{"id":16911,"date":"2024-12-16T11:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?p=16911"},"modified":"2026-03-05T10:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:39:07","slug":"follow-it-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/?p=16911","title":{"rendered":"Who made my clothes?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Who Made My Clothes? - free online course at FutureLearn.com\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UXhrvlFlwlE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:7.99%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border wp-duotone-unset-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ftt-ladybird-geoblogs.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-135\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:43px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:92.01%\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>followthethings.com<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/?p=16917\">Follow it yourself<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/?tag=follow-it-yourself\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"433\">Follow it yourself<\/a> <br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-bc275726 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-size:10px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=2017\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">2017<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=2018\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">2018<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--4\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=MULTIPLE-BRANDS\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">MULTIPLE BRANDS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--5\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-red-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=ASSORTED-CLOTHES\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">ASSORTED CLOTHES<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--6\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=origin-worldwide\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">SOURCED WORLDWIDE<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--7\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=destination-worldwide\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">WORN WORLDWIDE<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--8\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-purple-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=follow-it-yourself\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">FOLLOW IT YOURSELF<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--9\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=pop-the-bubble\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">POP THE BUBBLE<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--10\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=cross-cultures\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">CROSS CULTURES<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--11\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=reach-new-audiences\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">REACH NEW AUDIENCES<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--12\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=teach-economic-geography\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">TEACH ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--13\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=encourage-detective-work\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">ENCOURAGE DETECTIVE WORK<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--14\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=show-whats-possible\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">SHOW WHAT&#8217;S POSSIBLE<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--15\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=involve-consumers\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">INVOLVE CONSUMERS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--16\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=encourage-curiosity\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">ENCOURAGE CURIOSITY<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--17\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=make-it-familiar\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">MAKE IT FAMILIAR<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--18\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=find-give-inspiration\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">FIND &amp; GIVE INSPIRATION<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--19\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=target-the-right-brand\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">TARGET THE RIGHT BRAND<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--20\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=choose-the-right-thing\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">CHOOSE THE RIGHT THING<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--21\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=take-it-to-pieces\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">TAKE IT TO PIECES<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--22\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=follow-the-thing\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">FOLLOW THE THINGS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--23\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=JOIN-THE-DOTS\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">JOIN THE DOTS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--24\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=encourage-empathy\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">ENCOURAGE EMPATHY<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--25\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=find-a-character\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">FIND SOME CHARACTERS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--26\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=humanise-workers\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">HUMANISE WORKERS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--27\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=HUMANISE-THINGS\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">HUMANISE THINGS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--28\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=find-lost-relations\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">FIND LOST RELATIONS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--29\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=CREATE-A-COMMUNITY\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">CREATE A COMMUNITY<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--30\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=PLACE-THINGS-CAREFULLY\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">PLACE THINGS CAREFULLY<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--31\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=tell-a-story\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">TELL A STORY<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--32\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=make-it-beautiful\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--33\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=make-it-SNAPPY\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">MAKE IT SNAPPY<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-outline is-style-outline--34\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/follow-the-things.onyx-sites.io\/?tag=make-it-available\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">MAKE IT AVAILABLE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f6f0ec\">&#8220;<strong>Who made my clothes?