Hi Samantha
My name is Francois

We are four friends and a girl running the blog cielbleu. We blog about sustainable fashion, design, interior, kid's wear, handmade and much more...
If you have any interesting story, product or project you would like to share with a bigger audience, do not hesitate to send us your link and say hello.
If it fits our criteria’s (good design, fair & sustainable production or handmade) we would love to post an article.

Best Regards
Francois

If you like it, I would be happy if you add me as a friend - if not, ignore it and sorry for disturbing

:)

Hi Michelle

We sell our Fairtrade organic cotton cloth by the metre. We sell to both wholesale and retail customers, obviously wholesale requires bigger minimums - our retail end sells cloth with a minimum order of just 1m, so its an ideal way to get started. Often our customers start by ordering from our retail end, use the cloth for a collection that gets them started, then are able to order from us on a wholesale basis. take a look at our website for some of the colours and prices available to retail customers, http://www.bishopstontrading.co.uk/shop/products.php?category_id=112

cheers, george

Hi Michelle,
If you look at the pics on my profile you'll see the textiles I design. Each is linked to a country and is registered and a national symbol. There are 22 African, 10 European, 14 sports and 4 for Japan. I have completed two fashion shows so far - 'tartans for Africa' last November and 'The Four Seasons' at Grays School of Art last Thursday. The African show will go to San Francisco and Cape town next year and The Four Seasons to Nagasaki in September. I provided the cloth for each and invited designers/dressmakers to take part. Its a very good arrangement.

Woollen cloth is the most ethical of all given its source but I plan to have my designs reproduced in cotton so that I can establish sustainable businesses in African and Asia. A percentage of the value of sales goes towards setting up these businesses and I work with World Women Trade Fair who provide equipment, training and marketting opportunities.
Although both websites need to be updated If you look at www.internationaltartans.co.uk / www.tartansforafrica.com or google sakura scotland you'll get some idea of what Im talking about.
In addition to helping set up businesses in the developing world products are also sold to ngos/schools/churches to help them raise funds for humanitarian projects whilst promoting each country internationally. I already produce matching wrapping paper in 8 tartans and have commissioned to supply matching carrier bags for three trade events in Europe later this year.
To me ethics in fashion is not just about where the raw materials come from and how they're grown and how items are produced, its about sharing the profits and helping to establish new businesses where they are needed. I find that young people nowadays feel much the same way and thats why I like to work with them.
Sorry this is so long but it takes a bit of telling.
If you contact me at davidmcgill61@yahoo.co.uk I can tell you more