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Ethics + Aesthetics = Sustainable Fashion

Thanks to Ecouterre for letting us know about this great exhibition coming to the Pratt Manhattan Gallery in New York. The exhibition will run for 3 months, so if you find yourself in New York, be sure to check it out!

Title: Ethics + Aesthetics = Sustainable Fashion
Location: New York
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“This exhibition will survey the work of artists and designers (many of whom are based in New York) who explore practical and symbolic solutions to the question of integrating sustainable practices into the fashion system.” (Pratt)

  • Panel discussion with designers and curators: January 26, 6pm, Pratt Manhattan, room 213
  • Guest curators, Francesca Granata and Sarah Scaturro
  • Opening reception, Thursday, November 19, 6 – 8 p.m.

 

Start Date: 2009-11-20
End Date: 2010-02-20

Source: Ecouterre

Fashion Summit: Nordic Initiative Clean and Ethical – NICE

In preparation for the Fashion Summit, Nordic Initiative Clean and Ethical (NICE) is currently conducting hearings in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark to discuss the implementation of a new 10-year plan as well as a Nordic Code of Conduct- for best practices among fashion companies in Nordic countries. This 10-year plan will be unveiled at the Fashion Summit.

Fashion Summit

Title: Fashion Summit: Nordic Initiative Clean and Ethical – NICE
Location: Copenhagen
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Description: “Nordic Initiative Clean and Ethical (NICE) is a joint Nordic project with the main purpose of motivating and assisting companies in integrating sustainability and social responsibility in their business processes and practices for the better of society. NICE is an educational project and process created for, and in collaboration with the Nordic fashion industry.”

Date: 2009-12-09

Source: Nordic Fashion Association

Beyond Green

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Title: Beyond Green
Location: Am­s­ter­dam
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Designer Winde Rien­stra will be exhibiting in the Green Gallery

Designer Winde Rien­stra will be exhibiting in the Green Gallery

“This year the sym­po­sium again in­cludes a Be­yond Green Gallery with pre­sen­ta­tions on in­no­va­tive pro­jects by young de­sign­ers and grass-roots or­ga­ni­za­tions, and ex­hi­bi­tion stands manned by nu­mer­ous com­pa­nies con­nect­ed with fash­ion, tex­tiles and sus­tain­abil­i­ty. A swap­shop will al­so take place where vis­i­tors can ex­change (closed purse) vin­tage items. The Be­yond Green Gallery will be co­or­di­nat­ed by I&A, In­grid Hors­se­len­berg & An­nouk Post.

The sym­po­sium will be held in English, and is aimed prin­ci­pal­ly at the stu­dents and staff of Dutch fash­ion and de­sign in­sti­tutes. It will be held from 10am to 5pm on 9 Novem­ber 2009 in the World Fash­ion Cen­tre (Koning­in Wil­helmi­naplein 13, 1062 HH) in Am­s­ter­dam.

Press can reg­is­ter via the AM­FI-Am­s­ter­dam Fash­ion In­sti­tute: m.m.van.de.beek@h­va.nl (al­so for more in­for­ma­tion about Be­yond Green)” (Beyong Green)

Here is the line-up of speakers:

Kate Fletcher, author of Sustainable Textiles: Design Journeys (2008), will be speaking on the topic of “Fashion and Sustainability,” Adri­aan Beuk­ers, a full-time Pro­fes­sor on Com­pos­ite Ma­te­ri­als & Struc­tures at the Fac­ul­ty of Aerospace Engi­neer­ing at Delft Uni­ver­si­ty of Tech­nol­o­gy and a part-time pro­fes­sor for Engi­neer­ing with Com­pos­ites at the Ma­te­ri­als De­part­ment of the Leu­ven Uni­ver­si­ty, as well as co-au­thor of the books Light­ness (1998) and Fly­ing Light­ness (2005) will be speaking on “Light Weight,” Fashion Designer Mark Liu on “Zero Waste,” and Carolyn Strauss of slowLab will be speaking on “Slow-Design-Slow Fashion.”  

