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I worked at an NGO in Cambodia. One thing I remember clearly was having lunch with this French guy who was in the fashion industry. He told me: “if you’re buyin
by alecst 5y ago
I worked at an NGO in Cambodia. One thing I remember clearly was having lunch with this French guy who was in the fashion industry. He told me: “if you’re buying a T-shirt for $10 or less, there’s no way around it: someone, somewhere is getting exploited.”
- latchkey 5y agoWeird comment. I don't understand why the price you pay makes a difference. Someone could be exploited even if the price was $100. Location doesn't matter either, people are exploited all over the world.
- alecst 5y agoYou don't understand why the price you pay makes a difference in whether someone is exploited or not? Do you think a shirt could be profitably sold for $1, and have everyone along the supply chain be paid a fair wage? Also it's true, people are exploited for more expensive things all the time. But my point was about cheap stuff.
- latchkey 5y agoSorry, but the final price of an item cannot be used to determine whether someone along the chain was exploited. I was in the t-shirt industry for a number of years. Sold millions of them. The base price of a raw blank t-shirt at scale is around $1-4, so there isn't much room to go lower there. In essence, from your definition, ALL t-shirts are exploitation of some form or another.