<\/strong>&#8220;<br>A &#8216;follow it yourself&#8217; detective work task originally written for learners taking Fashion Revolution&#8217;s \/ University of Exeter&#8217;s &#8216;Who made my clothes?&#8217; free online course starting in 2017 .<br>Introductory video embedded above. Course outline available on the Futurelearn website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/who-made-my-clothes\">here<\/a> (course no longer available). Course instagram feed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fash_rev_mooc\/?hl=en\">here<\/a> and twitter feed <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fash_rev_mooc\">here<\/a>. Search for learners&#8217; blog posts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=%22who+made+my+clothes%22+course+fashion+revolution&amp;client=firefox-b-d&amp;sca_esv=b22bf8643ac1f672&amp;ei=5rGbZ9r5G76thbIPr72XoQE&amp;start=20&amp;sa=N&amp;sstk=Af40H4Vx5bcrgGA5dNCic9fPjCbYbu0nNvtlxmOno_RNeoKWcCZz_kPIklVrMQXx7KYktAPdjj-nTXXd2tsimhK-zUakgebeFA7UTQHUtFxLlk4YirBiN4juE_-zEWkBY-nE&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjahKu6952LAxW-VkEAHa_eJRQ4ChDw0wN6BAgFEBc&amp;biw=2179&amp;bih=1147&amp;dpr=2\">here<\/a>.<br><br>In the summers of 2017 and 2018, we ran a free online course called &#8216;Who made my clothes?&#8217; with and for the Fashion Revolution movement. 16,000 people from all over the world, many with experience working in the industry, joined us for three weeks to Be Curious (week 1), Find Out (week 2), and Do Something (week 3). We&#8217;re hoping the course will run again but, in the meantime, wanted to share some of its content: the parts where we showed how fashion&#8217;s supply chains work and the places and lives they connect (via an excellent webdoc series from NPR which is featured on our site <a href=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/?p=3855\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3855\">here<\/a>) and then how you can do this research yourselves, with your own clothes, to create your own personal answers to the question &#8216;Who made my clothes?&#8217; You can try this for yourself, set it for your class to do, whatever you like. It starts with each person choosing an item of clothing that&#8217;s special to them, one they wear every day, one they know nothing about. The mystery helps. Follow our advice&#8230; and see what you can find, and how you can creatively express and share these findings. This task will in volve a lot of educated guesswork, but you can always get in touch with the brands to see if you&#8217;ve got it right! We&#8217;ll add some of our learners&#8217; posts along the way so you can see what&#8217;s possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Page reference: <em> <\/em>Ian Cook, Verity Jones &amp; Kellie Cox (2025) <em>Who made my clothes?<\/em> followthethings.com\/who-made-my-clothes.shtml (last accessed &lt;add date here&gt;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Estimated reading time: 19 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1d09ff371e6d9f9658963db958d4485a\">Step 1: Watch &#8216;Planet Money Makes a T-shirt.&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To see what fashion supply chains can be like, how they work, who and where they connect, and the kinds of stories could be in your clothes, watch this series of 6 short films (or check out the whole webdoc experience <a href=\"http:\/\/apps.npr.org\/tshirt\/#\/title\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Planet Money Makes A T-Shirt (Introduction)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r2Zod7Sd3rQ?list=PLIACJDAnp_k4HLw-D-_weFHyHagC5lXS2\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c1cff9c926660dd13776882173cdd2db\">Step 2: ask &#8216;where am I wearing?&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to find out \u2018who\u2019 we are wearing, we first need to find out \u2018where\u2019 we are wearing. This is not a straightforward task because, although the \u2018made in\u2019 labels in your clothes tell you where they were assembled, they say nothing about the origins of the materials from which they were made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The task in this step is to look at the materials from which your chosen item [of clothing is] made, and find out where they may have been made and\/or grown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-61cf3464b321e6d55b90b2730e73049e\">a. Ask the brand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Your clothes\u2019 labels won\u2019t say, so you will need to do some detective work. The first thing to do is to get in touch with your item&#8217;s brand. Phone, email or tweet its customer helplines and ask &#8230; in which countries [its] materials were likely to have been grown or made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If they cannot or will not say, don\u2019t give up! This is when we learn to make some educated guesswork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tesco?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Tesco<\/a> Could you tell us where in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/China?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#China<\/a> this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Halloween?