Eco Fashion World

The Ethical Fashion Forum has started their Ethical Fashion Socials last September with local meetings around the world. This month’s London event will take place at the Junky Styling shop on Dray Walk and the topic is retail. Questions addressed will be: What's selling and why? What are consumers looking for? How interested are they in the ethics behind what they buy?

Last week we reported about the confusion around sustainable fashion jargon that FT editor Vanessa Friedman brought up. It seems that Made-By has taken direct action with distributing the Jargon Buster, a fashion calendar with a word defined for each month of 2010. The MADE-BY ‘Jargon Buster’ explains and defines commonly used terms such as ‘green’, ‘sustainable’, and ‘natural’ in simple, easy to understand language.

Canada

Vancouver Ethical Fashion Week celebrates Eco Fashion Forward with a fabulous gala event on February 19 at 8pm in the Vancouver Public Library.

US

The Green Shows @ NY Fashion Week from February 11-18.

UK

London Fashion Week from February 19-23. Makepiece @ London Fashion Week: ‘Circles of life’ knitted into an eco chic knitwear collection at Stand 73 | Somerset House | 19 - 23 February

Europe

Copenhagen Fashion Week from February 10-14

Australia

TCF Australia showcases six eco designers during Fashion Exposed from February 14-16 in Sydney.

Last week the Financial Times published an article written by its fashion editor Vanessa Friedman on what sustainable fashion actually means. In the article, Friedman takes a critical stance towards the fuzziness that surrounds the concept of sustainable fashion. I would like to bring in a few counter-arguments to encourage people to keep on supporting this paradigm shift in the business of fashion.

It’s fun to link what we wear to the world we’re living in, so I’ve been browsing for pieces lately that play towards the themes or patterns I see all around me. I’d like to start with one of nature’s most exquisite themes: the peacock feather.

We were delivered to this amazing planet without care instructions to guide us. Fortunately, the green movement has opened our eyes to the need for reevaluation, change, and a more definitive accountability system when it comes to protecting and nurturing our environment.

Last week, during Germany’s Fashion week, an article on GMO in organic cotton in the German Financial Times has caused enormous controversy. The article, printed under the banner headline of Label Scandal, claims that German retailers sold India sourced certified organic textiles “knowing that there were traces of GMO cotton in them.” A wide number of retailers and NGOs have cried foul, alleging that they have been misquoted and that the assertions in the article are unfounded, exaggerated or unsubstantiated. Organic Exchange has immediately distributed a press release giving explanations for the case of GMO in organic cotton.

What do you cover yours with? Daisy Green Magazine invites you to the launch of the world’s first in-depth ethical boob survey. The Big Green Boob Survey will give women the chance to share thoughts about their best assets and how they want to dress them. When the results are in, Daisygreen will make the ‘best ever’ ethical bra, fairly made from eco-friendly fabric.