There will also be a “Green Gallery,” divided into four parts, the Information Space, the Showroom, the Exhibition, and the Swap Store.

Here is the list of designers who will be presenting their innovative work in the Exhibition:

  • Marie Ilse Bourlanges
  • Wi­eteke Op­meer
  • Mar­i­an­ne Kemp
  • Nan­na van Blaaderen
  • Re­fin­i­ty by Fioen van Bal­go­oi
  • Mari­na Toeters en Jesse As­jes
  • Malouse­bas­ti­aan
  • Con­ny Groe­newe­gen
  • Malu Ber­bers
  • Winde Rien­stra
  • Jeroen Wand
  • Woes­van Haaften
  • Am­ber Dekker

Start Time: 10:00am
Date: 2009-11-09

Source: Hiphonest and Behond Green

AccesSoireé: The Uniform Project Celebrates 6 Months

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On Nov.7th The Uniform Project will be celebrating its 6 month anniversary!

Here are the details:

“This unique event is a celebration of style and sensibility, fashion and frugality, glamour and consciousness. Fabulously contradictory and really just another excuse to throw a  party, guests will be treated to a guilt free night of class and decadence. Upping the ante in ethical fashion the face of the project, Sheena Matheiken, will be dressed head to toe by the rapidly rising star and young designer Raffaele Ascione. Ascione shows us how to do couture with a conscience like no other. 

Hosted at Blowup Location  in Williamsburg on Saturday, November 7th, with a private rooftop view of Manhattan and  DJ sets by fashion darling Judi Rosen, The Juan MacLean’s Nancy Wang, Holy Ghost and  more from New York’s finest DFA crew.

This is a strictly private party with a limited amount of tickets available for fans at uniformprojectparty.eventbrite.com   

If you are interested in attending as press please contact Mary Nally at uniformprojectparty@gmail.com  or on 646 255 6066.

As always, all proceeds will go to The Akanksha Foundation.”

 Here are some helpful links!

Get Tickets Today

Party Venue

Raffaele Ascione

Official U.P Website 

Watch the U.P Trailer   

Update: Fashioning the Future

 Fashioning the Future

Fashioning the Future brings together a global community of creative thinkers and doers, designers, innovators and entrepreneurs ready to offer the fashion industry opportunities for the future.  

Save the Date:
The winners of the 2009 awards will be announced at a reception at London’s City Hall, with thanks to the London Sustainable Development Commission.

(By invitation only)

Awards Reception
25 November, 7–9pm

Highlights of the 2009 awards will be exhibited, with thanks to the London Sustainable Development Commission.

Open to the public, free of charge:

19 – 30 November

Greater London Authority
City Hall, The Queen’s Walk
London SE1 2AA

Highlights of the 2009 awards will also be showcased at London College of Fashion.

Open to the public, free of charge:

16 November – 11 December

Fashion Space Gallery
London College of Fashion
20 John Princes Street
London W1G 0BJ

Fashioning the Future is an annual venture from the Centre for Sustainable Fashion at London College of Fashion, and is supported by the London Sustainable Development Commission’s London Leaders programme.

 

Chasing Sustainability Conference

Upcoming Event

Chasing Sustainability Conference

Liu Institute for Global Issues
November 6, 2009, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

In today’s evolving economy, business leaders are faced with the challenge of what it means to be truly sustainable. Similarly, students are aware that in order for them to stay at the forefront of this transformation, it is critical that they understand responsible business practices. CUS Sustainability seeks to intertwine business education and sustainability through interactive activities, dynamic speakers, and enlightened discussion at our annual conference, Chasing Sustainability, taking place November 6th, 2009.

In this effort to educate and stimulate, the CUS Sustainability team invites business professionals, environmental leaders, and university faculty to share their expertise with respect to this broad subject. The Chasing Sustainability conference provides an intimate and discussion-oriented setting for engaged and globally-minded students to learn how business can remain competitive economically while simultaneously bettering their environmental and social interactions.

