Bangladesh Fire and Safety Agreement

Lady Gaga is Forbes's top earning celebrity under 30, earning $80 million last year... which is just SO. MUCH. MONEY. Guess that's how she could afford that 24-karat gold-plated wheelchair. {Forbes} Coco Rocha didn't always look like Coco Rocha. In some of her super-weird early modeling photos from China, she looks like an anime character in a circus. {BuzzFeed} He may have made an old-school proposal to new fiance Behati Prinsloo, but it sounds like Adam Levine is a new-school douche. Apparently he broke the news of his engagement to Victoria's Secret ex Nina Agdal via text message. {New York Post} Say it ain't so, TopShop! The UK retail giant joins Wal-Mart and Gap in refusing to sign the Bangladesh Safety Accord. {The Guardian}

• By Isabella Biedenharn
  Jul 24, 2013

It's been three months since the deadly Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh killed over 1,100 workers, and the Bangladesh Fire and Safety Accord--an agreement singed onto by 70 brands to take responsibility for the safety of factories they use in Bangladesh--is finally being put into effect.

• By Tyler McCall
  Jul 8, 2013

Outer borough trend seekers, your new mecca awaits--J.Crew is finally opening a store in Brooklyn. {WWD, Subscription Required} Can we please crash Cara Delevingne's party for DKNY Artworks' London unveiling? Guess it's time to book that flight to the UK! {Vogue UK} After the DKNY party, make sure you stick around London for the UK's first Nail Art Festival (!!!) in July. Best of all, it's free to attend. {Grazia} Sofia Vergara explains why you might feel a little déjà vu browsing her red carpet looks. {NY Post}

• By Isabella Biedenharn
  Jun 5, 2013

The runways of New York and the factories of Bangladesh could not seem further apart. Yet they both drive a global, 1.5 trillion dollar industry: the fashion industry. And in both cases, the work is performed overwhelmingly by young women and girls--fashion models, on the one hand, and garment workers on the other--both of whom are struggling to assert their rights in a hostile labor environment. Sara Ziff, founder of the Model Alliance took a trip to Dhaka last summer to learn more about the garment industry there and see the conditions on the ground. In this exclusive video, you'll learn about Sara's trip, and her more recent work with international labor rights groups (WRC, ILRF) and activists like Kalpona Akter and Tazreen Factor fire survivor Sumi Abedin. Watch and get the message out: let's put the pressure on major labels to sign on to the Bangladesh Build Fire and Safety Agreement.

• By Tyler McCall
  May 10, 2013