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Sweatshop Chic: The real price of low cost fashion

Documentary.net staff — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 16:12:07 +0000

Since the Bangladesh garment factory collapse, the battle between workers and management has been hotting up in Cambodia. Despite poor conditions and wages, employers in this cut-throat industry are standing firm. Cambodia has been held up to the world as a model of how the garment industry should be, but workers like Bopha live on a meagre salary and don't have enough to eat. "My health is deteriorating. I want to quit, but there are no jobs." Protests and strikes amongst the predominantly female employees of this booming industry are being suppressed, sometimes with lethal force and live ammunition. "We won't use violence, we'll protest peacefully", insists Ath Thorn, a union leader. Ken Loo, the Secretary General of the Garment Manufacturers Association remains defiant. "We don't come to Cambodia to help you. We come to Cambodia to make a profit." Yet despite the chaos, there are also increasingly powerful forces backing better working conditions, including some big-name brands. But will it make a difference?

Sugar Coated – Lolita Fashion

Documentary.net staff — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:37:18 +0000

Lolita, a fashion movement imported from the streets of Harajuku, Tokyo, has a thriving group of followers in Los Angeles. We follow four Lolitas and investigate their motivations for taking on the extreme style; from self expression, to the questioning of identity and body image.

Mr. Button

Documentary.net staff — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:15:12 +0000

In addition to being the man with the most comprehensive collection of buttons in the world – more than ten million cute lil' thingies – Franco Jacassi is also one of Italy's leading fashion experts. But his connection to fashion isn't simply academic; in his Milan atelier, Mr. Button retains a collection of clothing and memorabilia that all the big boys of past and present fashion – from Gianni Versace and Karl Lagerfeld to Miuccia Prada and Thierry Mugler – have consulted in their search for inspiration and unique materials.

On Fashion Blogs

Documentary.net staff — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:30:16 +0000

Blogs about fashion boom these days. This is a video that was presented at PREMIUM Exhibitions panel on Fashion Blogs, asking Suzy Menkes, Yvan Rodic (Facehunter), Jennie Tamm (The Coveted) and Julia Knolle and Jessie Weiss (LesMads) to share their opinion.

Fashion Week Internationale: Nigeria

Documentary.net staff — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:26:16 +0000

While taking part in the the butt shaking, catwalks, yachts, and glamour of Fashion Week in Lagos, we also get a better understanding of what it's like to be gay in a notoriously homophobic society - where same sex marriage is criminalized yet the fashionistas still claim that to get to the top in Nigerian society, you have to be gay. film by Vice

Colombia Fashion Week in Medellin

Documentary.net staff — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:53:36 +0000

Fashion Week Internationale heads to Medellin for Colombia Fashion Week. Formerly the old stomping ground of Pablo Escobar, the city is now trying to throw off its powdery legacy and push fashion up the noses of the world. Medellin is also fast becoming the plastic surgery capital of South America; people are flying in from all over the world to sample the city's budget body enhancement. We look at how the legacy of the narco-aesthetic inspired by the heady days of the Escobar era is being pushed out in favor of a more European silhouette, i.e. less tits and ass. Along our journey we meet Escobar's brother, Roberto, and Charlet tries her hand (and legs) at the national sport of pole dancing. We also find out just how far one woman will go to plump her buns.

Brian Duffy: The Man who Shot the Sixties

Documentary.net staff — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:19:23 +0000

Duffy together with David Bailey and Terence Donovan is recognized as one of the innovators of "documentary" fashion photography, a style which revolutionized fashion imagery and furthermore the fashion industry. So influential were their images that in 1962 the Sunday Times dubbed Duffy, Bailey & Donovan the "Terrible Trio" and Norman Parkinson further added to their notoriety by naming them "The Black Trinity". Together they dominated the London photographic scene, constantly pushing each other to new heights. Even socially they would spend many hours together talking, living and breathing photography.

The Colour of Beauty

Documentary.net staff — Fri, 06 May 2011 05:14:54 +0000

Renee Thompson is trying to make it as a top fashion model in New York. She's got the looks, the walk and the drive. But she’s a black model in a world where white women represent the standard of beauty. Agencies rarely hire black models. And when they do, they want them to look “like white girls dipped in chocolate.” The Colour of Beauty is a shocking short documentary that examines racism in the fashion industry. Is a black model less attractive to designers, casting directors and consumers? What is the colour of beauty?

The Sartorialist – Fashion Blogger Scott Schuman

Documentary.net staff — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:16:51 +0000

The Sartorialist is a fashion blog by Scott Schuman in New York. After leaving a fashion sales position to take care of his daughter in 2005, he began carrying a digital camera around on the streets of New York City, taking pictures of people who had dressed in some way that caught his eye, and then posting them to his blog, sometimes with comments about what he finds. He pioneered fashion photography in blog form. (Text from Wikipedia)