No Sweat!
Maybe no sweat, but definitely a few plasters to cover the blisters created as I try to wear in my new fairly traded sneakers!
I needed a pair and was about to visit the cheapest sports shop in the area, when I was struck by an attack of conscience. I sat down at the computer instead and ‘surfed the net’ (that doesn’t sound as cool as it used to, does it?!?) and there it was - a company with squeaky clean credentials, specialising in sneakers that come with a labour content disclosure form - full info about wages and benefits - that is as, if not more, cool than the shoes themselves! The right colour too - well, it was black and white I was looking for, not exactly a demanding choice.
Of course, far more expensive for me than the alternative, but much less expensive to the lives of the producers. I’m not used to making such choices when it comes to fashion, I have to admit. I wore my new shoes with pride, smiling to cover the painful grimace of ‘first time sores‘!
NO SWEAT - that’s the name on the tongue of the sneakers and on mine. Not planning to break into a sweat any time soon. Too much Easter egg overload!
Filed under: Uncategorized on April 11th, 2007
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