Leicester: A city fighting fast-fashion sweatshops

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It’s lunchtime in the heart of Leicester’s textile industry, Spinney Hills. Two women are smoking outside a derelict-looking factory building. One says she is Bulgarian, working as a seamstress, and that she is being paid £6 an hour. The national minimum wage for over-25-year-olds is £8.21 an hour. Walking around this part of the city, … Read More →

Mary J. Blige’s Stylist on Fighting Blizzards, Finding Black Dresses and Defying Fashion Boundaries for a Golden Globes Look

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“It’s a lot, a lot of work.” Law Roach put it simply. With three days until the 2018 Golden Globes, a “bomb cyclone” looming over New York City and an industry jolted by widespread sexual misconduct allegations, the Hollywood stylist had a full plate when it came to his main task: finding a nominee something to wear … Read More →