The Resyntex Project, MMU and Stitched Up will be hosting a FREE event with food, films and discussion  to mark the upcoming Fashion Revolution Day 2016.



The Fashion Revolution Day organisation formed in the aftermath of the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster, in which 1134 people were killed when a garment factory collapsed in Bangladesh.

The group exists to bring everyone in the fashion value chain together to help raise awareness of the true cost of fashion by promoting and enhancing transparency throughout the supply chain, in order to find ways of preventing further disasters happening.

Films shown will be the documentaries Clothes to Die For and The Secret Life of Your Clothes.
In Clothes to Die For, survivors of the Rana Plaza disaster tell their remarkable story of survival and escape. The film also charts the origins and growth of Bangladesh clothing industry, which now accounts for almost 80% of the country’s exports.
As the personal stories of survivors reveal, in Bangladesh even a wage as low as £1.50 a day can be life changing and many do not want that opportunity taken away.
The Secret Life of Your Clothes follows the trail of our unwanted clothes to Ghana, the biggest importer of UK castoffs. One million pounds worth of our old clothes arrive here every week. Importers make up to £25,000 a day, but not everyone is profiting.
The local textile industry has been decimated and the deluge of our clothes has had a seismic effect on Ghanaian culture. Western outfits are fast replacing iconic West African prints and traditional garments.

A panel of speakers will then discuss the links between social and environmental aspects of fashion consumption.

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