Blimey! Imagine how
exited my fiancé and I were when we received a phone call from a friend stating
that he thought he had just heard me mentioned on BBC Radio 4 Weekend Woman’s
Hour, was a bit taken aback and had to check it out as soon as possible. Later on in the day we sat down and listened
to the Podcast of that day’s programme, and sure enough, there I was!
It all started a few weeks ago when one of the discussions
during the week had been about where one’s clothes came from and the ethical
implications of their origins. The
discussion was about where clothes are made and a campaign to educate consumers
about the manufacturing practices of apparel producers; there was a very
interesting statement that I particularly liked about what constituted a
‘fashion victim’. The interviewee that
redefined this phrase stated that it was not our western interpretation of
someone who “gets it wrong” when they dress, but that fashion victims were
those being exploited and sometimes dying in the course of their work to
produce clothes for the consumer market.
The discussion is well worth a listen on its own merit, but
it was enriched by two emails that were read out at the end, one from a
manufacturer, and the other from, well, ME!
I was a bit gobsmacked that they had featured my email in full, so thank
you Woman’s Hour, it made my day that I could take part in my own small way in
such an important discussion.
You can downloaded a Podcast of the programme here, The #whomademyclothes discussion starts around 9 minutes 8 seconds into the programme. My initial email was read out at the
very end, so stick with it.
Enjoy
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