Lanvin to Be Next Brand to Collaborate With H&M, What a Philanthropist Should Know About H&M

            Lanvin is the next designer to be teaming up with H&M to make beautiful clothes for a cost that won't make your wallet cry! The collection will hit H&M stores in North America on November 30th, and everywhere else three days after. If you, like I, can not wait that long, be on the lookout for a preview on www.hm.com on Nov. 1. H&M is one of my favorite stores, but the low prices and what seems to be decent quality product leaves me skeptical. Back in January of this year, H&M was caught in a scandalous action. Many clear trash bags were found outside the H&M in Manhattan that were full of their shredded and slashed clothes to make sure that they would be unwearable and unsellable. There were also reportedly bags and bags of hangers. Not only were these hangers not reused be the store, but they weren't even placed in recycle. An H&M representative spoke out and said, "“It will not happen again. We are committed 100 percent to make sure this practice is not happening anywhere else, as it is not our standard practice.” However, when the New York news station WPIX came back to the store to see if they were continuing the practice, and employee was reportedly hauling several trash bags filled with shoes to a truck, which he said was going to the trash. Perhaps in a response to the scandal, H&M released a Garden Collection, which was a collection made with "environmentally adapted materials" (http://hmthegardencollection.com). A website called http://chainstorereaction.com urges people to send e-mails to big name companies across the world in order for the company to send a response in which they report upon supplying companies that may perhaps involve slave trade or unfair labor. H&M was one of the few companies to send a response. "H&M does not accept forced labour and has banned it in our Code of Conduct. Furthermore we have developed guidelines for our suppliers on how to ensure that all workers are employed by their own free will, these guidelines include for example for the factories to develop policies and routines against forced labour that are clearly communicated to relevant personnel in the factory, for example regarding pay, advances, deductions etc, and precautions not to purchase any components produced by forced labour." Well, that's some good news, H&M fans! The whole response goes into much detail. To read it, please go to chainstorereaction.com. That's all for now.