Recently I read quite the eyeopener on Jezebel. This article basically called out Victoria’s Secret for buying their cotton from a supplier whose labor is primarily conducted by 12 and 13 year old children.
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And it’s not as if this was some random, one time mistake, the article stated that VS “usually buys up the entire fair trade and organic-certified cotton crop (which is apparently located in Burkina Faso) to make the lingerie it sells in the West.” [Check out the rest of the details in the original piece.]
Children… Seriously?
Am I the only one extremely taken back my this? I mean, maybe I was just being naive, but I guess I never really gave much thought to where my underwear was being made. I suppose I was just sucked in by all the pink neon signs and sexy advertisements.
So maybe I should rephrase my title: Should I be anti-Victoria’s Secret?
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