Let’s ditch the synthetics and go back to basics.~
Let’s support our globally locally owned businesses and kick these corporate entities to the curb!
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Sustainable Eco-Friendly Fashion and Art to check the area and project.
Let’s say goodbye to fast-fashion and mass-factory-produced art.
#MakeArtNotWar
Why we are saying goodbye?
Glad you asked!
Let’s take a look at Bangladesh:
The REAL human cost of your jeans is a stark reminder of what’s taken for granted.
The reality behind Wrangler & Kontoor Brands is appalling.
When you buy a pair of Wrangler jeans, your money flows directly to its parent company, Kontoor Brands. You guessed it—a multi-billion dollar corporation!!
Yet, the lovely people actually sewing these garments in Bangladesh see almost none of that wealth. Because Kontoor relies entirely on third-party contractors rather than owning factories directly, they find loopholes and distance themselves from direct employment responsibilities.
This corporate loophole allows brands to squeeze suppliers for the lowest production costs while hiding behind local minimum wage laws to justify poverty pay.
In Bangladesh, the statutory minimum wage for garment workers ranges from just 12,500 to 15,035 BDT per month… that’s roughly $113 to $136 USD.
While corporations label this “legal compliance,” labor rights organizations argue it is nowhere near a living wage.
(Because it absolutely is NOT)
In reality, a worker needs at least double that amount just to afford basic housing, nutritious food, and healthcare.
Fast fashion thrives on this exact systemic exploitation, keeping workers trapped in a cycle of poverty while corporate executives pocket massive global profits.
The crisis goes far deeper than a lack of fair pay; it is a battle for basic human survival.
Millions of people in Bangladesh lack access to safe drinking water, with many regions suffering from severe arsenic contamination in the groundwater.
While mega-brands exploit these communities for cheap labor, they simultaneously deplete and pollute local water tables through highly water-intensive manufacturing processes.
The very people making our clothes are left without clean water to drink.
We cannot separate the clothes we wear from the human rights and environmental crises of the people who make them.
While everyday citizens and advocates are left funding and installing safe water wells on the ground, multi-billion dollar brands continue to walk away with massive margins.
It is time to hold these corporations accountable and stop supporting a system that values profit margins over human lives.
Ditch fast fashion, demand radical supply chain transparency, and stand in solidarity with the workers of Bangladesh!
Now—let’s look at our local lives.
Where do you shop for interior & exterior decor?
Where do you go for art related supplies, jewelry and more? —Which corporate entity are you supporting and where do the profits go? I bet it isn’t mainly to the workers.
It is high time we support our locally family-owned businesses where proceeds go to feeding and maintaing a roof over their heads for them and their families.
Now—with that said, what I am saying is: support those who are sustainably and ethically sourcing their materials—do not support those making 3x the amount just for gain for ‘perspective’ wealth.
Example; SUPPORTING those that NEED it versus those that are hobbyists making money from their MAPA communities, not to provide back, but to “level up” off of the backs of, while leaving you behind.
Do your due diligence in knowing who you give your money to.
We are not supporting greed.