I would also be interested in this article as I wear my reps jus as Lanikai..to fit the ocassion. Like choosing my clothes in the morning, I choose arep accordingly.
I have heared frightning stories about childlabour in India in the "normal" clothes" industry for the major brands..................is it true? Don't you think the whole world would opposive and not wearing the brand involved?
As for the repmanufacturers, I honestly don't believe they have kids working for them unless i see it for myself, I think most of it is a highly organized industry where a lot of people make a living, without i they would have no food n the table.
Where there is poverty, everybody is invoved in making money to put some food on the table, see the rural plains in some asian countries, man and wife,kids and elderly work in order to provide the first needs.