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UPDATE III // The NICE Consumer Project & the Copenhagen Fashion Summit

May 2, 2012
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UPDATE III // The NICE Consumer Project & the Copenhagen Fashion Summit

The initial stage of the NICE consumer project comes to an end this week and the NICE  Framework for Achieving Sustainable Fashion Consumption through Collaboration will receive its final revisions during the Copenhagen Fashion Summit. The framework is designed to inspire action from government, industry and civil society, it also highlights areas where more discussion is needed; for example, how can we create a transparent value chain, or an environment which fosters sustainable business models and supports sustainable behaviors? Since my last update I have attended a workshop in London, and taken part in the final webinar, Stress Testing the...

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ATTEND // The Slow Summit

July 4, 2011
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ATTEND // The Slow Summit

The Textile Arts Research Centre at the University of the Arts London along with Craftspace are running the fourth in a series of open lectures this year. This particular lecture entitled Slow Summit, features Professor Alastair Fuad-Luke and Professor Helen Carnac who is also co-curating this event along with Becky Earley. “The event examines the emergence of the Slow Movement, within a context of design, making and art practice. The two guest speakers will map out the ground that this new creative thinking occupies, both addressing the theory and the practice, as well as the local/global economics and politics...

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Suzanne Lee’s BioCouture grows clothes

May 30, 2011
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Suzanne Lee’s BioCouture grows clothes

Suzanne Lee, Senior Research Fellow at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London and author of Fashioning The Future: tomorrow’s wardrobe, is brilliantly combining fashion and biology in search of alternative fibre/material. BioCouture is currently on display: Trash Fashion: designing out waste Antenna Gallery, The Science Museum London, until June 2011   The Future That Never Was: Alter Nature ModeMuseum Hasselt, Belgium, until June 2011 Listen in on her recent TED talk:

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Special Focus // Slow Fashion Forward, strategically mobilizing a responsible fashion industry

November 15, 2010
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Special Focus // Slow Fashion Forward, strategically mobilizing a responsible fashion industry

“We consider the Slow Fashion movement as a viable alternative for achieving sustainability in the fashion industry.” (Slow Fashion Forward) Carlotta Cataldi, Maureen Dickson and Crystal Grover of Slow Fashion Forward have recently published an important industry report—Slow Fashion: Tailoring a Strategic Industry Approach towards Sustainability. Through conceptual frameworks and systems thinking, the report outlines key insights and strategic recommendations, such as Basic Principles for Sustainability and 10 Slow Fashion Values. Click here to download the final industry report. We ask that you follow and support their continued work and research here, on their main site. May24SlowFashionFinal on Prezi Source:...

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New Fashion Activism DIY Courses// re-dress, Ireland

November 2, 2010
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New Fashion Activism DIY Courses// re-dress, Ireland

FASHION /// ACTIVISM Check out these amazing upcoming DIY courses from re-dress, held at their new HQ: 4 Hatch Street Lower, Dublin 2    BEGINNERS DESIGN CRASH COURSE The one day fashion skills crash course for beginners. Sat Nov 20th / 10am-5.pm / Re-dress HQ  Cost : €90 (includes light lunch) Read more here   UPCYCLING TEXTILES : CURIOUS COLLARS This one day crash course will teach you how to upcycle waste materials into amazing accessories using skills such as embellishment, embroidery and pattern drafting culminating in the creation of a unique collars , broaches and more. Instruction by: Sinead Kane /...

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IXEL MODA + SOURCE EXPO

October 14, 2010
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IXEL MODA + SOURCE EXPO

There are two events in particular that we were sorry to have missed recently: IXEL MODA (Colombia) and the Ethical Fashion Source Expo (UK), held in conjunction with the RITE Conference.  The congress in Colombia, founded by Danilo Cañizares and Erika Rohenes Weber, is unique in its integration of international runways and professional presentations. College of William & Mary Professor, and author of Couture and Consensus, Regina Root serves as President Ad Honorem of Ixel Moda and oversees the academic vision of the congress along with fellow scientific committee members Kathia Castillo (Brazil) and Alex Blanch (Spain). Root’s keynote...

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READ // ECO Fashion, Sass Brown

September 16, 2010
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READ // ECO Fashion, Sass Brown

Well, a new semester is underway! What better way to pump your fashion design/marketing students up on responsible practices in the apparel industry than with a new resource? Check out ECO Fashion by Sass Brown, Resident Director for the Fashion Institute of Technology’s study abroad program in Florence. Here is the abstract and contents, via Laurence King Publishing: One of the strongest trends in fashion is the expression of ecological, social and community consciousness through for-profit fashion design corporations, which most recently have moved upscale from organic cotton T-shirts and hippy-ish drawstring pants to high fashion. There is now a wide range of...

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WATCH// Otto von Busch Hacking Design

August 5, 2010
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WATCH// Otto von Busch Hacking Design

Earlier this year, the SA team had the chance to watch Otto von Busch speak at the FEI conference in London.  We were so inspired by him and his passion.  Mary wrote about his presentation that same night saying that it “was absolutely fabulous, and when it came time for Otto to close his presentation, nobody wanted it to end!” Today, I came across a video of his presentation at the RSA.  Enjoy!

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Wash Less // Emma Rigby transforms taboo through ‘Energy Water Fashion’

July 26, 2010
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Wash Less // Emma Rigby transforms taboo through ‘Energy Water Fashion’

“Wearing unclean clothes is a social taboo. Yet behind this everyday routine there are some major resource, pollution and social problems.” (Designer Emma Rigby, Energy Water Fashion) Emma Rigby investigates the nature of behaviours and rituals surrounding fashion and clothing, allowing a cross-disciplinary approach to best practices in design to help mitigate the negative impact of excessive laundering, in her work Energy Water Fashion. Rigby has used her transdisciplinary approach toward design to create a line of projects that reduce environmental impact: “ach garment incorporates a unique design feature to encourage the wearer to wash the garment less often.”...

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FASHION EVOLUTION

April 13, 2010
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FASHION EVOLUTION

Our friends over at Re-dress in Ireland have been BUSY! In less than one month, Re-dress will present FASHION EVOLUTION, Ireland’s 3rd ethical fashion week: “Fashion Evolution aims to re-vitalise the spirit of the Irish fashion industry, with a schedule of exciting events catering for consumers, producers, retailers and supporters of fashion alike.” (Re-dress) “Our mission is to provide the Irish fashion sector with the tools needed to make more sustainable fashion choices.” (Re-dress) We don’t think they’ll have any trouble accomplishing this goal–just take a look at what they have planned! What: Re-dress ETHICAL FASHION CALENDAR LAUNCH When:...

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