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Halloween<\/a> dress was made &amp; where its polyester was sourced? Label info is attached. Thanks <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KCVJhjqJ4O\">pic.twitter.com\/KCVJhjqJ4O<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ian Cook et al (@iancooketal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iancooketal\/status\/881604846469644293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Great reply from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seasaltclothing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@seasaltclothing<\/a> to my mum&#39;s query about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/whomademyclothes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#whomademyclothes<\/a> (bed linen) for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fash_rev_mooc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fash_rev_mooc<\/a> &#8211; setting a standard for everyone <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZPuxQl639Y\">pic.twitter.com\/ZPuxQl639Y<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dr Daisy Curtis (@der_curtis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/der_curtis\/status\/888335156033060864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bf6d1bfbae286ec5b287a8ac5fbe0b82\">b. Research the countries that export its materials<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have chosen a pair of leather trousers, for example, search online for \u2018leather exports by country\u2019. This will bring up lists of countries where your trousers\u2019 leather may have been sourced. Choose the country that exports the most, or the country that your trousers were made in if it\u2019s on that list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have chosen a cotton shirt, try searching online for \u2018largest exporter of cotton\u2019. This will bring up a list of countries from which your shirt\u2019s cotton may have been sourced. Again, make an educated guess about your source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Image searches can be helpful as they often return maps and graphs that provide quick, clear answers. Ask for help and advice from other learners who are doing this task with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-76e066996153146e44cc116a2d668eef\">Step 3: researching with empathy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Empathy is an important concept in this course. It\u2019s the process of feeling as another person. It is both \u2018affective\u2019 and \u2018cognitive\u2019. Affective empathy is a shared emotional response. When, for example, someone else looks sad, you feel sad. Cognitive empathy is where you try to step into someone else\u2019s shoes, to appreciate their lives, and how they understand the world and themselves (see Cuff et al 2016). Empathetic stories encourage us to identify with other people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2016, garment industry researcher&nbsp;Kanchana N Ruwanpura&nbsp;argued that media stories of its workers\u2019 lives do not portray empathy, as they tend to \u2018flatten the voice of labour by reducing workers to a homogenous category or to slaves\u2019. We therefore need to take a more complex and empathetic approach to the \u2018who made my clothes?\u2019 question in this course. We need to treat the people we find as rounded people, to be able to get a sense of their lives within and outside their workplaces, to try to step into their worlds, get a sense of their world views, experiences, beliefs and fears, the things that shape the way they look at the world and at themselves, and to think about the similarities and differences between our lives and work, and how they are, and could be differently,&nbsp;<em>connected<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To gain a more detailed understanding of empathy as a concept, you may be interested in watching T<em>he Power of Outrospection<\/em>, a cartoon animation of a lecture by Roman Krznaric, author of \u2018Empathy: The Art of Living\u2019 (2007).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RSA ANIMATE: The Power of Outrospection\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BG46IwVfSu8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4e9f811778b56164ae86aba814ca2ce1\">Step 4: start your detective work.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now you have this information, to find out who made an item of clothing for you, we recommend a step by step method, following clues and picking up some details as you go. This activity will require some determined and focused online detective work. You\u2019re trying to find the people who may have made your clothes, and what they say about their work and lives. It won\u2019t be quick or easy, but perseverance can lead you on fascinating trails of discovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two steps in this detective work, and two sets of top search tips. In the next step, we will look for the people working in <em>Tier One<\/em> of fashion&#8217;s supply chains: the people who assembled your item of clothing in a garment factory. In the step after that, we will look for the people in <em>Tier Two<\/em>: the people who grew and made the materials from which it was made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ll be giving you our top search tips. Not every one will result in immediate success, and some may take you in unexpected directions. There will be dead ends and strange tangents. But, if you persevere, it\u2019s amazing what you can find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9354d8a1c4bce12ba2672b482a890bc8\">Tier 1: who assembled your clothes?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Find the brand of your item of clothing and the country in which it was made on the labels sewn into it. This is all the information that you need to start your <em>Tier One<\/em> search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this step, we simply ask that you follow the search advice below, and carefully read the sources that you find. The most important thing to do is to look for the human stories of garment factory workers and their lives, but please make sure that you try to understand the context in which these stories are being told and keep a note of your findings and their sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s important to cut and paste what you find into a separate document, to make sure that you keep notes about which quotations come from which sources, and to add a reference list at the end of the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please make sure that you use more than one source. The more you find, from more sources, the more believable your story will be when others see it. It will also help you to refine your search: once a story starts to take shape, you can use the details that you have found in much more specific searches to find extra nuances and details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think also about the year in which your garment is likely to have been made, and look for sources published around the same time, or for sources that talk about relevant time periods. An article that is twenty years out of date may not be the most reliable for this task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background has-small-font-size\"><strong>NB<\/strong> Please don\u2019t rely only on what a company says about workers in its own supply chains. Always look for independent sources like press stories or NGO (non-governmental organisation) reports to gain different perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are our step by step recommendations for your Tier One detective work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\">Do a quick search for your brand, using a website such as Wikipedia, to see if it has a parent company that you can also add as a search term. For example, if you search for Vans, you\u2019ll see that it\u2019s owned by the VF Corporation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Search for your brand, your \u2018made in\u2019 country, and key words such as \u2018sweatshop\u2019, \u2018labour\u2019, \u2018child labour\u2019, \u2018strike\u2019 or \u2018factory\u2019. (Stories about highly charged incidents and long term issues include these terms and often lead to detailed stories being told about garment workers and their lives.) Use standard searches, as well as more specialist ones like <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.co.uk\/\">Google Scholar<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.co.uk\/\">Google Books<\/a>, which can give you additional information, for example, from academic studies of garment factory labour.