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The Andean Collection
Our team at Eco Fashion World thought it would be appropriate and helpful to introduce a series targeted at aiding readers in understanding the varying criteria which compose ‘ec |
Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:25:05 -0800
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On Oct 28th Holt Renfrew Vancouver was pleased to welcome TOMS Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie at his first ever Canadian in-store personal appearance.
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Sat, 06 Nov 2010 10:53:26 -0700
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PHOTO BY SARAH PEET
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and a group of women volunteers has launched a new national non-profit called Swap for Good - a project to encourage people to host clothing swaps as a way to h |
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 16:04:48 -0700
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Super model Erin O’Connor has exchanged the catwalk for the cutting table in a new venture with stylist Kate Halfpenny launching this month.
The London-based friends have created a collection of statement t-shirts and bags under t |
Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:24:31 -0700
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If it seems like a natural fit, you are absolutely right! The perfect balance of ecological initiatives and high fashion, Eco Fashion Week Vancouver’s
Presenting Sponsor AVEDA
keeps a cutting edge style that is all their own.
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Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:09:05 -0700
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Supermodel, environmentalist, and glowing mom, Gisele Bündchen is piercing the surface of another green endeavor. The Goodwill Ambassador for the Environment for Eco Fashion Week Vancouver is adding Co-director of a water bottle design |
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:44:35 -0700
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As the green revolution continues, we search for an established standard to look to, a rule of thumb to measure against, a blue print for green standards. GreenBlue, a nonprofit institute founded in 2002 by William McDonough and Michael Brau |
Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:04:27 -0700
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The Thread Loop, founded in March of this year by social entrepreneur Jo Blundell, is a retail store that brings together an impressive assortment of fashion forward ethical labels. The Global Volunteer Network Foundation (GVN), based in the |
Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:24:50 -0700
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The little black dress recently experienced a sustainable make over ala Eliza Starbuck’s ‘Little Black Dress’ (LBD) for Bright Young Things. The premiere edition of this timeless fashion staple was launched two weeks ago at M |
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:50:35 -0700
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The British fashion industry is to organise a campaign calling for businesses which operate ethical fashion policies to be rewarded with tax breaks . At the vanguard of the initiative is Harold Tillman, the chair of the British Fashion Council a |
Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:19:03 -0700
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If you are a fashion designer - anywhere in the world, you have great designs and you are considering the environment and the people behind your product, Ethical Fashion Forum wants to put you in the spotlight! This season The Fairtrade Foundatio |
Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:42:57 -0700
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Good news on the policy making front: several governments have issued guidelines to produce fashion in a sustainable way.
In London, the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has launched a consultation process to up |
Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:57:15 -0700
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How happy we are that mainstream media are more and more often featuring ethical fashion. Not long ago, Eco Fashion World was mentioned by founder Sally Bjornsen of The Great American Apparel Diet as the place to go to learn more about eco fashi |
Sun, 30 May 2010 04:12:44 -0700
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The new H&M 'Fashion against AIDS' collection and the EDUN YOOXYGEN line of designer T-shirts!
After Angela Lindvall and Summer Rayne Oakes, YOOXYGEN and EDUN LIVE present a new edition in the ever.green series with Elettra Wiedemann |
Thu, 27 May 2010 01:00:00 -0700
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Paris' ethical design collective ANDREA CREWS needs a new space. If you know anything, contact them directly!
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Mon, 24 May 2010 01:00:00 -0700
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( News / Ethical Hotwire ) | I have it on good authority (straight from an 18-year old, that is) that mid-May is the time for high school gals to start bronzing their shoulders in preparation for the strapless gowns they’ll don come prom night. Throughout the ages the long |
Fri, 21 May 2010 01:00:00 -0700
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Several UK designers organize sample sales this week, so come on down and grab yourself some mid season bargains!
London May 20-23 (different opening times)
Foundation is holding an Ethical Fashion Sample Sale in Shop 14 in the Truman Br |
Mon, 17 May 2010 01:00:00 -0700
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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 |
Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:53:56 -0700
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It's a fun word play, but an ever serious cause. Malaria kills thousands of people per year and prevention is simple: using mosquito nets. Sport Relief has come up with a solution to make malaria sexy: supermodel Kate Moss dons a body-cleaving st |
Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:28:20 -0700
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That eco fashion should be shown on ‘real models’ including curvier women is a topic that keeps heating up conversations. Some modelling agencies are responding to this call by ‘ethical practices’ that might be called unus |
Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:21:30 -0700
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It started with Katherine Hamnett in 1983, now Alice Temperley, Giles Deacon and Zandra Rhodes are on board. Put it down to the recent swing in consumer spending trends towards products that promote social and environmental responsibility, but su |
Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:30:39 -0700
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No this is not a funky bracelet or other piece of jewellery, it is a trap. To catch and kill animals for their fur. Which seems to be a hip and sustainable thing to do according to the “Fur is Green” campaign by The Fur Council of Ca |
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700
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This month Quiksilver and Roxy are joining forces to promote the message No Water Sucks, a Europe-wide campaign aimed at protecting our water resources. On both the Quicksilver and Roxy website internet-users are invited to post their pictures i |
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700
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The third edition of the Green Fashion Switzerland took place on the 12th of February during the Natur Gala at the Music Theater Basel. I made my way to the event despite the rain and the freezing weather but it was definitely worth it! A lot h |
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800
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These days, a heated debate on fish leather is taking place on our social networking group on LinkedIn. Although we have written about fish leather before, we feel it is good to stick our nose in this business again.
