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The Connecting Threads

Part of the Series

2014 0908ld fbWith this strip, “Our Fashion Year” culminates a year-long comics journalism investigation into connections between the garment trade and the sex trade that has brought us all over the globe and revealed what’s behind fast fashion. After more than three years, this will also be the last Ladydrawers column for a time as yet undetermined while its creators delve into other projects.

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