My task for the presentation was to cover both the environmental and ethical issues within the fashion sector, and to emphasize that we should be informed consumers.
I really love this film, and I appreciated getting to watch it again as an assignment. Here I have my notes on my biggest takeaways from the film:
Putting burden of all bad things in the fashion industry on those most vulnerable
Environmental:
-Ignoring basic agricultural facts, cancer, birth defects, mental retardation and physical handicaps, 11 million tons of textile waste from US alone
Ethical:
-Most labor dependent industry in the world, Blatant disregard for human life at every stage of production, and disposal (sold back to poor people)
Social:
-Material goods do not make us happier, pursuit of possessions leads to depression, ads are based in propaganda, gaslighting leads to buying more and more, making us poorer and sadder