A roundup of some of the stories, headlines, and updates you may be interested in from in and around the community of socially responsible fashion design.
Staple Design via Hiphonest, "How a tweet became a bag.."
Commerce with a Conscious
World Class: Slowmo by Shopfair
Core77
Tire sneakers from Japan, tread intact
European design policy bulletin released
Impact! Design For Social Change: SVA’s six-week summer intensive in New York City
Parsons launches new MFA program in Transdisciplinary Design
ecorazzi
“Corporate sustainability is like teen sex. Everybody talks about it. Nobody does it very much. And when they do it, they don’t do it very well.” (Joke by Joel Makower, Greenbiz)
MSU Student Wins Suzy Amis Cameron’s ‘Red Carpet Green Dress’ Contest
Ecotextile News
M&S: Plan A is ‘profit positive’
Planet Textiles line-up confirmed (click here to see more on our Events Calendar)
OE responds to organic cotton ‘fraud’
Ecouterre
Made-By defines Eco-Fashion Terms with New “Jargon Buster” Calendar
Check out this video and article, Emotion-Sensing Dress Emits Mood-Enhancing Aromas, Pheromones, re: ‘Emotional Fashion’
Ethical Style
A tribute to Alexander McQueen, here.
Fashion Loves People
Bamboo rayon: Not a green fabric
Greenbiz
The State of Green Business 2010: Alive and Kicking
Why Green Business is Like Teen Sex
Hiphonest (via Ecofashion World)
treehugger
Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts Premiers on Planet Green
Top Fashion Designers Think Fair Trade for EJF Cotton Campaign
United Nations Global Compact
859 Companies Delisted for Failure to Communicate on Progress
Mary has a PhD in Sociology from University of Edinburgh, researching responsible fashion and transnational labour rights activism in the wake of the Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh.
