Part 1: Screening of the movie “The true cost”

The True Cost is a story about clothing. It’s about the clothes we wear, the people who make them, and the impact the industry is having on our world. The price of clothing has been decreasing for decades, while the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically. The True Cost is a groundbreaking documentary that asks us to consider, who really pays the price for our clothing?

Part 2: Talk show

Ms. Florence BACIN: “Fashion Revolution for a more sustainable Fashion”

By analyzing the supply chain of the fashion industry, from the fields to the hand of the consumers, Florence will go through the social and environmental issues of each production stage of a garment.

 Social impacts of the fashion industry:

 The Fashion Revolution campaign and goals: Environmental impacts of the garment industry:

• Who are the people making our clothes?
• What are their working conditions?
• How much money do they make?
• How much does fashion contributes to pollution?
• What amount of resource does fashion require (water, raw materials, energy);
• In other world what is the ecological footprint of fashion?

 Some of the alternatives to fast fashion and toxic fashion.

 Some ethical fashion initiatives and brands as well as solutions for a more eco-friendly fashion: social businesses, natural and organic fabrics etc…

Ms. Alice LEHOUX: Slow Fashion – from the consumers’ side

 History of the fashion consumption habits from 19th until today.

 How new companies try to make products in a responsible way.

(Focus on menswear fashion at the end of the talk)

Note: Talk show will be conducted in English language