Come register at David Lam Library in the UBC Henry Angus Building.

To download the poster, please click here.

For more information, please visit: http://cussustainability.com/ 

 

Global Sourcing Marketplace

THE ANNUAL INDUSTRY MARKETPLACE FOR SUPPLIERS OF SUSTAINABLE FABRICS, COMPONENTS AND MANUFACTURERS TO THE FASHION INDUSTRY

GLOBAL_SOURCING_MARKETPLACE_LOGO2As a culmination of 2009’s Spotlight on Sourcing event series, the Ethical Fashion Forum (EFF) will be holding a two-day Ethical Sourcing Marketplace in London. The marketplace will bring together representatives of brands and retailers with manufacturers, suppliers and cooperatives working to high ethical standards.

Invitations to attend and exhibit are extended internationally. The event will include a series of short seminars during the day introducing specific suppliers and products.

GOALS

To promote sustainable fashion practices, and facilitate sustainable sourcing amongst fashion professionals. This event aims to create a platform and opportunities for suppliers with exemplary practices. Ultimately, its goal is to reduce the environmental impact of the industry, support fair and equitable trade, and reduce poverty.

This is a not for profit initiative and all income from participant fees is dedicated towards these goals.

PARTNERS

The Global Sourcing Marketplace is run in partnership with some of the most established global networks of suppliers and experts in the ethical, eco and fairtrade fashion fields, including the Fairtrade Foundation, the World Fair Trade Organisation, and the Textiles Environment Design project at Chelsea College.

WHO IS THE GLOBAL SOURCING MARKETPLACE FOR?

The event will showcase suppliers both small and large and is designed for fashion industry professionals across the sector- from new entrepreneurs to representatives from large retailers and brands.

Students and graduates are welcomed on the saturday morning between 10.30 and 1pm, for which time discounted student tickets are available.

WHY ATTEND THE GLOBAL SOURCING MARKETPLACE?

The Global Sourcing Marketplace is the first and only international sourcing marketplace dedicated to ethical fashion. Exhibitors are drawn from several of the largest international ethical supplier networks, through the Ethical Fashion Forum, the World Fair Trade Organisation and the Fairtrade Foundation.

Title: Global Sourcing Marketplace
Location: London
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Start Date: 2009-11-20
End Date: 2009-11-21

Event description directly sourced through EFF

Fashion Victims: Making Style Sustainable

Title: Fashion Victims: Making Style Sustainable – A conference for schools and colleges
Location: Bristol
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Date: 2010-02-26

Fashion Victims: Making Style Sustainable, February 26th, 2010.

Here is the Programme (subject to alteration), via Fashioning an Ethical Industry:

10 – 10:15 Welcome from University of West of England and Lee Holdstock, Soil Association
10:15 – 10:45 Tara Starlet, Blood, Sweat and T-shirts
10:45 to 11:15 Fairtrade farmer, garment worker and organic farmer panel (to be confirmed)
11:15 to 11:30 Break
11:30 to 12:30 Workshops 1
  1a. Designing for sustainability, Ian Capewell, Practical Action
  1b. From seed to shelf – an organic textile journey, Damien Sanfilippo, Pesticide Action Network and Lee Holdstock, Soil Association
  1c. Fashioning the future for garment workers, Garment worker (tbc) and Liz Parker from Fashioning an Ethical Industry
12:30 to 1:15 Lunch (exhibition and re-fashioning clothes demonstration)
1:15 to 2:15 Workshops 2
  2a. Fair trade and fabulous, Jenny Foster, Bristol Fair Trade Network, George Williams, Bishopston Trading Company and Fairtrade cotton farmer (tbc)
  2b. Waste and taking action on climate chaos, Lyla Patel, TRAID
  2c. New designs on fashion, Tamsin LeJeune, Ethical Fashion Forum
2:15 to 2:45 Break
2:45 to 3:30 Action update: Report back on workshops
  Conference end
3:30 to 4:30 Exhibition and re-fashioning clothe(to be confirmed)

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 Source: FEI