WOMEN IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY (2004)
In the 1980s there were 63 Levi Strauss factories in the United States. The last one recently closed its doors. With the globalization of the economy, the clothing industry has almost entirely moved to Asia. There clothing can be produced for a fifth of the previous cost. That makes the future of the Western clothing industry uncertain. It is estimated that in the next decade half the remaining clothing factories in Europe and the United States will close down. In WOMEN IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY (2004) Fernando Moleres photographed the clothing industry in several Asian countries, including Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The factories are primarily populated by women, who work under miserable conditions.
