Campaign aims to highlight issues facing fashion industry through events

Clothing and textiles made in Cambodia, India and China and imported to Ireland are produced on the back of forced labour using dangerous chemicals which can cause birth defects and cancer.

This is the message behind Better Fashion Week which aims to highlight the issues facing the fashion industry through a series of exhibitions, events and industry talks.

According to its organisers, buying cheap imported clothes often means propping up highly questionable work practices in Asia and India while sustainable fashion saves lives and jobs. They say: