Blood, Sweat and T-shirts
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Blood, Sweat and T-shirts:
Amrita’s story
This BBC Three series from May 2008 saw six young fashion addicts swap shopping on the high street with working in India‘s cotton fields and clothes factories. Find out whether they could handle a sewing machine and meet the target of two garments a minute. And whether their experience changed their throwaway attitude to clothes shopping.
See whether fashion photography student Amrita can cut it on the factory floor.
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Amrita, 21
A fashion photography student, has never thought about who makes her clothes
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Georgina, 20
A telesales exec, thinks nothing of wearing an item only once then throwing it away
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Mark, 24
An account manager from Essex, dresses to impress. See how he fares on the production line
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Richard, 24
Richard runs his own ad agency. He thinks sewing's a piece of cake. But what does quality control make of his work?
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Stacey, 20
A shop assistant from Luton, gets out of sewing by swapping mascara for her co-worker’s labour
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Tara, 21
From London, wants to be a fashion designer. Can she hit the factory target of two garments a minute?
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