One of the main social issues related to fashion concerns labor . Since the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire in 1911 , labor rights in the fashion industry has been at the center of this issue . The 2013 Savar building collapse at Rana Plaza put the spotlight once again at the poor working conditions and hazards in fashion production . Attention is increasingly being placed on labour rights violations in other parts of the whole fashion product lifecycle from textile production and processing , retail and distribution and modelling to the recycling of textiles . Whilst the majority of fashion and textiles are produced in Asia , Central America , Turkey , North Africa , the Caribbean and Mexico , there is still production across Europe where exploitative working conditions are also found such as in Leicester in the UK Midlands and Central and Eastern Europe
Triangle shirtwaist factory fire
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
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