You can always pick up a bargain at Primark and I have to admit I rarely think about where the things I buy actually come from and why they're so cheap. Some would say that Primark's full of cheap trash but is this really the case? I don't think it's cheap because the clothes are poor quality. I think it's because a lot of them are made by people living in poor areas of the world whose only way of making a living is by working long hours in a sweat shop. Companies in the UK can buy clothes very cheaply from the factory owners in places like India who pay their workers very little for what they do, in order to make a profit.

I think we need to know more about where our clothes come from because if people continue to buy cheap clothes then the demand for them will remain and the sweat shops will carry on as they are. On the other hand you could look at it as a good thing because as long as the factories are going the people who work in them are working and earning money. If the factories closed maybe they wouldn't be able to find other jobs.
Generally though, I think Fair Trade clothing is the way forward. At the moment much of the Fair Trade clothing around isn't particularly stylish but I think if the designs were more modern and trendy then more people would opt for Fair Trade, including the younger teenage market.
This BBC site is dedicated to eco-friendly fashion: www.bbc.co.uk/thread