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Five Reasons Why Fair Trade Fashion Matters
When it comes to fair trade, customers often think of coffee, chocolate, and bananas - not clothing. Clothing is a multi-trillion dollar global industry with vast networks of complex supply chains. In the United States, clothing consumption has doubled over the past 15 years. We wear each piece less often and dispose of them more quickly. But the fair trade system effectively addresses the apparel industry’s pressing concerns and shortcomings.
Here are five ways fair trade fashion makes a positive impact:
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Fair Trade LA's Summer Reading List
Summer is here and with its arrival comes long-awaited vacations, in-person hugs, and a tentative return to normal life. Whether opting for a stay-cation or cruising out of town, we’ve compiled a list of essential Fair Trade reads to last you through your summer outings (and beyond). -
Virtual Vendor Fair - World Fair Trade Day 2020
Happy shopping at our first ever Virtual Vendor Fair! Don't miss out on special deals + discounts! We hope that by highlighting our artisans and small businesses all in one place, it will make it easier for you to shop + support them this World Fair Trade Day 2020. -
FAIR Talks | Dressember
Blythe Hill, the founder of Dressember, was an English major who loved puns and decided to wear a dress every day of December in 2010 to raise mon... -
FAIR Talks | The Tote Project
Free to explore. Free to bloom. Free to soar. Best friends Michelle and Fay focus on a hopeful approach toward fighting human trafficking. They ha... -
FAIR Talks | Dukale's Dream
Hugh Jackman and wife, Deborra, faithful donors and ambassadors for World Vision, decided to finally visit some of the stewards of their financial contributions. Dukale’s Dream is a video chronicle of their journey, of the people and places that inspired them. -
FAIR Talks | Global Fashion Mission
Lyneath Vong had no backup plan. In 2016, she sent in her resignation at her job and hopped on a plane to connect with the families in Cambodia she had met years before, on a trip that changed her from the inside out.
