Profession / role:

Fair trader

Company / organisation:

TAMMACHAT Natural Textiles

Website (if you have one):

www.tammachat.com

My primary role in relation to fashion is:

Supplier

I am looking to discover or buy

other fair trade fashion enterprises, esp those who might want to source fairl traded silk or cotton yardage

About me / About business or organisation:

I am a co-founder of a fair trade enterprise that imports naturally dyed and handwoven silk and cotton textiles that are made by rural women groups in Thailand & Laos.

Career history / Company history:

My background includes: (present to past)
- fair trade textile importer and merchant
- Canadian Friends (Quakers) Service Committee International Programme Co-ordinator
- Volunteer Fair Trade coffee promoter with Oxfam
- commercial printing estimator
- feminist publishing
- West Coast Women's Graphic Arts Co-operative