Eco Fashion World

Congratulations to Isabelle Quéhé, founder of Ethical Fashion Show in Paris! Her event has been taken over by Messe Frankfurt’s French subsidiary. The company, the world's third biggest trade fair firm with annual turnover of almost half a billion euros (671 million dollars), announced this last week at a press conference in the French capital.

Paris's Ethical Fashion Show is currently the world's largest event spotlighting eco and fair-trade fashion. Held once a year, the burgeoning show has grown from 20 designers at its inaugural 2004 edition to 90 last year, from all of the world's continents. Every one of the designs displayed at the four-day event is made with either environmental or social concerns at heart, the makers committing to a charter to respect working conditions, protect the environment, and preserve traditional skills.

In the world's fashion capital, the growing success of the Ethical show has acted as a catalyst, spurring a bevy of mainstream trade fairs to host eco and fair-trade corners of their own. Likewise, Messe Frankfurt's own twice-yearly textile shows in Paris now feature eco-labelling, giving the tens of thousands of buyers who pour into the city an instant look at who is offering organic cottons, or fabrics certified under fair trade practices.

We are very happy for Isabelle and her team with whom we have been partnering for several years now and wish them all the best in realizing the next event which will take place September 25 to 28 at Paris' new Fashion and Design City at the Docks en Seine.

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