Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts

Above is an excerpt from the BBC Three series, Blood Sweat and T-Shirts, documenting six supposed fashionistas from Britain (a few of which are about as far away from fashionistas as is possible. ie. one of them is a stereotypically bland Essex boy, oh wow fashion is a Topman bomber jacket and a scarf now is it?), one of whom look like your average trashy velour trackie bum etc etc, and one of whom can just afford to get tailored suits. Anyhow, these six are sent to a Delhi slum to work in the clothing manufacturing factories. It was an interesting episode. There is one brat called Richard though who is an obnoxious prick.

Does make you think about the clothes though. People probably think places like Primark are the worst, because their prices are so low, but in reality, they probably just mark up less and recoup profits by the sheer volume of garments they sell. The more expensive high street stores are just as exploitative, as the cost of their clothes probably does not reflect higher wages for the workers, but rather a higher mark up in the price.