Charlie Ross is director of Offset Warehouse, the first ethical, fashion and interiors business of its kind.Having graduated with a Masters in Menswear design from the RCA Charlie has always featured ethics in his design work.  He has lived lived in Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea and Japan and has an extensive knowledge of Asia drives his desire to make sourcing…

Mark Sumner, raw materials specialist at M&S

The rising price of cotton has been just one of the ingredients contributing to a cocktail of despair for retailers over the last 12 months, impacting on many fashion companies’ margins or resulting in higher prices for already-stretched consumers.

Value fashion retailer Primark and global high…

Exclusive goods and services with sound environmental and social credentials does not have to be a contradictory idea.

A NEW BUSINESS MODEL FOR LUXURY BRADS? PHOTOGRAPH: MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Luxury and sustainability are two words you may not particularly expect to find in the same sentence. You may even think they are antithetical…

New this week - Even more colours added to the fabric paints & finishes area. Have even more control in creating your designs ethically, by creating the colours you really want!



Check out our new colours here!…

The Island Dreaming Charity Fashion Show took place at the lovely Studio Valbonne club in London Friday 12th August 2011 in partnership with the Ethical Fashion Network. It welcomed a range of support from charity campaigners to ethical fashionistas. Read more and see the pics at…

"Cing à Sept Collection" Autumn/Winter 2011



A " Must Have" Statement Piece That Will Take You From the Boardroom To The Ballroom......And Just About Anywhere In Between !

Preview !



Brooch/Necklace designed with bohemian crystal pieces from a vintage glass curtain dating back to early 1900's , gemstones ,vintage earrings. The photos show how this can be worn as a necklace which is easily removed so that this can also be worn as a brooch.



 This makes it…

Gargi Bhaduri, a doctoral student, and Jung Ha-Brookshire, an assistant professor of textile and apparel management in the College of Human Environmental Sciences at the University of Missouri, surveyed apparel consumers to find out if they were willing to pay a premium for products produced using sustainable and ethical methods.

They found that consumers would be willing to pay 15%-20% more for such products. However, they also found that consumers are likely to remain skeptical…

I am trying to create a brand which highlits extinct species but getting into stores is proving very hard, could I please have some feed back on the images and concept. Thank you…

The case was made public during a show called "The League" on the Bandeirantes TV network, and claimed that the company had bought items made by Bolivian and Peruvian immigrants in illegal working conditions.  The reporters, accompanied…

I am trying to start up a Fair Trade Fashion company, but in order for this business idea to be successful I need to hear advice from Fashionistas and Fashion entrepreneurs alike. 

Currently I am based out of the US, Florida specifically. I have a background in business and healthcare but not so much in Fashion. I feel there is great opportunity in the Ethical Fashion industry here in the states and want to create this startup as soon as possible. 

However, I…

We've added some amazing new leathers to the shop - so take advantage of the lowered shipping costs before the end of August! http://bit.ly/pT1gdx…

Join us!

xoxo 

Paula Gray

Tuesday we held our event 'Ethical Fashion Goes Global' at the Cinnamon Kitchen in Shoreditch, and ethical fashion truly went global for the few hours during the event! We had three contributors tweeting the event live and managed to share snippets of gold from our panel of guest speakers. Follow the event on twitter HERE to see what exactly we were tweeting, who we tweeted, and the live responses we received.  NB.…

(Hangzhou, China) Inetsilk.com, China’s leading silk scarf wholesaler, is offering a sitewide promotion from July 30^th – August 5th, 2011, with deep discounts on hard-to-find Chinese silk scarves of Fall 2011 Styles.  In addition to the up to 76% off discount Inetsilk.com always provides, buyers can also enjoy huge savings according to their different purchases. For purchases over $300, wholesalers will receive $90 off; purchases over $500 will receive $150 off and purchases of…