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The Clothing Slum Factories

In the largest slum in India, the Brits explore the clothing slum factories and see the real reality of the fashion industry.

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  • Play Blood, Sweat & T-Shirts
    6 Clips Playlist Blood, Sweat & T-Shirts

    (16:56)

    Follow along as a group of British fashion victims see what it's like to live and work in an Indian clothes factory. They'll have the most shocking and extraordinary month of their lives and will discover the true cost of cheap fashion.
  • Play Blood, Sweat & Takeaways
    5 Clips Playlist Blood, Sweat & Takeaways

    (10:47)

    Six young fast food junkies will embark on a grueling month-long journey into a world they know nothing about, to discover the tough truth behind their fast food fixes.

Planet Green Clips

  • Play Blood Sweat & T-Shirts: Child Labor
    Child Labor

    Blood Sweat & T-Shirts (03:18)

    Stacey joins a child labor inspector searching for kids working in the factories of Mumbai.
  • Play Blood Sweat & T-Shirts: Tracing Clothes to the Source
    Tracing Clothes to the Source

    Blood Sweat & T-Shirts (02:38)

    Six young Brits arrive in India ready to work in the textile factories that provide them with the fashions they love.
  • Play Blood, Sweat & T-Shirts: The Clothing Slum Factories
    The Clothing Slum Factories

    Blood, Sweat & T-Shirts (02:58)

    In the largest slum in India, the Brits explore the clothing slum factories and see the real reality of the fashion industry.
  • Play Blood Sweat & T-Shirts: 60 Rupees
    60 Rupees

    Blood Sweat & T-Shirts (02:32)

    The Brits labor all day and night but they only earn less then a dollar for all of their hard work sewing blouses. It's not as easy as looks.
  • Play Blood, Sweat & T-Shirts: Sew Them Again!
    Sew Them Again!

    Blood, Sweat & T-Shirts (02:22)

    The Brits garments did not pass quality control. Much like the regular factory workers do, they must also sleep on the factory floor or stay up all night to finish sewing.
  • Play Blood, Sweat & T-Shirts: The Real Cost Of Cotton?
    The Real Cost Of Cotton?

    Blood, Sweat & T-Shirts (03:03)

    In the episode, Cotton Mill, The Brits find out where cotton for their clothes really comes from and just how little the labor workers are paid to harvest it.
  • Play Blood, Sweat & T-Shirts: Welcome to India
    Welcome to India

    Blood, Sweat & T-Shirts (02:37)

    Six young Brits arrive in India ready to work in the textile factories that provide them with the fashions they love.
  • Play Green Shaman: Shirt's So Good
    Shirt's So Good

    Green Shaman (01:31)

    In preparing for his first green date, Phil is about to buy a 100% organic cotton t-shirt until Bear and Spirit Sheep point out that his shirt, may not be all that pure.
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A group of British fashion victims see what it's like to live and work in an Indian clothes factory. They'll have the most shocking and extraordinary month of their lives and will discover the true cost of cheap fashion.

 
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