades go in this order: A (best) , B, C, D, F(worst) with plus (+) and minus (-).
"n/i" means we don't have enough information to give a letter grade for that category.
The color coding is another corporate responsibility indicator, in the order:
Green (best), Yellow, Orange, Red (worst).
Companies in the green zone are sustainable and working towards creating a greener planet (most industries will not have companies in the green zone as there are no companies that can be considered sustainable in that industry).
Companies red zone have poor environmental and social responsibility records and should be avoided if possible. 'Orange' companies are not quite as bad as 'red' and ' yellow' zone are slightly better than orange. Orange and yellow companies have a ways to go before they can be considered green.
Sourced from : GreenAmerica.org
Fashion then compared to the present demands a social responsibility for each and everyone.
Keep clothes out of landfills by re-selling them or donating them to organizations such as the Planet Aid (planetaid.org) where profits go to HIV and AIDS prevention, schools, and health programs.
As consumers, everyone can help by donating clothing to be reused, supporting companies like TOMS Shoes, and monitoring where clothes come from (TOMSshoes.com).
Fashion in the 90's
Uploaded by TheVintageThreads on May 20, 2010
Givenchy Haute Couture Fall Winter -
2010 / 2011 Show - Zeitgeschmack.com
Uploaded by zeitgeschmack on Jul 5, 2010 All images by wwd.com
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