Behind Beauty, Two Chained Hands

Ange used various artists’ works for her inspiration. She researched children working in the cotton harvest in countries reputed as the best cotton producers in the world. She looked at different artworks from artists who mostly talk about child labour in their works.

Her final outcome combines her research about brands that use child labour and inspiration from different artworks related to child labour. She wanted to convey an effective message about the realities in the fashion industry; thus, she created a dress, a design we usually see in one of brands that use child labour.

The front part of the dress is the nicest part with features we usually like, plus the shiny beads, yet the back part of the dress is where she talked about child labour as a type of slavery. Her message is clear: Some brands present a nice part of Fashion on the front and hide many realities behind the scenes.

The design contains a drawing of two chained hands. One bigger and one smaller (Which means children are being used regardless of age). Using two colours means different races, which leads us to understand that child labour happens in different places worldwide.