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Look for your garment brand\u2019s scores and stories in:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the most recent Fashion Revolution <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fashionrevolution.org\/fashion-transparency-index\/\">Fashion Transparency Index<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/guide.ethical.org.au\/guide\/browse\/categories\/?cat=700\">Shop Ethical\u2019s clothing ratings<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Good on You&#8217;s Ethical Fashion app (Apple Store <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/good-on-you-ethical-fashion\/id1044017998\">here<\/a>, Google Play <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=au.org.goodonyou.goodonyou&amp;hl=en\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/baptistworldaid.org.au\/resources\/ethical-fashion-guide\/\">Baptist World Australia\u2019s latest Ethical Fashion Guide Report<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size:inherit;\">Note down the issues on which your brand scores well and badly, and the explanations for these scores. Turn the information you find into internet search terms to add extra nuance and detail to these stories.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Search online to see if the work and lives of people making clothes for your brand in your \u2018made in\u2019 country have been discussed in worker rights NGO and other reports. Look at their covers and titles, read the brief descriptions, click the images to get to the original reports, search for their human stories and read around them to find out how and why these human stories were generated, and why they are being told.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>N.B. Always look both for <strong>human stories<\/strong> (i.e. garment workers talking about their lives and work) and <strong>background information<\/strong> (e.g. a brand\u2019s human rights policies).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember to copy information, quotations and sources into your research document as you do this. Add these details under the title \u2013 <em>Tier One findings<\/em> &#8211; and don\u2019t forget to note down the names of the garment workers you find, as well as what they say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c0039a48c91c49589405147bf9e31c9d\">Tier 2: who made their materials?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In this step, you can start your search looking for people producing these materials in the Tier Two countries you found in Step 2 above. Unless the brand has told you exactly where your garment\u2019s materials were sourced, your educated guesswork can take you to a number of countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, please make sure that you use more than one source. The more you find, from more sources, the more believable your story will be when others see it. It will also help you to refine your search: once a story starts to take shape, you can use the details that you have found in much more specific searches to find extra nuances and details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think again about the year in which the materials from which your garment was made will, themselves, have been grown\/made, and look for sources published around the same time, or for sources that talk about relevant time periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this stage of your research, please follow the step by step search advice below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>After examining your garment\u2019s label to find out the materials from which it was made, do an internet search to find out how each one is grown and\/or made into fabric. You might want to begin with a website such as Wikipedia, which has a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clothing_material\">clothing material<\/a>&nbsp;page.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contact your brand\u2019s customer service department by phone, email or social media and ask them to tell you from which companies and which countries they sourced your garment\u2019s materials. Refer to the countries that you found in Step 2 and ask if this information is correct.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Search online to see if you can find reports about the growing\/making of your garment\u2019s materials in different countries. Read these reports to find human stories and\/or to get some ideas for search terms which may enable you to find human stories elsewhere.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See how likely it is that your materials were produced in countries where forced and\/or child labour is common by checking this interactive US Department of Labor&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dol.gov\/agencies\/ilab\/reports\/child-labor\/list-of-goods\">List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor<\/a>. Filter the \u2018Good\u2019 list to show \u2018garments\u2019, \u2018textiles\u2019 and\/or \u2018cotton\u2019. Use your findings as search terms &#8211; e.g. \u2018China\u2019, \u2018cotton\u2019, and \u2018child labour\u2019 &#8211; to find the stories which go with this information.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If your garment is made from cotton, which could have been grown in Uzbekistan, check the Responsible Sourcing Network\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcingnetwork.org\/the-cotton-pledge\">Pledge Against Forced Labor in the Uzbek Cotton Sector<\/a>&nbsp;to see if its brand has signed. This is a campaign to eliminate forced labour from cotton supply chains in one country where it is known to be commonplace. Again, use your findings as search terms &#8211; e.g. your brand, \u2018cotton\u2019, and \u2018Uzbekistan\u2019 &#8211; to find the human stories that go with this information.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Another place to look for stories of human labour are in the case studies of reports into \u2018industrial toxicology\u2019, \u2018occupational toxicology\u2019, \u2018industrial health and safety\u2019 and\/or \u2018occupational health and safety\u2019. Search online for your material and each of these phrases and see what you can find. Some results may be entirely technical, but you may be able to find case studies detailing working environments, accidents or long-term exposure to substances used in the growing and manufacture of materials and their effects on workers\u2019 lives. This search would be helpful, for example, if your item of clothing had been sandblasted.