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In the clothes making industry, who is really the fashion victim?

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Who is the fashion victim? Many people describe a fashion victim as someone who always has to have that latest top, or those jeans with this scarf, and who can't wear that bracelet because it is so last year. But I think many other people could claim to be fashion victims, even if they aren't aware of it. Not only workers but also countries and cities suffer all because of clothes. Leicester used to be a leading clothes making city, supply clothes for most of UK. The workers in Leicester had a specific skill base, making clothes to be shipped all around Britain. But now, because of improvements in communication big companies such as Gap or Nike have discovered a cheaper source of labour abroad in countries such as Bangladesh, Turkey, China and India. The companies choose for their clothes to be produced there because of huge populations in...

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