PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, has joined forces with ethical designer shoe company Georgette. At PETA Europe’s website you have the change to win a pair of designer shoes that are completely animal-free. Georgette have given PETA three pairs of shoes each worth around £600 to give away.
The ethical shoe brand is [...]

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Slow textiles at London Fashion Week

Textiles designer Annie Sherburne celebrates

London Fashion Week and London Design Week with
‘SOFT’ an informal exhibition of:
Contemporary ECO and SLOW-made Textiles

Designers showing:

Kaffe Fassett
Brandon Mabley
Barley Massey
Eleanor Feddon
Sarah Egholm
Sarah McPhee
Annie Sherburne
and others..
13th September to 23rd September
Tuesdays to Saturdays from 12.00 to 6.00
AT: Annie Sherburne Designs
Unit 1:10 Oxo Tower Wharf,
Bargehouse Street,
London SE1 9PH
www.anniesherburne.co.uk 

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A posting from Global Mamas

LCF designers Tara and Emma have been working with Global Mamas in Ghana to develop designs for the online boutique Exclusive Roots. I’ll be travelling out to Durban South Africa tonight to meet with all ten designers and the producers they have been working with so check back next week for more images. Here are [...]

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Handbags at the ready

‘Ignes Bags is a stunning range of accessories from Uruguay, founded by sister and brother team – Maria and Ignacio Estrada, which fuses together the cosmopolitan styling of Europe with unique quality-led South American leathers and a social responsibility edge.’
So says the press release…I also think they’re lovely bags! Ignes was selected as winner of [...]

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Re:Fashion Awards – last call for entries

The Re:Fashion Awards will take place on 13 November 08, celebrating people and organisations who have taken great strides in tackling poverty, healing the environment and changing consumer attitudes towards ethical fashion.
There are eleven awards in three categories and the deadline for entries is midnight on 20 August 2008. Judges include Katharine Hamnett, Hilary Alexander and [...]

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Elena Garcia – new collection

LCF alumna Elena Garcia’s A/W 08 Eco-Couture collection will be featured at London Fashion Week this September. Elena’s philosophy is to create beautiful clothes that are ‘pesticide free, fair trade, local, ethical, sustainable.’

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Internship opportunity at Amana

 Amana are looking for a PR/marketing intern who will help with contacting press and developing press material, build relationships with wholesale buyers and assist in the run-up to London Fashion Week and the On/Off event during London Fashion Week. This position would best suit a final year degree or MA student or recent graduate of a [...]

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Obtainable but disposable – can fashion be sustainable? Latest from Impactt

Our Fashion & Sustainability: A snapshot analysis report has been reviewed by Impactt’s Jo Buckley, citing the Centre for Sustainable Fashion to be ‘a welcome initiative for the industry.’
We agree Jo, thanks for your support!
Read Impactt’s blog

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Primrose and friends from Privaling, Cape Town

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So unvogue

Just came across this online magazine after a ranting late night conversation with friend and fellow blogger Edith (Some Like it Fashion) about the merits of the unvogue. And they’ve gone and done a green issue! The page turning is a little bit fiddly but I’m sure you’ll soon get the hang of it!
www.unvogue.com

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