Bangladesh must move from ‘fast fashion’ to ‘defashion’ to improve human & ecological wellbeing (commentary)

Mongabay
Jan 7, 2025, 7:49 pm453 ptsHotTop
In pre-colonial Bengal, Dhaka was the fashion capital, a city known globally for its rich heritage of luxury muslin fabric and its handloom industry. During the colonial period, the British Administration enacted an onslaught of measures like banning the export of muslin to England, pushing weavers into debt by…

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