Source : LIZ JONES FASHION THERAPY
What’s the truth about Kate and that ‘sweat shop’ dress? I asked the man behind the label...
Source : LIZ JONES FASHION THERAPY
What’s the truth about Kate and that ‘sweat shop’ dress? I asked the man behind the label...
Last updated at 7:30 AM on 30th May 2011
Over the course of 40 years in the fashion business, I have never before been accused of running a sweatshop. To be honest, I’m shocked.’
This is David Reiss talking on the morning this newspaper published a piece about the nude ‘Shola’ dress the Duchess of Cambridge wore to meet Michelle Obama.
The article accused the Reiss fashion brand of paying sweatshop wages (£168 a month, which is above the minimum wage) in a Romanian factory, where women work in bleak overheated conditions, behind barred windows and an 8ft wall.
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In the press: There have been reports that the nude Reiss 'Shola' dress the Duchess of Cambridge wore to meet Michelle Obama was made in a Romanian factory where workers were paid sweatshop wages
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