These clothing consumers get a lesson in the true cost of fashion.
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Shopping for a bargain has become a national obsession and fashion has never been cheaper. But would our passion for throwaway fashion be so strong if we knew where the clothes really came from?
For the first time ever, six young fashion fanatics swap shopping for the backstreets of India to live and work like the people who make the clothes they wear. On this journey of discovery, these six experience every level of the clothing business. They start at a multimillion-dollar factory that makes clothes for some of the biggest brands in British fashion.
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But they discover that working on the production lines is a tough challenge. Discipline is strict and rules cannot be broken; getting up without permission or talking to your friends is strictly forbidden. Targets and quotas must be met and those that do not make the grade get demoted from stitching to lower-status, less well-paid jobs, such as ironing and buttoning.
In this first of four programs, the Brits also have to live in their fellow workers' homes, in cramped conditions without basic facilities like hot water and western toilets. Clothes have never been cheaper and three-quarters of our clothing are now made abroad; for the first time we get to see how our clothes are really made.
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