Category Archives: Events
AccesSoireé: The Uniform Project Celebrates 6 Months
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!
Update: 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
As 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
Link out: Click here
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
Link out: Click here
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) |
Source: FEI
The Case for Sustainable Fashion: Organic and Sustainable Textile Seminar for Brands and Retailers
“21st Century supply chain management calls for innovative mindsets and specialized methodologies. Escalating oil prices, climate change, consumer awareness, water shortages, child labor, biodiversity, landscape management, transparency, pesticide management – all these elements impact on sourcing decisions, the supply chain and how we deliver product to the consumer.” (OE-MB Sustainable Fashion Seminars)
The Seminar is a unique 2 day intensive aimed to bring textile and apparel professionals working within the industry up to speed on opportunities to create responsible change within their supply chain.
Title: The Case for Sustainable Fashion: Organic and Sustainable Textile Seminar for Brands and Retailers
Location: London
Link out: Click here
Description :
“Some of the important topics covered include:
- Environmentally Friendly Fabrics – Understand the Definition, Sourcing and Production Issues,
- A discussion on Recycled Polyester and Climate Neutral Clothing,
- Responsible Processing – The Good The Bad & The Ugly of Dyeing and Finishing Industry,
- Product Integrity – Certification, Labeling, Transparency and Traceability,
- Social Compliance – Understand the Different Systems and Learn The Actual Work Done,
- Setting Sustainability Strategy – Learn from the Perspective of Leading Brands, Their Pitfalls, Triumphs and Lessons Learned,
- Communication Strategy – How Sustainability and Branding Strengthen Each Other?
- Fashion and Consumer Trends Towards Sustainability in Europe.
Participants will be encouraged to be critical, ask questions and share experiences during discussions. It would be an excellent place to actively share knowledge and information and to network at every possible level.
It is of our main intention that you will leave this event with:
- Practical and in-depth sustainability strategies that can be used by your business,
- A roadmap of action – a clear idea of what needs to be done, and how,
- A new set of meaningful contacts.
Who would benefit most from this seminar?
If you are involved in supply chain management, buying, designing, fabric sourcing, marketing, CSR or are a professional and manager of a clothing brand or retailer, this seminar will assist you to initiate and develop your sustainable textile and apparel programme.
By attending, you will provide your company with an excellent return on investment as you meet with your peers, expand your knowledge of sustainable textiles, and find new opportunities for innovation, risk reduction/brand protection, and cost savings.
Please contact Nany Trivita Kusuma for additional details or questions” (event description directly sourced through OE-MB Sustainable Fashion Seminars)
Start Date: 2009-11-19
End Date: 2009-11-20
Source: CSF and OE-MB Sustainable Fashion Seminars
Ecouterre launch party @ Kaight
Will you be in New York at the end of October? If so, check out the launch of Ecouterre at KAIGHT.
Here are the event details:
Come sip organic cocktails, nosh on vegan cookies and snacks, browse through racks of sustainable fashion at KAIGHT (15 percent off everything for one night only), and chat about the future of eco-fashion with Ecouterre editors and other readers. If you’re interested in joining the fun, please rsvp@inhabitat.com, tout de suite! Here are the details:
WHAT: Ecouterre Official Launch Party!
WHERE: KAIGHT NYC, 83 Orchard between Broome and Grand, New York, NY 10002
WHEN: October 29, 2009 (Thursday) from 6-9 p.m.
WHO: Team Ecouterre and Inhabitat, including Jill Fehrenbacher, Jasmin Malik Chua, Abigail Doan, Yuka Yoneda, Rebecca Paul, Dan Mendes, and of course, KAIGHT founder and owner Kate McGregor!
HOW: Please RSVP to rsvp@inhabitat.com
BSR Conference 2009
Title: BSR Conference 2009
Location: San Francisco, CA
Link out: Click here
The 2009 BSR Conference kicks off tonight in San Francisco with a Human Rights Networking Reception starting at 5:30pm. Of the many interesting panel sessions, including “Integrating Sustainability into Sourcing, Design, and Production of Products” with Amy Leonard and Erik Joule from Levi Strauss & Co’s, Hannah Jones will be discussing Nike’s Considered Design Ethos during the panel “Integrating Sustainability into Corporate Innovation” at 4:30 on Oct. 22nd.
We’ve mentioned Nike’s Considered Design Ethos before (see Nike Talks Trash and Nike: Considered Design Ethos, Steve Nash and the “Sixty Million Dollar Man”).
Check out this article on Greenbiz to learn more about Nike’s Considered Design initiative.
Description:
“In a world that’s been ‘reset’ by a trio of global crises—the sharp worldwide recession, accelerating climate change, and a collapse of trust in business—the implication and opportunities for business are enormous.
“Now more than ever, innovative sustainability strategies are needed to deliver business value today, and position companies to successfully meet the greater challenges ahead. The BSR Conference is an essential opportunity to learn how to leverage your resources, implement changes, and succeed in a world where business as usual is no longer viable.
“Don’t miss your chance to be part of one of the largest and most influential communities of corporate responsibility leaders, at what Forbes.com ranks among the top 12 influential executive gatherings for 2009. A new, restructured format with more—and more varied—session time than ever before means that you will be able to customize your agenda with the topics, level, and length of sessions that are right for you. Any way you design it, the BSR Conference will deliver a practical and interactive learning experience, unrivaled access to industry experts, and the knowledge you need to lead in a ‘reset world.’” (BSR)
Start Date: 2009-10-20
End Date: 2009-10-23
SCHMATTA: RAGS TO RICHES TO RAGS//HBO Documentary
“A cautionary story of labor and greed, Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags follows the decline of the once-robust apparel manufacturing industry in the U.S., while chronicling the industry’s relationship with unions and government. From the “Garmento” to the seamstress, from the designer to the marketing maven, from the small businessman to the financier, Schmatta offers a firsthand account of how the industry helped generations of Americans march out of poverty and right into the golden age of the American middle class. But while Schmatta reminds us of the early days of the garment industry and its heyday, it also probes its troubling decline, which has occurred largely within the last 30 years. In 1965, 95% of American clothing was made in the U.S.A.; by 2009, only 5% is manufactured here.
Director Marc Levin focuses his lens on Manhattan’s Garment District, an eight-block area on Manhattan’s West Side which gave birth to the domestic industrial labor movement, and played a key role in major American political activities. From its immigrant origins in the 19th Century, the labor movement rose quickly against deplorable sweatshop conditions. In recent years, however, the realities of automation, deregulation, globalization and outsourcing – all part of the race to the bottom line – eventually eroded the industry’s unprecedented momentum (more)” (HBO Synopsis)
Click here to read the review by Women’s Wear Daily, “HBO Heads Inside the Garment Center” by Rosemary Feitelberg.
Premieres Oct. 19 th-click here for showtimes.