NAME / TEAM NAME: 1. Fashion Revolution Quiz 2018 Answers

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1 NAME / TEAM NAME: 1 Fashion Revolution Quiz 2018 Answers

2 1 Quiz 2018 Answers The answers to the quiz are revealed in the pages below. All answers are definitive and final. They can be fact checked using the links associated to each question. Obviously it is up to all participants not to cheat and spoil the fun! We d love to hear your feedback about how you find this quiz and also any ideas for next year. Thanks for joining the Fashion Revolution!

3 Quiz 2018 Answers 2 Round One Who Made My Clothes? April 2018 will be the anniversary of the Rana Plaza garment factory building collapse in Bangladesh 10 th 5 th 2 nd Source: days after the Rana Plaza collapse what kind of memorial did injured workers, family members and workers rights activists put in place at the site to commemorate this tragic event? a statue of two fists thrust to the sky grasping a hammer and sickle a stone column listing the names of the 1,134 people who died there a mockup of a High Street fashion store with photos of the dead in the windows Source: 3. How many people engaged with Fashion Revolution Week events in 2017? 200,000 2,000,000 20,000,000 Source: 4. The top scoring brands in Fashion Revolution s 2017 Transparency Index were Adidas and Reebok. What score were they given out of 100? Source: (p.22). 5. Which brands scored 1 out of 100 in Fashion Revolution s 2017 Transparency Index? Chanel and Matalan Dior and Amazon Prada and ASOS Source: (p.22). 6. In October 2017, shoppers in the USA were expected to spend how much money on Halloween costumes that would only be worn for one night? $34 million $3.4 billion $34 billion Source: 7. In January 2017, brothers Erwin and Krystian Markowski were jailed for six years for trafficking men to work in a clothing warehouse. In which country was that warehouse located? Argentina Israel Turkey UK Source: 8. According to Textile Exchange, which of the following countries had the most organic cotton farmers in ? USA (58) China (3,043) Uganda (6,000) Source: 9. In December 2017, the government in Mauritius changed the minimum monthly wage in the country to MUR8,140 (US$241) per month. This was a significant increase for workers in the textile sector whose wages had previously averaged MUR4,000 per month. In 2014, how much did the IndustriaALL global union estimate the living wage to be in the country? MUR14,500 per month MUR8,000 per month MUR4,000 per month Source: According to a 2017 Deloitte / Oxfam report, how much would the price of a $20 T-shirt have to increase for brands to afford to pay its makers a living wage? $0.02 $0.20 $2.00 Source: oct/29/just-4-of-what-australians-spend-on-clothing-goesto-garment-workers-oxfam Round Two Be Curious 1. According to Fashion Revolution s 2017 Loved Clothes Last fanzine, how can you tell if your clothes are well made? Look at the seams: if they re neat, tidy, smooth, lay flat and the stitches are close together, that item of clothing will last Look at the label: if it s made in Europe or North America, it must be of better quality that clothes made elsewhere in the world Look at the brand: if it s an internationally recognised designer brand, the extra money that you pay for it is the sign of true quality (p.37).

4 Quiz 2018 Answers 3 2. In December 2017, Boohoo.com, TK Maxx, Miss Bardo and Amazon UK were exposed by Sky News for selling bobble hats, scarves, shoes, coats and earrings made of fake faux fur. What was it made from? hedgehog, clam, porcupine and centipede cat, dog, mouse and rat fox, rabbit, chinchilla and mink lab-grown human hair Source: 3. Which fashion brand announced that it would no longer use fur starting in 2018? Canada Goose Dior Gucci Speedo Source: 4. Why might garment manufacturers in China secretly have some of their clothes Made in North Korea? labour is cheaper and UN sanctions on North Korea to punish its government for nuclear weapon testing do not include bans on clothing and textile exports workers are more disciplined that those in China because they are not working for the money but for their country and leader the North Korean city of Dandong where garment factories are located is only 2 hours by train from the Chinese port city of Dalian Source: 5. According to an International Trade Union workers rights report released in 2017, which countries leaders and business communities continue the race to the bottom to expand their garment sectors to compete with and undercut the terrible conditions in Bangladesh and India? Macedonia and Cameroon Madagascar and Canada Myanmar and Cambodia Malicuria and Costa Luna Source: pdf (p.23). 6. In response to a suggestion during Fashion Revolution s 2017 Who Made My Clothes online course that it was a Western value to impose higher wages on garment workers in non- Western countries, what did ethical fashion entrepreneur Kalkidan Legesse say? It is a Western value to want to be paid fairly for the work that you do During the West s Industrial Revolution factory workers were paid terrible wages. So we shouldn t interfere with the natural economic process of development Paying garment workers more than other people in their communities inevitably changes their culture and value system It s not a Western value to want to be paid fairly for the work that you do Source: 7. According to Fashion Revolution s Loved Clothes Last fanzine, In North America, million tons of clothing is sent to landfill every year. That s about. What are the missing numbers and words? 10.5, 30 times as heavy the Empire State Building 105, the total weight of every person living in Toronto 501, half the weight of the burden of existence in an eternally recurring world Source: 8. Fashion Revolution s 2017 Loved Clothes Last fanzine says how long it takes different clothing materials to decompose in landfill. Polyester dress, 200+ years Nylon Tights, years Denim Jacket, months Viscose T-shirt, 1-6 weeks Linen sleeveless top, 2 weeks all answers are correct (p.101). 9. In 2017, Fashion United listed the richest people in Fashion. The wealthiest had estimated assets of $71.3 billion. Who was it and what brands have earned him this wealth? Bernard Arnault (Céline, Dior, Fendi) Hegemon Thasos (Céline Dion, Homies, Trap) Amancio Ortega (Zara, Pull&Bear, Massimo Dutti) Source:

5 Quiz 2018 Answers In 2017 Louise Ashcroft invited herself to be an artist in residence in London s Westfield Shopping Mall and created a game called Mallopoly for shoppers to play there. How did it suggest that players could get closer to Zara s CEO? stuff the pockets of Zara clothes with wads of fake money with his face on, then steal it because it s your wealth touch the fabrics in the Zara store and imagine you re feeling his leathery torso, the tufts of hair around his drooping nipples, the vascular swelling behind his kneecap, because you ve paid for that body print a photograph of him on his superyacht on a plain white t-shirt with the slogan Broken Morals, take it into a Zara store, hang it on a rail, and leave it there Source: ortega.jpg Round Three Find Out 1. According to Stella McCartney s Clevercare advice series, what percentage of the carbon footprint of clothes comes from the way we care for them. What is the missing percentage? 10% 15% 25% 52% 100% Source: 2. According to Fashion Revolution s Loved Clothes Last fanzine, There are clothes left unworn in the wardrobes of citizens, a items per person. What are the missing numbers and words? thousands of dressing up, Canadian, embarrassing billion, American, whopping 57 (p.14). 3. Which Nobel laureate supported Fashion Revolution in 2017, and for what did they win their Nobel Peace Prize? Professor Mohammed Yunus, for his efforts to create economic and social development from below. Al Gore, for his efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change. Malala Yousafzai, for her struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education. Source: and nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2006/ 4. According to a Penn State news release, Someday, may prevent farmers from exposure to organophosphate pesticides, soldiers from chemical or biological attacks in the field and factory workers from accidental releases of toxic materials. What are the missing words? binding global regulations passed by the World Health and World Trade Organisations populations of beneficial insects like Ichneumon Wasps, Ladybugs and Praying Mantes chemically protective suits made of fabric coated in self-healing, thin films Source: blog/2017/10/sdg-media-zone-sustainable-fashion/ 5. Which of the following films provide vivid insights into the lives of garment workers? The True Cost Living Wage Now Tears in the Fabric Clothes to Die For Source: a) b) com/watch?v=pxfwa-jw3x4 c) watch?v=tipm0tfdz6w d) 6. A Chinese garment company is investing $20 million in a factory that will produce 800,000 Adidas T-shirts a day in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. Who will make the T-shirts? migrant labourers from Mexico and El Salvador recently laid off newspaper and medical school workers former detainees of Pulaski County Jail sewbots Source: 7. Why did thousands of garment factory workers in Ashulia, Bangladesh making clothes for Gap, Zara, H&M and other brands go on strike in December 2016? to protest rising food and housing costs and wages so low they could not afford these necessities in response to dozens of their colleagues, union leaders and a TV reporter being arrested and charged with unfair or apparently fabricated criminal cases because they learned for the first time what their rights were as workers, after completing an NGO survey about their knowledge of these rights in November 2016 Source:

6 Quiz 2018 Answers 5 8. According to the World Wildlife Fund s 2017 Changing Fashion report, how many tonnes of CO2 does the clothing and textile industry emit every year? 0.7 trillion 1.7 billion 71 million Source: (p.3). 9. According to University of Chicago research scientist Joshua Elliott, climate change could mean that, in years time: our clothes will include higher percentages of synthetic fibres like polyester whose manufacture emits less greenhouse gasses than natural fibres like cotton our clothes will contain lower percentages of organic cotton because it is outperformed by conventional cotton when it comes to climate change mitigation there will be a northward shift of US crop belts so that parts of Iowa could be growing cotton and the Deep South where cotton is currently grown will probably be too hot to grow anything Source: According to a Pulitzer Centre report on the Bangladesh tannery industry, what does chromium sulphate do to the leather hides that are tanned and the skin of the people who tan them? turns them green, and removes their hair turns them blue, and causes serious skin and respiratory irritation turns them red, and causes persistent dry coughs Source: Round Four Do Something 1. According to the Rainforest Action Network, how were Abercrombie & Fitch helping to destroy rainforests and threaten the livelihoods of the indigenous people who live in them? rainforest wood pulp is used to make materials like rayon, viscose and modal in Indonesia and other countries rainforests are cleared to create grazing land for cattle whose hides are used to make shoes in Brazil and other countries rainforests are cleared to build garment factory Export Processing Zones in Egypt and other countries Source: 2. In September 2017, Abercrombie & Fitch published its rainforest free fabric policy. A year earlier, how had 50 activists from the Rainforest Action Network put pressure on the company to commit to it? infiltrated a fancy event in a New York City hotel where an Abercrombie & Fitch executive was meeting company shareholders to distribute a report detailing rainforest destruction and human rights abuses in the company s supply chains performed a rainforest themed flashmob at a Hollister store in Detroit, Michigan and placed stickers on its clothing that read Warning: This item may contain rainforest destruction. entered the company s annual 5K charity run near its corporate headquarters in Columbus, Ohio as #teamrainforest to directly engage with its executives, employees and families. used social media to encourage their friends and family members to leave 1 star reviews for the company s mobile shopping app on itunes. Source: 3. The Bangladesh Accord comes to an end in May In June 2017 companies, NGOs and unions agreed that it will continue. What is the Bangladesh Accord? a three door hatchback now being manufactured by former garment workers after the Bangladesh government decided to diversify exports in 2014 the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh which aims to ensure that the country s garment factories are made safe and stay safe Source: 4. During 2017 s Fashion Revolution week in Brazil, how did activists draw public attention to the question Who made my clothes? dress Porto Alegre s iconic statue of O Laçador (the lassooer) in a white tshirt asking Quem fez minhas roupas? float giant letters spelling out Quem fez minhas roupas? down the iconic canals of Santos, São Paulo and post aerial photos on Instagram float a giant sign saying Quem fez minhas roupas? over the Iguazu Falls during a live TV broadcast of Ryan Pyle s Tough Rides: Brazil. Source: 5. Which mobile social shopping app has Orsola de Castro praised for helping young people trade rather than trash their unwanted clothes? Depop Clash Royale Tweetpee Source:

7 Quiz 2018 Answers 6 6. In October 2017, Zara shoppers in Istanbul found extra labels in clothes that said I made this item you are going to buy, but I didn t get paid for it. Who wrote them and why? Zara CEO Amancio Ortega as part of the company s edgy Bravo advertising campaign which aimed to attract fashion revolutionaries to shop in their stores People working in a factory owned by the Bravo Corporation in Turkey that had closed overnight and left them with 3 months of unpaid back pay and no severance Members of the Turkish craft activist Bravo Squad who encourage people to write and add messages to clothes in stores to alert shoppers to factory conditions in garment supply chains Source: 772b118a9cb947/Unpaid-Turkish-clothes-makers-tag-Zaraitems-to-seek-help 10. How do Rebecca Earley and Kate Goldsworthy imagine a future in which clothing and textile waste is no longer a problem? we wear and share clothes via clothing libraries and an Airbnb style wardrobe service all large volume factories have effective disassembly units in which surplus garments can be regenerated, reused or upcycled food waste will be made into clothes: grape leather from wine industry waste, jersey-like fabric from leftover milk, silky materials from orange peels (p.117) 7. According to Elizabeth L Cline, which country is the world s largest exporter of used clothing and which is the largest importer? USA and Pakistan Japan and Malaysia Germany and Kenya China and Hungary (p.94). 8. Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda have recently implemented bans on the importation of used clothes and shoes in order to encourage local garment production. Why, according to Andrew Brooks, is this policy unlikely to work? it goes against the principles of free trade meaning that consumers will have to buy more expensive locally made clothes new clothes which will be cheaper than locally made clothes can still be legally imported neither of the above (p.97). 9. How do South Korean fashion brand RE;CODE design waste out of their clothes? use industrial waste materials including seat covers, airbags and car interior fabric to make jackets, bags and laptop cases. collect decommissioned Korea Fire Service hoses and reclaimed leather to make bags, belts and phone cases mix discarded fishing nets, plastic bottles, tyres and coffee grinds to make swimsuits, sneakers and accessories (p.106).