Fashion Revolution

[5] Fashion Revolution was founded in 2013 in response to the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh by Carry Somers and Orsola de Castro.

[12][non-primary source needed] In its third year, Fashion Revolution activities took place over a week, from 18 to 24 April 2016 in over 90 countries around the world.

[14][non-primary source needed][15][16] 70,000 people around the world asked brands #whomademyclothes with 156 million impressions of the hashtag on social media.

G-Star Raw, American Apparel, Fat Face, Boden, Massimo Dutti, Zara, and Warehouse were among more than 1200 fashion brands and retailers that responded with photographs of their workers saying #imadeyourclothes.

In April, the third edition of the Fashion Transparency Index was launched, ranking 150 brands on how much they disclose about their policies, practices, procedures and social and environmental impact.

#InsideOut became a #1 global trend on Twitter and celebrities including Christy Turlington, Livia Firth and Amber Valletta posted with the hashtag on their social media platforms.

[44][non-primary source needed] The goal was to encourage the purchase of used clothes to mitigate the effects of the fashion manufacturing processes on the environment.

[46] Haulers who participated included CutiePieMarzia,[47] Noodlerella, Bip Ling, Grav3yardgirl, and Shameless Maya[48] with combined views of 2 million on YouTube.

In July 2015, a collection of social media postings showing how teachers and students got involved the Fashion Revolution was published on Pinterest,[53] along with a 'who made my clothes?'

film library,[54] and a collection of 'imaginative ways in which the work of artists, activists and others can be used to inspire and engage people in the Fashion Revolution'.

In May 2020, a free 4-week online course called 'Fashion's Future: The Sustainable Development Goals' was created by and featuring members of Fashion Revolution's Global Coordination Team - Sarah Ditty, Ilishio Lovejoy and Sienna Somers - the course covered topics such as how the fashion industry works, how we interact with it and the impacts it has on people and planet, how the Sustainable Development Goals relate to the clothes we wear and many more interesting topics.