Garment workers

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Many female workers were only allowed to leave their hostels for two hours a week.

Best viewed in full-screen mode (click on button at bottom left corner after loading) A simple cotton T-shirt doesn’t seem so simple when you begin to trace the various steps in the now-standard vast global process from cotton farm to clothing shop. The extraordinary success of "fast fashion" giants like H&M, Zana and Forever 21,

"Fast fashion" refers to mass-produced clothing that's made quickly, cheaply, and in trending styles. The goal of fast fashion marketers is to get runway styles into shoppers' hands as quickly as possible, no matter the quality or external costs. These trendy pieces tend to be of poor quality, and most won't last more than a few wash cycles.

An exhibition by artist Rachel Breen and poet Alison Morse highlights the deadly working conditions of garment workers, asking viewers to critically examine their consumption of clothing.

The fashion industry is too focused on innovation as a solution to sustainability. It's better to focus on reuse, natural fibers and garment worker rights.