Fashion and Environmental Sustainability – Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology

When I began my journey in the garment industry during my studies, I encountered a profound revelation. My employer was importing T-shirts made in Pakistan to the United States, at an unbelievably low cost of USD 1.80 per dozen, including transportation to New York. To put it into perspective, this meant that the cost of a single T-shirt amounted to a mere 15 cents, encompassing raw materials, processing chemicals, labor costs, factory rent, overhead, amortization of machines and equipment, transportation from the factory to New York harbor, and even the profit for the Pakistani factory owner.