U-Wire, Fashion Industry: Article Analysis

Major retail companies impact on social issues.

In an article for U-Wire, Fashion industry: Popular retailers showcase unpopular ideals written by Chabrina Bruno published on the 26th of September 2014 discusses the repeat faux pas of several global clothing retailers and their showcasing of unpopular ideals offending a wide spectrum of people concerning sensitive moral issues. Bruno argues that Urban Outfitters, Abercrombie & Fitch, JC Penny and H&M have repeatedly produced clothing, which is considered to be offensive and has been targeted at different races, the gender equality, body issue and attempts to glamourize violence. I agree with the author as I feel that these major retailers have a moral duty to not demean others due to their

I agree with Bruno’s previous statement as Abercrombie & Fitch, Urban Outfitters and H&M repeatedly make these insensitive statements with their clothing, to me this allows for such backwards ideals to be considered acceptable and pave the way for them to become social norms. I feel that these companies have a moral and ethical duty to avoid supporting these ideals through mainstream

I agree with Bruno that as a society we seem to hold the idea that the work of men is to be held to a higher opinion than a woman’s. (outsider example of wage diff) with some fields of work harder for woman to enter due to preconceived notions of gender roles. This belief should not be continued to be supported by the fashion industry; one, which is commonly female, dominated.. It is seen in … that gender equality is an issue