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>As before, don\u2019t forget to look both for&nbsp;<strong>human stories<\/strong>&nbsp;(e.g. cotton farmers talking about their lives and work) and&nbsp;<strong>background information<\/strong>&nbsp;(e.g. International Labour Organisation conventions).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember to copy information, quotations and sources into your research document as you do this. Add these details under the title \u2013 <em>Tier Two findings<\/em> &#8211; and don\u2019t forget to note down the names of the workers you find, as well as what they say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may find what you are looking for quite quickly, but you may also struggle to find what you\u2019re looking for, or be unsure if you have found enough of your garment\u2019s human story. The next step provides some additional additional search tips and resources that may be helpful once this research is well underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6a2d269cb5216576ddf534b64e01dace\">What this detective work can be like<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Finishing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fash_rev_mooc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fash_rev_mooc<\/a> on the last day like: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/taG90rVVjf\">pic.twitter.com\/taG90rVVjf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mx Frazzle (@KristenPCreativ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KristenPCreativ\/status\/1023579746326720513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I laughed and tought of you when I counted my 32 tabs open in my browser for my detective work! Keep it curious!<\/p>&mdash; Fofkuf Sofy K. (@almaktabsofy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/almaktabsofy\/status\/1017238026542460928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This detective work takes time. Try to remember that you are not looking for a full or definitive story, but for glimpses of connection, of the work and lives of people who may have made your item of clothing. You are looking for people talking about their lives and work, as well as broader issues about pay, conditions, human rights, and so on. You may wish to look for other stories from your garment supply chain like those about the work and lives of people working where it\u2019s shipped, warehoused and\/or delivered. And you may like to think of questions you would ask the people you find, and the companies that they work for, if you had the chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the end of this detective work task, you should have created a document full of quotations and references which you can organise to bring together connected themes and stories. This will be the document that you draw upon to create your \u2018who made my clothes?\u2019 story. That\u2019s what we\u2019re doing next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ask yourself whether you have found anything that has surprised you in the stories you have found, and reflect on how satisfied you are with the telling of these stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have struggled to find enough about who made your chosen garment, you can go back to your wardrobe, choose another item and start your detective work again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-74793586de9569499d37c8d7de9b9113\">Step 5: tell your &#8216;who made my clothes&#8217; story<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This step is about creative and empathetic storytelling through our clothes, how to present them in ways that foreground the relations between the people who make and wear them. Here we\u2019ll pass on some more top tips about how to turn the findings of our detective work into stories that each of us would enjoy telling others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-98593e992a7771d8053f1f2e9009159b\">a. storytelling through clothes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>To undertake this task, we will need to reflect on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>how stories can convey the personal relationships between the makers and wearers of clothes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>how they can achieve the right balance of authenticity, credibility and empathy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>how they can engage their audiences to feel involved and moved by in these connections and relations<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>A story can take many forms. Your story will depend on what you have discovered, and how you like to express your ideas. It can be written, spoken, drawn, filmed, sung, danced \u2026 that\u2019s why our focus is on \u2018telling stories\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To guide this process, we\u2019d like you to familiarise yourself with the our&nbsp;<em>Storytelling Checklist<\/em>. This should help to shape your own storytelling, and we will use it later when we ask you ask a friend or family member to review the story you\u2019ve created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6823420cc43954c9d6fd733184649780\">b. storytelling checklist<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s our advice on the ingredients of a good \u2018who made my clothes?\u2019 story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Include garment photographs<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 your audience will need a vivid impression of the garment you\u2019re talking about. Include a photo of it on its own and\/or of you wearing it \u2013 whatever is most appropriate to the story you\u2019re telling.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Make it short<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; about 750 words, or a 3 &#8211; 4 minute video, or equivalent. Don\u2019t spend time on an introduction or a conclusion. Jump right in! We\u2019ll show you some examples of work in different formats in the next step.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Make it up to date<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; use detective work sources published around the time that your item of clothing may have been made, not 20 years before!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Set it in particular places<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; in your and their workplaces, homes, etc. &#8211; where this item of clothing becomes part of different people\u2019s lives, including your own.