The Centre for Sustainable Fashion launches the Shared Talent: India competition – recruiting the best UK and Indian design talent to showcase sustainable Indian textiles.
The Centre for Sustainable Fashion have linked up with CHOOLIPS & Its Ethical Relatives to launch the Shared Talent India competition and celebrate the BEST ethical movers & shakers working in [...]
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CSF launches Shared Talent India
Posted in CSF News, Competitions, Events, News, Textiles & sourcing, tagged Annegret Affolderbach, Bombay Electric, Centre for Sustainable Fashion, Choolips, Dilys Williams, Indian textiles, Priya Kishore, Samant Chauhan, Shared Talent, Shared Talent India on January 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Hussein Chalayan at The Design Museum, London
Posted in Events, tagged Design Museum, Hussein Chalayan on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Leading the forefront of contemporary fashion design, the twice named ‘British Designer of the Year,’ Hussein Chalayan, is renowned for his innovative use of materials, meticulous pattern cutting and progressive attitudes to new technology.
This exhibition is the first comprehensive presentation of Hussein Chalayan’s work in the UK. Spanning fifteen years of experimental projects, the exhibition [...]
Fashioning an Ethical Industry annual conference announced
Posted in Events, General News, News, tagged Action Aid, Clothesource, Ethical fashion, Ethical Trading Initiative, Fashioning an Ethical Industry, Homeworkers Worldwide, People Tree, Rich Mix on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fashioning an Ethical Industry Conference: Putting Ethics into Practice
11th March 2009 – 9.30-17.30 – Rich Mix, London
Low wages and poor working conditions are endemic in the fashion industry. What are pioneers doing to try and create a more ethical industry. Explore how you can put your ethics into practice. A day of discussion, workshops and [...]
Volunteer opportunity at London Fashion Week
Posted in Charities & NGOs, Events, Work opportunities, tagged EJF, Ethical fashion, London Fashion Week, volunteer on January 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The fab team over at the Environmental Justice Foundation are once again looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help out at London Fashion Week.
The volunteer placement is to present EJF’s work and cotton campaign at London Fashion Week (Friday 20th February – Tuesday 24th February) and London Fashion Weekend (Wednesday 4th March – Sunday 8th March). [...]
Crafternoon: cake, craft & charity
Posted in Charities & NGOs, Events, tagged Craft, Ethical fashion, fair trade, Kenya, Soko on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Date: Saturday 24th January 2009
Time: 2:00 – 5:00pm
Place: The Hub, 5 Torrens Street, London, EC1V 1NQ (a minute’s walk from Angel tube)
What: An opportunity to turn socks into monkeys, eat cake, meet some lovely people and learn all about SOKO* – a little ethical fashion dream which is becoming a reality in Kenya.
Materials: please bring [...]
Are you a dab hand with a sewing machine?
Posted in Events, General News, tagged South London Low Carbon Communities Network, swishing on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
South London Low Carbon Communities Network are looking for a student to come and help out at a ’swishing’ event in a home in Balham.
We are expecting around 10 people to come and swap clothes on the evening of Thursday 22nd September. We are still in the process of inviting people. We are hoping a [...]
CSF celebrates Indian textiles
Posted in CSF News, News, Textiles & sourcing, tagged Defra, India, India Fashion Week, London Fashion Week, Shared Talent, textiles on January 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Over the coming term, second year LCF students on BA (Hons) Fashion Studies, Womenswear and Product Design courses will be involved in a project to promote sustainable Indian textiles funded by DEFRA. Students will be asked to design, market and promote innovative and inspiring garments made from a selection of sustainable textiles sourced from India. [...]
Primark in new sweatshop allegation storm
Posted in Industry News, News, tagged Ethical fashion, impactt, Labour Behind the Label, Primark, sweatshop, The Observer, TNS Knitwear on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Observer this weekend ran an expose on one of Primark’s UK knitwear suppliers TNS Knitwear.
‘Britain’s high street fashion giant Primark was at the centre of a storm last night over allegations that illegal immigrants paid just over half the minimum wage had been employed to make fashionable knitwear for one of the firm’s bestselling [...]
Internship opportunity at Clownfish
Posted in Training, Work opportunities, tagged Clownfish, communications, internship, sustainability on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Clownfish are looking for two bright and enthusiastic interns with a passion for sustainability, to join our team at our London office…We are the only truly global sustainability and communications consultancy. We help brands evolve, transforming sustainability challenges into opportunities for creating internal and external value through engagement, efficiency, innovation and differentiation.
You will be interested [...]
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