I wouldn't::..SWEAT... WOULD U?..::

SWEAT
SHOPS
HEART
STOPS
BODY
PUMPS
BLOOD
WORKS
HARDER
THAN
THE AVERAGE
WORKS
PRIDE
HURTS
STRENGTH
POWER
HOPE
THEY
END...














To me there is no harsher way to be treated than to work in conditions that even animals wouldn't prefer to live in. Dark damp places. Hot and humid. A room where morning and night merge into one and there aren't shifts. Its "you work 'til you are done". What are breaks, and if they even exist how long do they last?

What did anyone do to deserve this? How do you enlist? What such crime is this that no one gets caught... Its a game that everyone tries to hide from the government, but the government knows whats going on. They know so very well. They know that they aren't going to cough up the money to make the situations better.

How would it feel to work in a place where you cant even show your family or children because most of them are illegal and have "secret"passage ways? But then again, your children could be working in them too...

Its sad that an economy can be so bad that one of the largest industries in the world has to be produced in some of the lowest of lowest conditions by people who are soooo skilled or either not skilled at all. Yet its worse when conditions are soooo bad that the workers do not even notice how bad they are anymore...

and these facts:
-"Hunched over a sewing machine for over 50 hours a week, many workers suffer permanent health problems, such as back injuries and poor eyesight."(Epoch Times) Should be enough to make anyone cringe...
-Rare breaks of 30mins...
-Systematic ...
-Assaults...



http://www.fundamentalfinance.com/blogs/sweatshops-child-labor.php

FASHiON: USEfUL ARt

It is awesome when a designer feels that they are free enough to truly express themselves through design and be backed by their supporters.

Milan's Fashion Week definitely hosts many designers that seem to share this freedom of expression. However I feel that Versace does a great job of incorporating the art side of fashion into wonderful and wearable clothing... The structure of her designs help to define shapes but those shapes are not as evident as the ones that she creates by zippers.

This is truly innovative as well as clever. It is something that seemed until this point to be overlooked (the use of a zipper as something as other than a zipper.) She uses them almost as one would use ribbons. They are used to enhance the garment.

They were "used as trim, shoulder straps, braid and decoration on taut cotton cocktails, curvy hipped party frocks,...One totally cool dress even had the zipper twisted into a heart shape, the better to highlight the love of closure."

Seeing this line in my opinion is comparable to going to an art show or gallery. Its like you can tell the same designer designed each piece, however each presentation has its own unique flair.
So i guess in that case you can ask yourself the question of this type of fashion... "is it an art or can it be used". Versace in my mind specifically does a great job in merging the two. Especially if Milan is known for the ART of fashion. Reason being is because I am not that familiar with the Milan fashion weeks, however opon seeing this years, it seemed to be compatible with the weeks in Paris and New York.

Either way, I love it... fashion is definitely useful art =)

http://www.fashionwiredaily.com/first_word/fashion/article.weml?id=2189

http://www.fashionwiredaily.com/first_word/fashion/article.weml?id=2189

http://www.style.com/