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The social catwalk - FT.com As the fashion flock descends on New York City, they will be welcomed by cultural mavens suggesting they fill their free time by strolling through the opening of photographer Eugene Atget’s retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, or the show of

A raid in Sao Paulo found mostly Bolivian immigrants working for a pittance in unsafe conditions.

Zara acts over Brazil sweatshop Fashion chain Zara says it will strengthen its oversight of production after workers were found toiling in Brazil to make clothes for the label.

The process was banned in Turkey in 2009 after evidence was produced to show that 46 former sandblasting operators had contracted silicosis.

Dolce & Gabbana in dock over 'killer jeans' Campaign calls for fashion houses to stop using sandblasting, a technique for producing denim with artificially worn look

The fashion giant Versace yesterday announced that it was throwing its weight behind a campaign to end sandblasting – a manual process used to produce trendy worn-look denim – but which campaigners claim destroys workers' lungs.

Why Versace is putting workers' health before style

Armani's appointment will pitch Italy against Britain on the catwalk as well as the running track, as Stella McCartney is already dressing Team GB.

Giorgio Armani to dress Italian Olympic team | Life and style | The Guardian Italian designer celebrated for relaxed tailoring wins commission to kit out national team for 2012 Games

For marketers interested in mobile, the buzz about HTML5 is promising. This new HTML5 standard essentially makes the juicy, interactive features that made Flash so attractive – video, audio, animation – now achievable within the browser, no downloads or plug-ins required.

HTML5, Apple and the mobile boom: Is your brand ready? - Mobile Marketer - Columns