Sunday, February 6, 2011

Behind the seams: The disadvantaged women creating Hong Kong fashion

In a non-descript low-rise building a young woman, who only wishes to be known as Murighul, smiles as she heads to her workstation in a small clothing factory.

Murighul is disabled from the waist down. She is a seamstress at Dorcas Design, a social enterprise that provides job opportunities for physically and economically disadvantaged women in China who have skills in clothing manufacturing.

A native of Kashgar in the northwestern province of Xinjiang, Murighul now lives in Guangzhou where Dorcas Design is based. Today, the 25-year-old is working on a cloth trimming order for Dialog Worldbutik, a Hong Kong-based fair trade fashion label. 

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Source: http://www.cnngo.com/hong-kong/life/world-butik-174277

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