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Make it human<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; you and your clothing\u2019s makers are equally important, and everyone has something to say. Use quotations from garment workers that you found in newspapers, NGO reports etc. as their voices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Make it personal<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 express yourself in the first person because this story is about you, your clothes, and how they connect you to other people elsewhere in the world who make them. Try to express your story empathetically. Nobody\u2019s voice should be flattened. Nobody should be discussed only as a category.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Make it lively<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; with detailed descriptive passages, video footage, cartoons, photographs and other illustrations (see point 9 below).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Make it authentic<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; use details from your own life and from the lives of garment workers discovered in your research to show that your story is believable. When you write about garment workers, use more than one source and add your sources\u2019 references in the text and in a reference list at the end to show how you know what you know about them. See the examples in the next step if you\u2019re not sure how to do this.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Make it legal<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; please don\u2019t include copyrighted images or video footage. Take your own photos and video, and make sure you have permission from anyone who might appear in them. Search for copyright-free images online, and say where you sourced each image in your work. If you don\u2019t have images to work with, draw your own cartoons or try a free animation service such as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/\">Powtoon<\/a>. Whatever you create, it\u2019s your responsibility to follow copyright law in your country.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Warn your audience<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; if your story contains violence, language or images that may disturb others then please alert your audience at the start.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Do it your way<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; there\u2019s no single correct way to tell a story like this, so use a format with which you are familiar, that you can imagine working for you and the story that you want to tell. You will not be able to tell the full, definitive story of who made our clothes. The challenge is: what can you create with what you\u2019ve found? &#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4dd53dc5f2755ce675538c282b84f6e6\">c) tell your clothes&#8217; story<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>What ideas and information do you have to work with? How do you like to tell stories? How can you best convey your connections to the garment workers who made your clothes? It\u2019s time to bring together the notes from your detective work, your thoughts from reading the examples in the last step, and the eleven criteria on the Storytelling Checklist.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone has different ways of getting a story together. Some plan meticulously what they are going to say before they say it. Others work spontaneously and tidy their work up later through careful editing. Creativity (whether this is writing, making art, etc.) is a thinking process. Trying things out, seeing how they work, where the ideas take you, can be one of the most exciting aspects of the storytelling process. Whatever way you like to work, it\u2019s likely that you will need to draft your story a number of times before it\u2019s ready to share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You should expect this process to take several hours. Remember, you are not only creating this story for yourself. You are creating it for someone else to be able to appreciate what you have learned and want to say. You want to leave them thinking and feeling something that you have thought and felt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think about the ways the examples you looked at in the last task had an effect on you. How could you convey something like that to people who haven\u2019t taken this course, to people who rarely, if ever, think about the people who make their clothes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s your assignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you&#8217;re writing, think about your audience: to whom do you want to tell your story? How can you best reach that audience?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s also important to get some feedback on your story before it reaches the outside world. Please share it with friends and\/or family members. Ask them to assess it according to the Storytelling Checklist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then revise your story in response to their comments and post it online on a blog or website, a video or photo sharing platform and tag @fash_rev and @followthethings to say what you&#8217;ve done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here is my first post! &#39;The Story Behind My Skirt &#8211; Who actually made my clothes?&#39; \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KFQSIJ2MzP\">https:\/\/t.co\/KFQSIJ2MzP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fash_Rev?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Fash_Rev<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fash_rev_mooc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fash_rev_mooc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D91756aOJP\">pic.twitter.com\/D91756aOJP<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rebecca Frost (@beccybannana) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beccybannana\/status\/893224366833635329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/boywondering.weebly.com\/blog\/who-made-my-jeans-pt1?utm_content=buffer37831&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"823\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2025-01-30-at-18.22.33-823x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2025-01-30-at-18.22.33-823x1024.png 823w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2025-01-30-at-18.22.33-241x300.png 241w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2025-01-30-at-18.22.33-768x955.png 768w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2025-01-30-at-18.22.33-1235x1536.png 1235w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2025-01-30-at-18.22.33-1647x2048.png 1647w, https:\/\/followthethings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2025-01-30-at-18.22.33.png 1748w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 823px) 100vw, 823px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f8f2ee\">Text was originally written by Ian Cook, Verity Jones and Kellie Cox, edited by Ian Cook (last updated January 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Benjamin Cuff, Sarah Brown, Laura Taylor &amp; 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