The True Cost: Unmasking Fast Fashion

WHERE: Butch Blum^[1] (1332 Sixth Ave Seattle)

WHAT: In a rapid globalization, wide-reaching fast fashion companies creating inexpensive clothing like H&M and Zara seem to keep growing. Feature film The True Cost^[2] starkly exposes the fast fashion industry through exploited workers abroad. The film’s message of fashion’s lesser-known contribution to human and environmental rights violations will be screening downtown at European designer store Butch Blum. Partnering with SIFF and Women of Cinema^[3], the evening begins with cocktails from Glass Distillery, opening remarks from Goodfunds Wealth Management and a Butch Blum gift certificate auction benefitting SIFF.

WHEN: The event begins on September 21 at 4:30pm. The film will be screened at 5:10pm. RSVP by September 18 at promotions@butchblum.com or 206-622-5760.

References

1. ^{^} Butch Blum (www.seattlemet.com)
2. ^{^} The True Cost (truecostmovie.com)
3. ^{^} SIFF and Women of Cinema (www.siff.net)