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Syrian refugee tent transformed into dress

Once home to a family of Syrian refugees, a UN tent has found a new life as a dress still bearing the marks and stains of its past. "Dress for Our Time", the brainchild of fashion designer Helen Storey, has turned a discarded tent from the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan into a hooded dress featured on stage at the Glastonbury Festival and in the...

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H&M called on to handle abuse of Syrian refugees in Turkish garment factories

London - High street fashion retailer H&M, along with other Nordic fashion brands Lindex, KappAhl, Gina Tricot and Varner, have been called out for not taking sufficient action to prevent the discrimination of Syrian migrants working in their supply chains in Turkey in a new study entitled 'Invisible Workers - Syrian Refugees in Turkish Garment...

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House of Denim to hire skilled Syrian refugees

After worries over Syrian conflict cotton and even Syrian refugee children surfacing in Turkish garment factories, here is some positive news for Syrian refugees: Denim City, an Amsterdam non-profit organisation dedicated to craftsmanship, innovation and sustainability in the denim industry, has started a project that will employ Syrian refugees...