Many of us care about how we look when we step out in the public, however many of haven’t considered where the clothes on our back come from an what the ‘true cost’ of fashion really is. Blood, Sweat and T-Shirt follows a group of British teens as they travel to India to find out.
The group follows the entire supply chain, pitching in at every stage of production. “Discipline is strict and rules cannot be broken; getting up without permission or talking to your friends is strictly forbidden. Targets and quotas must be met and those that do not make the grade get demoted from stitching to lower-status, less well-paid jobs, such as ironing and buttoning.”
During their time working at the factory, they come to understand that the cheap price on the rack represents real sacrifices for people and the environment half-way around the world.
In this first of four programs, the Brits also have to live in their fellow workers’ homes, in cramped conditions without basic facilities like hot water and western toilets. Clothes have never been cheaper and three-quarters of our clothing are now made abroad; for the first time we get to see how our clothes are really made.
