If there's one thing trendsetters aren't going without this chilly season, it's the faux fur hat!

From classic and glamorous styles to traditional Russian Cossack, not only are they awesome (and very warm!) they are really easy to make.…

Looking for fresh ideas and more ways to manufacture your designs? Offset are hosting another free collective event in London THIS THURSDAY!

This free event is exclusively for all you designers to get honest opinions from your fashion peers and answers to all those nightmares: from fabric sourcing problems, cheap marketing ideas and…

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Send them to Offset Warehouse and we’ll find them a wonderful new home!

Read our short story in celebration of British Wool Week-- CARIBBEAN SOUL BRITISH WOOL and take a peek at our first attempt at felt making.…

We are constantly consumed by the need to go fast: driving, food, fashion and even sex. Read about The Slow Revolution, which advocates the slowing down of life's pace "in order to meet fundamental human needs, while allowing for the earth’s natural regeneration to take…

Green queen Livia Firth and the British Fashion Council have teamed up to support the Sustainable Fashion Award, the Sustainable City Awards' newest category.

Livia Firth at the 2012 Golden Globe Awards in her Green Carpet Challenge gown designed by…

We are currently creating a directory on our website for all to use.

Please pop by and throw up an ad for your label, shop, business, etc.

We'd love to hear from you.

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Natural dying has great depth of beauty  is well known.  In fact the gallexies visual impact example quoted    to natural non mordant or non chemical dying of fabrics is right .There is great depth to all natural dyed garments . They are just a living…

Our industry experts are on hand to provide you with the core knowledge and skills you need to design, source and manufacture in a socially and environmentally safe way.

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KEY SKILLS FOR INFORMED DESIGN

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OFFSET COLLECTIVE EVENT | Free event for ethical designers next Thursday!



From fibre sourcing problems to customs & duties solutions, great marketing ideas and precious PR & sales contacts, the Offset Warehouse Collective event is the perfect opportunity to meet and talk with other ethical designers.

We'll be bringing along a range of fabrics that you can purchase in a group, so you can meet…

www.offsetwarehouse.com/wool 

British Wool Week!

Wool week, running from the 15th - 20th October, is a campaign to support local farmers and small business whose livelihood depends on the wool industry. Since its launch, the price that farmers now get for their wool has increased. But the wool war is far from won…

Check out this weeks Eco Fashion Designer Overview on Belgian men's wear designer Jan-Jan Van Essche. Not an eco designer in the full sense of the term, but never the less a wonderful exploration into heritage dressing that doesn't follow the seasonal norm and focuses on personal style, not trends. http://www.ecofashiontalk.com/2012/10/jan-jan-van-essche/…

Take a look at our most recent blogs on International Day of the Child, Leah Borromeo's upcoming film Dirty White Gold, 20 Ethical Ways to Keep Warm and our Meat Free Monday post HERE.Follow us as we question the ways in which we live and contribute to the global…

Ethical outerwear can be the most difficult find especially at an affordable price. Whilst the cheapest way to keep warm ethically is to shop at local thrift and charity shops often you want a new coat that will stand the test of time.

For 20 of the best outerwear and knit pieces this winter check out The Conscience Collective …

FABRIC LOVE| Don't you love waking up in the morning to a whole new set of sumptuous samples?! Lime green peace silk? Eeee!

Hi All,



I am currently in my fourth (and final!) year at Bournemouth University, studying Events Management.

As part of my degree I am undertaking research into how effectively events can promote ethical fashion to the next generation.



For example, when promoting ethical fashion at LFW or Clothes Show Live - is this message going to be absorbed and endorsed by atendees? Or are general consumers there with a 'fast fashion', 'new season' buying mentality not going to…

The Cotton Film : Dirty White Gold



Nearly 300,000 Indian farmers have committed suicide since 1995. The Cotton Film : Dirty White Gold is a documentary, being made by journalist and mischief maker Leah Borromeo, about fashion and its real victims. By tracing the life of cotton, from seed to shop, via farms, factories, and fashion mags, this film asks: When you bag a bargain, who…

World’s first Global Organic Cotton Campaign launches at Hong Kong Textiles Conference 



Major players in the international textiles industry were challenged yesterday to sign up to organic – the most reliable and trustworthy standard of sustainable textiles production.

Speaking at the Sustainable Textiles…

SPARK is a creative collaboration between the design group Slaves Of The Extraordinary and Mayamiko Trust. Featuring up and coming musicians, djs, performance, dance, film, design and an exhibition.…