How the Small Print On My New Silk Shirt Annihilated the Cosy Myth That Expensive Equals Ethical
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THE summer sales started this weekend, so it seemed like a good time to close in on a silk shirt I'd been stalking in a top department store for the past couple of months. Last week, the price tag was just plain silly - on Saturday morning, though, it was half price, there was only one in my size and if ever a bargain had my name on it, this was it.
I could have bought ten perfectly nice shirts in Penneys for the same money but buying something pricey every now and then assuages your ethical reservations about cheap clothes and foreign sweatshops. Pay through the nose for a garment and at least you can be sure it was swiftly stitched on top-of-the-range machinery by contented craftworkers earning twice the minimum wage, enjoying six weeks' paid holidays every year and a 20-minute break each hour for a Fairtrade coffee, an Indian head massage or a quick soak in the factory's hot tub.See the full content of this document
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How the Small Print On My New Silk Shirt Annihilated the Cosy Myth That Expensive Equals Ethical
Just to be sure, I checked the label on my new shirt when I got it home. After I'd waded through the detailed care instruction I discovered, in the very small print, that it was made in Indonesia. Now I'm not up to speed on Indone...
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