A new for of wearable art has hit the streets. A company by the name of Moral Fibers is giving artists in Haiti the chance to take their work off the canvas and out of the gallery and put it on shirts that people can wear. They are calling themselves a “new breed of ethical brand that doesn’t exploit its employees in the developing world, but rather works with them over the long-term to develop their skills and talents as artists.” The vibrant T-shirts designed by artists in developing countries retail around $50 and create a lifelong, sustainable way for impoverished people to pull themselves out of a life of squalor. What is unique about this company is that they are not working with fashion designers, these people are actual paint-and-canvas artists who are displaying their creativity in a whole new way.
If an artists sells out of just one line of clothing a year, he or she earns approximately 3-5 times the national average salary of his or her home country. Although the company is not a non-profit, that does not take away from the amount of good they are doing. A large portion of the proceeds from the sales of these shirts go directly back tot he artist who created the design, and then another portion goes to the charity of the artist’s choosing.
Source: Moral Fibers
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