Salmon is probably the |
Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:33:16 -0800
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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 su |
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:44:17 -0800
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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 |
Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:07:37 -0800
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When you walk through a shopping street in your hometown, how do you know which brands are greener than others? Surf to Rank a Brand to see how transparent, green and fair they are. High-end designer brands such as Hugo Boss, Gucci and Prada are |
Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:15:35 -0800
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A good trade show can show industry decision makers, designers and visionaries what’s new—and next up—in the world of sustainable design. That’s why we’ve rounded up some can’t-be-missed trade shows and exhibi |
Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:56:23 -0800
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Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:00:00 -0800
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Last week, TransFair USA, the third-party certifier of Fair Trade CertifiedTM products in the United States, announced that it is extending the “Fair Trade lifestyle” into cotton clothing, bed and bath products. The first Fair Trade C |
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:21:22 -0800
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As Primark’s new London store opened yesterday, anti-poverty campaigners hung out the retailer’s “dirty washing” in public with a clothes line that cited workers making its clothes for as little as 7p an hour. It’s |
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:01 -0800
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Celebrities have always been on the cutting edge of what’s new and fashion forward, particularly when it comes to going green. Back in the day, hip New York designs from Doucette Duvall developed a following with Sadie Frost, Rihanna and i |
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:15:25 -0700
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Television star Jo Wood today put her best foot forward by joining Britons who have posed for photographs to support the biggest-ever call for British government action to stop fashion retailers exploiting overseas workers.
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Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:31:50 -0700
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Producing leather—whether by chrome/chemical tanning or vegetable tanning—comes with a host of problems. It heavily contributes to global warming, land devastation, environmental pollution, the depletion of valuable natural resources, |
Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:38:52 -0700
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Each year, October reminds us of the astounding number of women who have been impacted by breast cancer. Whether you have been treated, or had someone close to you undergo the battle, breast cancer month enables us all to actively contribute to a |
Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:29:02 -0700
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The Centre for Sustainable Fashion—part of London College of Fashion—along with funding from Defra and the Indian Government launched Shared Talent India in 2009. The project, which worked to recruit the best UK and Indian design ta |
Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:47:48 -0700
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This autumn (from 18 September to 21 November) Iniva presents a triple bill of exhibits concerned with the garment industry at Rivington Place near Old Street in London.
Indian artist NS Harsha’s installation Nations, will be showing |
Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:52:38 -0700
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Where would the ecofasionista be without inspiring new brands? Where would designers be without their customers? And how clear are the borders nowadays between people buying eco fashion and people working in the industry? To promote the dialogue |
Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:49:56 -0700
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( News / Ethical Hotwire ) | This summer, the
Ethical Fashion Forum is continuing its Spotlight on Sourcing seminar series with a focus on Latin America and Africa. Both seminars will be followed by a practical marketplace where you can put your new knowledge to the test!
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Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:27:38 -0700
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The economy may be hurting world wide, but those that love Hermes are still buying. In fact, Hermes has resorted to breeding its own crocodiles on farms in Australia to meet the demand for its exotic bags. It is reported that Hermes makes around |
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:39:14 -0700
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It's always great to soothe your eco fashion conscience with a consumer buy that benefits charity. You can go ahead with the funky second collection of 'Designers against AIDS' tees available at H&M stores around the world since the beginning |
Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:30:20 -0700
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Following the success of Veja’s Novo Mundo(s) exhibition by photographer Florent Demarchez, photographic exhibitions are proving that a picture tells a thousand words, as more companies frame their sourcing journeys. A joint collaboration bet |
Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:28:45 -0700
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On the occasion of the UN Year of Natural Fibers 2009, Helvetas organizes the World Organic Cotton Congress this September 21-25 in Interlaken, Switzerland. The congress provides a unique platform to practitioners of the whole textile value chai |
Wed, 06 May 2009 11:17:47 -0700
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You want to trade not aid, really, you do, but sometimes life gets in the way and you end up buying regular bananas and coffee and picking up some last minute party jewelry in a high street store…
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Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:49:36 -0800
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The wife of French president Nicolas Sarkozy, ex-model and singer Carla Bruni, will be dressed by Dior and ModaFusion this year! On December 23rd the First Lady officially opened the France year in Brazil in a slum in Rio de Janeiro. The event |
Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:28:14 -0800
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It sounds like the strangest thing ever, but Chilean designer Alexandra Guerrero makes clothing out of cigarette butts. The Mantis Project began when Alexandra was preparing a graduation thesis. Ever aware of the vast amount of cigarette butts |
Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:02:06 -0800
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Two
new eco-materials and sustainable textile showrooms were launched in
New York and London as part of a dual international effort to encourage
sustainability in the world of fashion and textiles. The two new
locations were launched as part |
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:03:38 -0800
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Ok, so we’ve published our share of less “fashiony” items over the past week, with the Primark Protest, the ethical fashion seminar and the launch of a user’s guide to ban the plastic bag, there’s been a lot to repor |
Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:30:51 -0800
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PRIMARK is currently bragging about its recent media cover up and this is your chance to protest against that! Campaigning organization Labour Behind the Label and Tara and Stacy from Blood Sweat and T-shirts will lead a stunt in telling PRIMAR |
Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:01:45 -0800
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