Make a difference: join “Fashion Revolution Week” 2017.

Apr 22, 2017 | 0 comments

Fashion Revolution Week is our #whomademyclothes campaign in April, which happens at the time of the Rana Plaza factory collapse, where 1,138 people were killed and many more injured on 24th April 2013. We use this week to encourage millions of people to ask brands ‘Who made my clothes’ and demand greater transparency in the fashion supply chain.

/ As a single individual, it may sometimes feel like a very lonely and perhaps hopeless struggle to try an change with the way we consume today. Whether you support ecology, recycling in all shades or generally consume less, you can not overlook that the effect is greatest if we are many who stand together in this fight. Fashion Revolution gives us all the opportunity to do this together each year: get more transparency into the textile industry and its supply chain. Fashion Revolution is a non-profit organization that wants to change the whole way we manufacture clothes today: better working conditions, fair pay and more eco-friendly production. Fashion should no longer exist at the expense of our environment and the people who produce it. It should be fun in new creative ways, and that’s all I’m trying to practice here in my online universe as well! You can read more about how to support the campaign right HERE.

This is the first time I participate in the campaign, and I do by using the hashtag #whomademyclothes on Instagram. Here I will upload a picture next week of a piece of clothing with the label facing outwards, so you can see which brand it comes from and then I ask the brand who has made this piece of clothing. And I hope to get an answer, or at least help put pressure on the industry in the struggle to get more transparency into the supplychain.

Besides that, I have made two videos. One under the theme Fashion Love Story, where you are invited to share some kind of product (a movie, a picture, a poem or the like), telling a little love story about a favourite product from your wardrobe. You can see my film which is about one of my best and oldest secondhand purchases ever on my Instagram.

The other video is under the theme of Fashion Fix. It goes without saying what this is about, and it’s actually a topic I’ve dedicated a whole category to both hereon my blog (handle with care) and on my Youtube channel (fix it – don’t toss it). It’s about taking some time to care, repair or update the things you already have. Whether it’s adding some bling (ironing a cool batch on an old denim jacket, for example), refresh the color of your favorite bag or fix a product that may be missing a button or similar – well,  this is where you can share your best tips. In my video, I fix one of my favourtie occasional wear tops, so I can put it to use it again. Watch it on my Youtube channel.

See all the ways you can participate right here – I hope you want to join the revolution! Even though you might not want to put a video together, then simply use the hashtag #whomademyclothes or share things you see other people make, like fx my videos and posts. Everyone can join!

Som enkelt individ kan det somme tider føles, som en meget ensom og måske håbløs kamp, at gøre op med den måde vi forbruger på i dag. Hvad enten du støtter op om økologi, genbrug i alle afskygninger eller generelt at forbruge mindre, så kan man ikke komme udenom, at effekten er størst hvis vi er mange der står sammen i denne kamp. Det giver Fashion Revolution os hvert år mulighed for, at gøre: stå sammen om, at få indarbejdet mere transparens i tekstilindustrien og dennes forsyningskæde. Fashion Revolution er en non-profit organisation, som gerne vil ændre hele den måde vi fremstiller tøj på i dag: bedre arbejdsforhold, fair lønninger og mere grøn produktion. Mode skal ikke længere eksistere på bekostning af vores miljø og de mennesker der producerer det. Det skal være sjovt på nye kreative måder, og det er jo alt det jeg selv forsøger at praktisere her i mit online univers! Du kan læse meget mere om, hvordan du kan bakke op om kampagnen HER.

Det er første gang jeg deltager i kampagnen, og jeg gør det bl.a. ved at bruge hashtagget #whomademyclothes på Instagram. Her uploader jeg næste uge et billede af et stykke tøj med label’et vendt udad, så man kan se hvilket brand det kommer fra, og spørger, hvem der har lavet dette styke tøj. Og håber så på jeg får svar, eller i det mindste er med til at lægge pres på industrien i kampen om, at få indarbejdet mere transparens i værdikæden.

Udover det har jeg lavet to videoer. Én under emnet Fashion Love Story, hvor man opfordres til, at dele et eller andet form for produkt (en film et billede, et digt eller lign.), hvor man fortæller en lille kærlighedshistorie om et favorit produkt fra sin garderobe. Du kan se min film, der handler om ét af mine bedste og ældste secondhand køb nogensinde på min Instagram.

Den anden video er under emnet Fashion Fix. Det siger næsten sig selv hvad dette omhandler, og det er faktisk et emne jeg har dedikeret en hel kategori til både herinde (handle with care) og på min Youtube kanal (fix it – don’t toss it). Det handler om, at man giver sig lidt tid til at pleje, reparere eller opdatere de ting man allerede er i besiddelse af. Hvad enten det er at tilføje noget nyt bling (stryge en sej lap på en gammel denimjakke fx), opfriske farven på sin yndlings taske eller ordne et produkt der måske mangler en knap eller på anden vis gør, at man ikke får det brugt – ja, så er det altså her man kan dele ud af sine bedste tips. I min video ordner jeg én af mine yndlings gå-i-byen toppe, så jeg igen kan tage den i brug. Se den på min Youtube kanal, under Fashion Revolution week.

Se hvordan du ellers kan deltage lige HER – jeg håber, I har lyst til at deltage! Også jer, der måske ikke lige har lyst til at smække en video eller et andet større produkt sammen. Brug i stedet hashtagget #whomademyclothes eller del alle de produkter der bakker kampagnen op (såsom f.eks. mine videoer eller billeder), det kan alle være med på!

 

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