The catastrophic fire, which destroyed over 60% of the market retail spaces and impacted 10’000 people highlights the fashion industry’s ongoing refusal to confront the waste crisis it perpetuates. 

Fashion is unequivocally a feminist issue. The fashion industry and how it functions has become entirely reliant on profiting from the exploitation and disempowerment of women. Particularly women of colour, in the Global South, who account for 80% of garment workers.