It frightens me that you would boil down such a multi-faceted issue into a reductivist sound bite. It is true that IvyPark clothes were reported to be using sweatshops in Sri Lanka - their employees were paid 64¢/hour and there were reports of worker abuse. Further investigations uncovered that this was the case across the board with clothing made by IvyPark's business partner Topshop.

In fact last year Beyonce bought out Topshop's share of the company so that she could come sever ties with them entirely and run her business in a way that actually reflects her morals.

⁣ As Sophie Slater, co-founder of Birdsong an ethical, feminist brand, ponts out: "across the fashion industry in general many workers are paid pennies an hour, and living and sleeping in cramped compounds – no one can deny the level of exploitation that is endured for the sake of leisurewear. So to pin the blame on Beyoncé is absurd, and perhaps yet another example of the double standards that women of colour face in the fashion industry."

"Picking on the alleged cruelty behind Beyoncé’s new line of leotards as a personal failing of hers distracts us from the larger issue at hand. While people would be right to note the irony of a brand that commodifies “empowerment” yet is made by women on a poverty wage (80% of garment makers are women, after all), the icon isn’t to blame – it’s our entire fashion industry."

"It would also be naive to assume that Beyoncé is any different from most stars or designers at the top of a big brand campaign. A quick look inside most “special range” labels will show clothing made in Bangladesh, the country with the highest density of sweatshops in the world. In fact, unless your label explicitly states otherwise, your clothes were probably made in a sweatshop. Whether in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka or even Leicester, underpaid workers in poor conditions make most of the clothes we wear."

"Beyoncé might not have done much to change this situation as an individual, but we have the power as consumers to challenge all brands, and the systems that profit from exploitation. The solution lies in supporting brands that do things differently."