shared stories of late payments and non-payments, and made the case for financial transparency. “It is demoralizing and humiliating to have to beg to be paid,” Elson began. “Young creatives entering the fashion industry don’t have the means, nor the support that I do.
The Fashion Workers Act follows on the heels of landmark legislation that made California the first state to require hourly wages for garment workers. Today is the 111th anniversary of the. Hoylman made a connection between the labor movement spawned by that tragedy in which 146 garment workers, mostly young women, died, and the goals of the Fashion Workers Act in 2022. “First, agencies are going to have a fiduciary responsibility to models and creatives.