Without the presence of a cotton twill, fondly coined “blue jean” in 1873, American sportswear as we know it today might well have developed into something quite the contrary. For the sake of this post (and as a little mental exercise on my part), I’ve tried to envision a denim-less scenario that doesn’t leave me […]
September 21, 2011
Allison Joyce shares her take on the global fashion scene after documenting multiple factories in Bangladesh where workers sandblast denim for designer labels. If you’ve followed the Killer Jeans campaign against sandblasting at all, you’ve probably run into a few striking photographs from a small plant in southern Bangladesh taken by New York based photojournalist, Allison Joyce. The photos […]
September 23, 2012
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