Why won't Kiwi fashion brands protect overseas garment-makers from poverty?
Article in stuff.co.nz by Tracey Decena
The fashion industry may be vast and glamorous, but it is built on the backs of millions of women who live in poverty. Multi-million-dollar fashion brands rake in huge profits yearly, with fashion executives earning $2,500 per hour on average, while the lowest-paid worker in their supply chain gets as little as $0.65 per hour. When you look at it that way, you can’t deny who has the power and the responsibility to change the lives of the garment workers. It’s the clothing brands.
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Beautiful fabrics and colourful garments are easy to find in Bhalupali, a rural village in northern India. It’s a long way from Hawke’s Bay, where Ana Wilkinson-Gee grew up, but this is where she has found her purpose, founding the fashion label, Holi Boli, which supports women into training and employment, while offering its customers around the world effortless – and ethical – style.
WRITER: CARLY THOMASPHOTOGRAPHERS: JARED BUCKLEY & HAMISH JOHNSON
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Why won't Kiwi fashion brands protect overseas garment-makers from poverty?
Article in stuff.co.nz by Tracey Decena
The fashion industry may be vast and glamorous, but it is built on the backs of millions of women who live in poverty. Multi-million-dollar fashion brands rake in huge profits yearly, with fashion executives earning $2,500 per hour on average, while the lowest-paid worker in their supply chain gets as little as $0.65 per hour. When you look at it that way, you can’t deny who has the power and the responsibility to change the lives of the garment workers. It’s the clothing brands.
Holi Boli was super proud to be supporting our sisters at Shama! Shama (Shama Ethnic Women's Trust) is a charitable trust that empowers and supports ethnic women in New Zealand. Shama...
2022 Kauri Bay Boomrock - Life Changing Fashion Show
The 2021 NZFW was postponed to February 2022 then cancelled due to COVID-19. The Sustainable Show participants got together and created their own COVID safe streaming show from "Kauri Bay...
How ethical entrepreneurs go that little bit greener in their own home
See original article at Stuff.co.nz How ethical entrepreneurs go that little bit greener in their own home by Mikaela Willkes - 8 January 2022 The eco-renovator - Rose Hope The...
Manawainuitanga. Going Against the Grain.
Beautiful fabrics and colourful garments are easy to find in Bhalupali, a rural village in northern India. It’s a long way from Hawke’s Bay, where Ana Wilkinson-Gee grew up, but this is where she has found her purpose, founding the fashion label, Holi Boli, which supports women into training and employment, while offering its customers around the world effortless – and ethical – style.
WRITER: CARLY THOMASPHOTOGRAPHERS: JARED BUCKLEY & HAMISH JOHNSON