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Kim
Written by: Kim Poldner
( Blogs / Kim )
#... ‘Don’t buy clothes! Stop all consumerism! Why not protect this gift of life while we have it? Maybe surprisingly, it was Vivienne Westwood saying this after presenting her last collec...
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:29:19 -0800
Word count: 536
Written by: Kim Poldner
( Blogs / Kim )
#... ‘There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness’ (Mahatma Gandhi) The great thing about working with students around the world who do research on ethica...
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:42:52 -0800
Word count: 502
Written by: Kim Poldner
( Blogs / Kim )
#... There was a time in my life that I was close to another man than M.A. We had a great relationship and lots of fun, but then I fell in love with eco fashion. What started as a hobby grew into a commu...
Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:41:44 -0800
Word count: 531
Written by: Kim Poldner
( Blogs / Kim )
#... Canada is home to more than a handful of amazing eco designers and last week I got the chance to see some of their work. In Ottawa, designers Bridget and Christina found it challenging to find suita...
Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:20:37 -0800
Word count: 549
Written by: Kim Poldner
( Blogs / Kim )
#... Karl Weick already said it decades ago: organizations exist to keep people busy. Organizations have ‘borders’ which theoretically separates the entity from its environment and within ...
Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800
Word count: 526
Written by: Kim Poldner
( Blogs / Kim )
#... The sun shines, the moon glows, the tides rise, the rain falls -and a new baby is welcomed to our spinning world. (Debra Frasier) ...
Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:32:59 -0800
Word count: 335
Written by: Kim Poldner
( Blogs / Kim )
#... Aesthetics are the essence of each brand in our eco fashion world. They embody an entrepreneur’s unique artistic identity and are mirrored in the artefacts she creates. For me, this was alwa...
Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:24:08 -0800
Word count: 533
Written by: Kim Poldner
( Blogs / Kim )
#... A bare space with plastic tables and chairs. Large windows overlooking the parking lot. Elderly people bent over their burgers. A menu that doesn’t wet my appetite at all. But I promised M.A...
Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:11:12 -0800
Word count: 522
Written by: Kim Poldner
( Blogs / Kim )
#... 'We had veggies, potato and Valess tonight, so we're really on the bio track now', my brother said the other day. Big question marks???? This to me sounded like the most ordinary Dutch dish you c...
Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:58:26 -0800
Word count: 471
Written by: Kim Poldner
( Blogs / Kim )
#... I can't believe myself, but I just did it. I bought pyjamas. The one thing I had never thought I would buy. But I did it. They're lying on the table grinning at me. Like if they say 'Got-ya!' ...
Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:40:35 -0800
Word count: 452
Written by: Kim Poldner
( Blogs / Kim )
#... What do you do when you want to discover the one country that remains a blank spot on the world map? A country we only hear about when it comes to missile launches and captured journalists rescued...
Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:05:40 -0800
Word count: 358
Written by: Kim Poldner
( Blogs / Kim )
#... 'Viva la Boheme' is the slogan of ecofashion store iki-M that I visited just before Christmas. And that is definitely how I felt the whole week, travelling through winter wonder Germany and Austr...
Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:06:04 -0800
Word count: 518
Written by: Kim Poldner
( Blogs / Kim )
#... If ethical fashion is 'in fashion', then what happens when it's 'out of fashion'? Thorstein Veblen saw (1899) saw fashion as the way to promote conspicuous consumption and contrasted it to valuab...
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:03:15 -0800
Word count: 586
Written by: Kim Poldner
( Blogs / Kim )
#... Last week the Swiss people voted to ban the building of minarets which caused a huge uprise. My friends´response was to combine their Balkan party with some pro-Islam elements. The pre-part...
Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:31:50 -0800
Word count: 647
Written by: Kim Poldner
( Blogs / Kim )
#... Urbany, maturalism, (f)luxury, profile myning and embedded generosity: terminology that denotes some of the major trends for 2010. Whether you're an enthused entrepreneur, a rhapsodical researche...
Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:14:02 -0800
Word count: 352
Written by: Kim Poldner
( Blogs / Kim )
#... It’s raining. Again. Funny how rain always makes things look ugly. It makes buildings grey and gruesome. It makes people frown and act grumpy. Only nature looks good when it’s raining...
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:18:10 -0800
Word count: 781
Written by: Kim Poldner
( Blogs / Kim )
#... As the leaves are falling, many of us long for some tenderness and warmth. Climate change makes our temperature rise and for those who need other teasers, there is plenty of inspiration nowadays....
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:47:06 -0800
Word count: 584
Written by: Kim Poldner
( Blogs / Kim )
#... What inspired me this week? The oikos students who told me about their ethical fashion projects in Prague and Reims; The intriguing mural art in Belfast; The plans to open The Hub in ...
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:16:43 -0700
Word count: 374
Written by: Kim Poldner
( Blogs / Kim )
#... Ireland's economic growth evolved around the linen industry in the 19th century. During the Troubles the last few decades, the country suffered tremendously and the linen industry declined in a r...
Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:12:33 -0700
Word count: 481
Written by: Kim Poldner
( Blogs / Kim )
#... 'And you know what, D&G - no not Dolce & Gabbana as you might think - need to work together. Only through collaboration they can really transform the industry'. This was the hypothesis I ...
Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:35:40 -0700
Word count: 642
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Custom-Made or Tailor-Made

We can also call it demi-couture or made to order. The classic example is the men’s suit that’s made by a tailor who takes body measurements and produces a suit unique to every customer.  The reason we consider it “eco” is that you get exactly what you want and therefore are more likely to love it longer.
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