The shirt on your back: How did the clothes you're wearing get to you? We trace the human cost of the Bangladeshi garment industry in video, words and pictures.
"The shirt on your back" -- interactive documentary worth watching
It's been just over a year since the Rana Plaza garment factory building collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Watch this, please.
The shirt on your back: How did the clothes you're wearing get to you? We trace the human cost of the Bangladeshi garment industry in video, words and pictures.
The shirt on your back: How did the clothes you're wearing get to you? We trace the human cost of the Bangladeshi garment industry in video, words and pictures.
Interested in DIY/making your own?
We're pulling together the handwoven fabrics we've been collecting over the years -- ready for your sewing and textile projects:
Here's a small sampling of what we have. See our SHOP page for more lengths of silk fabric.
- metres of organic, undyed, textured silk and finer silks for clothing
- 2m lengths of black cotton from Laos with beautiful, elaborately woven borders - perfect for a skirt or other project
- 2 rolls of unique fabric made from the bark of the Yaboi tree!
- smaller pieces of silks and cottons for quilting, cushion covers, any textile project in your imagination
Here's a small sampling of what we have. See our SHOP page for more lengths of silk fabric.
Join TAMMACHAT at the Fair Trade Bazaar, May 10-11, 2014 in Halifax, Nova Scotia!
www.fairtradebazaar.ca
Join us at Nova Scotia’s most unique Fair Trade Bazaar! Come explore the rich and exotic variety of fairly traded goods -- from natural textiles and jewellery to felted carpets and textile art to women's accessories, handbags and home wares. Celebrate Mother's Day and World Fair Trade Day by supporting local Nova Scotian businesses that practice globally conscious trade with cooperatives and other groups in Asia, Africa and Latin America.