Ethical Fashion SOURCE Network
Bibico
Bath
United Kingdom
Profile Information:
- Profession / role:
- director of bibico-Fashionably fair
- Company / organisation:
- bibico
- Website (if you have one):
- www.bibico.co.uk
- My primary role in relation to fashion is:
- Consumer, Designer, Retailer, Manufacturer
- I am looking to discover or buy
- people interested in bringing fairtrade fashion to the high street!!
- About me / About business or organisation:
- Nieves Ruiz Ramos has over 11 years’ experience within the fashion industry, having graduated from universities in both Spain and France. She started out as a Designer for Zara before progressing as a Woven and Knitwear Designer for labels such as Corte Ingles in Spain and Seduce in Australia. She went on to work as Head Designer for a London fashion company that supplies collections to Top Shop, River Island and Asos.
Disenchanted with the ‘fast fashion’ trend and its negative repercussions Nieves decided to go it alone in 2007. She now designs for and manages her own company ‘bibico’ - a Fair Trade label that seeks to bring Fair Trade, on-trend fashion to the high-street.
Her delightfully stylish collections are manufactured in a slum community in India by women who are as passionate about making high quality garments as they are about transforming their communities. The AW09/10 collection also features a range of knitwear handcrafted by a Fair Trade collective in Nepal. bibico trades in the UK, Spain, France, Germany, Australia & beyond! - Career history / Company history:
- Nieves Ruiz Ramos has over 11 years’ experience within the fashion industry, having graduated from universities in both Spain and France. She started out as a Designer for Zara before progressing as a Woven and Knitwear Designer for labels such as Corte Ingles in Spain and Seduce in Australia. She went on to work as Head Designer for a London fashion company that supplies collections to Top Shop, River Island and Asos.
Disenchanted with the ‘fast fashion’ trend and its negative repercussions Nieves decided to go it alone in 2007. She now designs for and manages her own company ‘bibico’ - a Fair Trade label that seeks to bring Fair Trade, on-trend fashion to the high-street.
Her delightfully stylish collections are manufactured in a slum community in India by women who are as passionate about making high quality garments as they are about transforming their communities. The AW09/10 collection also features a range of knitwear handcrafted by a Fair Trade collective in Nepal. bibico trades in the UK, Spain, France, Germany, Australia & beyond!
Cindy Yau
Sorry I haven't been in touch recently, I'm still working on your article for The Source, would I be able to call you at some point to ask you a few more questions? Just basic questions such as when you started Bibico because I was so busy chatting to you I forgot to ask them!
Also, my boyfriend bought me one of your dresses (the Marine Dress) for Christmas, and I love it!
Best,
Cindy x
Jan 17, 2010
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