“Sustainability in fashion is becoming ever more important – but the focus is often placed solely on the environment. One crucial aspect that’s frequently left out of the conversation is the importance of sustaining livelihoods, particularly when it comes to those who work within the supply chain.

There’s currently a clear disconnect between brands that are now choosing to use more sustainable materials, but still not ensuring their workers are paid a fair wage. “Clothes will not be sustainable until the makers of these clothes have a dignified job and are paid a living wage,” Kalpona Akter, a former child worker who is now executive director of the Bangladesh Center for Workers’ Solidarity (BCWS), tells Vogue. “Workers are not getting anything out of these [sustainability] campaigns,” adds Khalid Mahmood, director of the Labour Education Foundation in Pakistan. “These campaigns are only used for the promotion of the brands themselves.”