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Swedish fashion giant responds to "Fair Trade Fashion" clip
H & M responds to the shocking video "Fair Trade Fashion" released today by the blogger duo, which shows how H & M's new designer co-op with Alexander Wang was allegedly created in child labor.
At the same time as the launch of the Alexander Wang x H & M collection, Dandy Diary's Berlin blogger duo today posted the video "Fair Trade Fashion", a clip that suggests that the Swedish fashion house's new designer co-op is engaged in child labor in India originated. We reported here about the Dandy Diary video .
Now H & M was on the train - and the fashion giant responded promptly with an official statement . It says: "The video recordings, which the authors claim to have made in India, do not show the production of parts of the Alexander Wang x HM collection, which was not produced in India." In addition, H & M refers to its Code of Conduct, which applies to all suppliers and their subcontractors and other business partners of the label. Paragraph 2.2: "Child labor is not tolerated". According to the "Code of Conduct", no persons working for H & M who are younger than 15 years "or 14 years in countries where legislation permits this " should not work. The children in the movie "ALEXANDER WANG x H & M - Fair Trade Fashion" by Dandy Diary were all 9 to 11 years old.
It also states, "Our H & M auditors perform regular inspections to ensure that no children work in suppliers' factories." In addition, H & M stated that it would take legal action against the video released today by Dandy Diary.
The question remains: How much truth is in the video "ALEXANDER WANG x H & M - Fair Trade Fashion" by Dandy Diary? H & M has made its point. And the bloggers Carl Jakob Haupt and David Kurt Karl Roth? In an interview with Journelles, Jacob said, "Whether the video is right or not." The video is not so much reportage as it is a stimulus to discourse. "
