175trainers’ notes: the journey of the jeans
CoUNTrIES AND STAGES oF ProDUCTIoN
The jeans are designed in Switzerland.
The cotton is cultivated in Uzbekistan, Burkina Faso or USA, and sent to China.
The thread is spun in China using Swiss machinery.
The thread is dyed indigo in the Philippines.
The material is woven in Poland.
The labels are made in Portugal and the buttons in France.
The material and other parts are sewn together in the Philippines.
The jeans are sent to the wholesaler in Switzerland and sold there.
You take the jeans wherever you go.
The jeans are reused in Ghana as second-hand clothes sent from Europe.✁
worksheet: stages in the production of jeans
Design Weaving the fabric
Cultivation of cotton (1) Sewing
Cultivation of cotton (2) Label production
Cultivation of cotton (3) Button production
Spinning the threads Retail
Dyeing the threads Post consumer use: second-hand
Production of sewing machines Post consumer use: landfill✁
worksheet: who gets what from the Final price of a pair of jeans (in per cent)
Retailer – 50% Brand – 25%
Transport, taxes, duties – 11% Worker’s wage – 1%
Materials, profit & wages for factories - 13%IntEractIVE actIVItIEs