A great looking patterned blue wool blend 2-piece suit from the late 70's by del Monti. Great for the bigger guy. 44 jacket and fits a 38" waist (can be taken in).
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Aurora Cinema Opens this Thursday!
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
Think About Your T-shirt!!
Thought I should reprint a quote from Australian Fashion Journal from last year. The article was actually describing how fashion labels manage to churn out so many lines EVERY YEAR in the mad scramble to grab as many sales with cheap garments feeding the public's desire to have more things, more often & for less. It got me to thinking what the real cost is of your chain store t-shirt. Think about this & maybe glance inside and take a look at the label next time.
"Fashion houses now offer up to 18 lines a year to feed our addicition for fast, affordable fashion. But this means that factory workers are often exploited; forced to work below the minimum wage, for up to 15 hours without a break and without job security. These workers usually can't even afford to purchase the clothes they sew.
Cheap clothes are also damaging to the environment - the pesticides used to grow the crops are harmful to the soil they are grown in and the water sources around them. Clothing company Seasalt estimates that almost 8,000 chemicals are used in the making of one cotton shirt."
Another link here to greenchoices.org with some more thoughts and ideas.
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