The sportswear company Champion was established in 1919 by the Feinbloom Brothers as "Knickerbocker Knitting Company." They pioneered the production of sweatshirts after developing a process that allowed the use of thicker materials such as French Terry cotton. Then, in 1930, Champion sewed the first hood onto a sweatshirt to keep workers in upstate New York warm, thus also pioneering the hoodie.
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| Champion store in Hong Kong. By Rouardsiam 002 |
Giuliana Benetton having began to design and manufacture her own small range of sweaters which her brother sold to local shops, built their own factory in 1965 and then opened her first shops. This was followed by an expanding export business with 6400 outlets in almost 100 countries.
The Benetton company, the largest knitwear company in the world, is still controlled by members of the Benetton family.
The English clothing manufacturer Burberry which started in 1856 in Basingstoke in South East England, gained its famous beige, red and black identity at the beginning of the 20th century. By the 1920s its trenchcoat, which was originally made for The Great War soldiers, had become the company’s mainstay.
Only 2% of the clothing sold in America is made in America.
An estimated 98% of fashion workers around the world aren't paid a living wage.
The fashion industry is the second most pollutant industry after the oil industry.
The fashion industry produces 10% of all humanity's carbon emissions and is the second-largest consumer of the world's water supply.
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