No Clothes for a Year

[alasse_fae]

I read this article the other day, spammed a bunch of people with the link, and have been thinking about it ever since. So much that I am seriously contemplating doing it.

As those who've traveled with me especially know, I'm hardly a fashion junkie ;) But I do have a closet full of clothes and nothing to wear if you know what I mean. How much do I really *need*?
I gave up shopping this past year for lent, and that was hard enough. Not just clothes but books, music, etc. I did learn much about self control and delayed gratification, and that was just forty days. A whole year blows my mind tho I could buy books. Obviously, because I keep coming back to it *g*

Motive is important. It would defeat the whole purpose to just dump the money I saved back into my savings account. Instead I should use the money I'd ordinarily spend on clothes on something else. But what?
The author makes a point about slavery and sweatshops:

I have also spent time reading about Modern Day Slavery and have come to realize that there is a good chance my clothing has been made either by slaves or by grossly underpaid, overworked hands.

This was my first reason to give up shopping - to ensure that no one was working to produce clothes for me, at least for one year.

My question about that, and I am probably being naive, is what happens to the people who work in the sweatshop if it closes because no one is buying the clothes? Are they thrown out of the frying pan into the fire, so to speak? Are there organizations out there that help them in practical ways, and if so, who are they? Maybe that would be a good place to send the clothing money.

I'm interested in any feedback y'all have for me, whether you agree or think I'm a complete nutter *g*