...Five years on, Rana Plaza remains the sole catalyst for a global discussion of the fashion industry’s impact. Looking back, Blanchard describes it as a “shock to the system – seeing the reality of brands, whom we thought we could trust, neglecting their responsibility to ensure the fair, humane treatment of garment workers was outrageous.” Despite the obvious truth of this statement, other factory fires and violent protests have since caused carnage of their own. We may have increased understanding and transparency, most of which is courtesy of Fashion Revolution, but the issues still remain; it shouldn’t take the loss of a thousand more lives for us to collectively work to resolve them in earnest...