Jacques Slade Unboxes the Real Price of Sneakers

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Jacques Slade unboxed something a little different this week — a custom sneaker that tells the tale of modern slavery. The sneaker was made by The Shoe Surgeon and is plastered with grim facts about the amount of slaves at work today (40 million) and the amount of fashion companies complicit in the slave trade (71 per cent).

Check out the shoes here and read  for a full run-down.

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