This is partly in response to the rise of fast-fashion - clothes reflecting current trends ... with the rise of its darker side: so-called sweatshops that don't adhere to employment laws.

The product line was developed by Knights Apparel and United Students Against Sweatshops to fight harsh garment industry conditions by supporting worker’s rights and livable wages. Alta Gracia apparel ...

we continue to see people who make clothes sold by some of the nation's leading retailers working in sweatshops," Ruben Rosalez, part of the department's wage and hour division, said in a statement.