Where are your clothes from? 4

At the entrance to the venue, or somewhere prominent in the venue space, you could place a visual aid - e.g. a map - which shows visitors where in the world their clothes are made. You could then invite visitors to cut off the ‘made in’ labels on the clothes they are wearing to pin or stick on the country they find there.

By the end of the event the map should show where most visitors’ clothes were made. You can count the number of labels for each country and make a chart. It is up to visitors to interpret these findings.

You will need Large (A3 or bigger) map of the world which includes the names of each country, mounted on a board which will allow visitors to pin their clothing labels on it, pins, scissors

Tips

• To generate interest in this activity, you can place a glass jar next to the map, ask visitors to guess which country will have the most pins at the end of the day, to write their name and their guess on a piece of paper and place it in the jar.

• At the end of the day, you can count the pins and countries on the map, find the accurate guesses in the jar, and announce the winners.