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WEAR an item of clothing inside out during Fashion Revolution Day on April 24th.
The day has been started by a global board of industry leaders, campaigners and academics who saw the collapse of the Rana Plaza complex in Bangladesh as a call to arms. For Oxfam, Trading for Development, Oxford Fashion Week, People and Planet and other Oxford NGOs, it is an opportunity to increase awareness of employment conditions faced by workers and encourage more transparency by brands about what they are doing to improve them. The theme for the first Fashion Revolution Day is "Who Made Your Clothes?" We want to use the power of fashion to catalyse change and reconnect the broken links in the supply chain.
By wearing an item of clothing inside out, the campaign encourages people to question who made their clothes. Lord Mayor of Oxford Dee Sinclair has agreed to a photocall outside the town hall on April 24th.
All are welcome to join her at 11am.
There will also be a photocall outside Oxfam House, and a gathering inside to discuss ideas for action.
Dee is pictured above celebrating the city's 10 years of Fairtrade Status. Areas outside Oxford are encouraged to come along or to start their own Fashion Revolution events. For more see www. fashionrevolution. org/ email el@fashionrevolution. org or info@tradingfordevelopment with your ideas.
Lord Mayor, Cllr Dee Sinclair, Sebastian Blake chair of OFC and OU students at the Mad Hatter Tea Party celebrating 10 years of Oxford as a Fairtrade City during Fairtrade Fortnight.