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Red Ribbon From Alma Erzhanova

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About me / About business or organisation:: I am currently studying for my A2's and have taken up an EPQ. This stands for an Extended Project Qualification. My tiltle for this project is "Is it right that still use harmful synthetic fibres when there are natural fibres and modern fibres that do not have such an effect on the environment?". I have joined the network here to expore other peoples ideas on this subject and hopefully gain greater knowledge of the subject overall.

Career history / Company history:: Studied Textiles GCSE and Textiles and GCSE fashion and textiles.

At 4:00pm on July 29, 2011, Alma Erzhanova gave Charlotte Watkivs a gift…: Red Ribbon
Red Ribbon
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At 16:00 on July 29, 2011, Alma Erzhanova said…: WIN A £50 GIFT SHOPPING VOUCHER!!!

Dear Charlotte!

I would very much appreciate your help. I am studying for an MA in Marketing at Kingston Business School under the supervision of Professor Robert East. We are conducting research about Fairtrade goods and ethical fashion clothes, and ask you to complete the enclosed short questionnaire.
I am also offering a £50 shopping gift voucher to the lucky prize draw winner!!!!

Could you please complete this questionnaire, following the link

http://kingston.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_cJaBu5g0xuuEvhG

Thank you very much for your help.

Yours sincerely,

Alma Erzhanova

At 1:51 on September 23, 2010, David McGill said…: Hi Charlotte. Tartan is traditionally a woven wool fabric associated with Scotland. Because of the way it is woven I can use the colours in a country's flag to produce an original and unique design with which the people of each country can identify. I produce a range of some 20 accessories + a ready-to-wear range of skirts and even wrapping paper. Those in the Tartans for Africa range are sold wholesale to schools churches ngo's and ethnic associations in the UK who retail them and retain the profits for their own project in each country. When I sell to individuals I set aside 10% to help set up busineses for African womens co-operatives. In due course I hope to get the cloth woven/printed in cotton in each country where they can make clothing/accessories. By using the tartans in fashion it helps to advertise African countries as individual and separate nations and not just 'part of Africa'.

At 14:29 on September 20, 2010, David McGill said…: Hi Charlotte. The obvious answr to youe question is no, but there are striong commercial reasons for using synthetic fibres, not least the low cost and gurantees of production. The bigger question is why we buy so much more clothing than we can ever use and simply discard them into landfill sites

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