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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Bianca Alexander, Esq. Director of Communications
(312) 618-1853
FASHION REVOLUTION DAY USA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Bianca Alexander, Esq. Director of Communications
(312) 618-1853
FASHION REVOLUTION DAY USA
NEW
YORK, NY (April 22, 2014)
– On April 24th,
we’re turning fashion into a force for good with the first annual
Fashion
Revolution Day , a
worldwide movement in over 50 countries demanding fair treatment for
all garment workers and clothing that is made ethically and humanely.
Fashion Revolution Day
aims to honor the lives of the 1133 sweatshop laborers killed and
over 2500 injured in the Rana Plaza factory building collapse in
Dhaka, Bangladesh last April 24, 2013 due to unsafe working
conditions, and to create transparency and justice in the global
fashion supply chain.
Consumers who shop
at large retailers like Walmart, The Gap and Forever 21 increase
demand for cheap, disposable clothing. As a result,
manufacturers look to countries like Bangladesh, Myanmar, and
Cambodia where wages and workplace standards for textile and garment
production are unreasonably low. The race to the bottom of a
competitive global marketplace leads to inhumane safety standards and
growing exploitation of millions of garment workers, like 20 year old
Rana Plaza survivor Aklima Khanam, who has worked in clothing
factories since age 14 to support her family. Aklima’s average work
shift runs from 8am to midnight, seven days a week with no days off.
On the day of the
collapse, her managers were aware of a crack in the building but
threatened to dock one month’s wages if she refused to go to work.
When the walls caved in shortly after beginning work on the morning
of April 24th, Aklima was trapped under her sewing machine for 15
hours before being rescued. Before the accident, she made $125 per
month. With injuries to her head, back and legs, she can no longer
work but has received little to no compensation from her employers.
Rana Plaza is but one example of the many atrocities occurring daily
in the name of fashion.
Fashion
Revolution says enough is enough.
With a call to
action to wear an item of clothing #insideout on April 24th,
2014 and share a picture via social media in honor of those injured
at Rana Plaza, Fashion Revolution Day asks the question “Who
Made Your Clothes?” With this
simple gesture, thousands
of consumers around the world will be empowered to be curious
about where their clothes come from and take action on behalf of the
human hands that manufacture them.
The
campaign is supported by designers, pioneering thought leaders, media
across the globe and many celebrities. Fashion Revolution Day
ambassador Amber Valletta - supermodel, actress and founder of online
ethical fashion retailer Master
& Muse , is inspired to wear her clothes #insideout on April
24th,
Fashion Revolution Day: “We all need to pay attention to how and
where our clothes are made because we share a common thread:
humanity." Watch Amber turn her clothes #insideout on this
Fashion
Revolution Day PSA produced by Fashion Revolution USA board
member and ethical fashion pioneer Marci Zaroff. To keep the momentum
going for the campaign after 4.24, Marci collaborated with famed
t-shirt designer Michael Stars to create a limited edition Michael
Stars x Under the Canopy “Who Made Your Clothes?” #insideout
t-shirt made from 100% organic cotton, now available on Shopethica
and Modavanti
with proceeds benefiting
the Rana Plaza Donors Trust Fund.
Join
the global Fashion Revolution movement! Post
a photo of yourself wearing an outfit #insideout on the Fashion
Revolution Day USA
facebook
fan page by 11:59pm PST on April 24th, 2014 and
you could win an ethical designer wardrobe worth over $3,000 courtesy
of our brand partners including 2ETN
About Fashion
Revolution.
Fashion
Revolution was founded in the UK by ethical
fashion pioneer, Cary Somers.
On April 24th,
Fashion Revolution Day events
will be held in cities across the world and in the US, including
panel discussions, an Earth Day festival, a shopping night out in New
York City, and a shorts film festival and community fair in Los
Angeles and San Francisco. For the latest updates, visit the Fashion
Revolution USA website, follow Fashion Revolution Day on facebook
@Fashion
Revolution USA , twitter @Fash_RevUSA
, visit the global
campaign site or join our worldwide twitter party at 12pmEST on April
24th.
- On April 24th, wear an item of clothing inside out
- Photograph yourself in it
- Ask the brand “Who Made Your Clothes?”
- Share the picture on social media and the Fashion Revolution Day facebookpage with the hashtag #insideout
- Take action by signing a petition urging manufacturers to sign the Bangladesh Accordensuring factory safety and inspections
- Share Fashion Revolution Day with a friend "
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