In his documentary, “The True Cost,” Andrew Morgan investigates the actions of the fashion industries that outsource their labour. Morgan explores the fashion industry’s role in developing countries in three ways. Working conditions, environmental impacts and economical effects. Morgan observes the lives of low-wage earners in industrializing countries. Earning only $3 dollars an hour in horrible conditions. The factories spew toxic chemicals into soil, air and rivers, affecting countries beyond the factory grounds.
However,Morgan also exposes the consumer. How desire for cheap clothing and trendy pieces is disrupting the economy and ecosystem of foreign countries. The garment industry and consumers must be held accountable for their actions. And recent events (the sexual harassment allegations coming to light) shows the power of groups of people coming together to change Hollywood and the fashion industry.
