All Blog Posts Tagged 'ethical' (204)

John Patrick Dialogues Organic in Peru

Intrigued with John Patrick's pioneering work in the green apparel movement, I sent him an email with several questions. John responded immediately:

"First and foremost, the organic dialogue is what I set about to discuss when I first started doing the organic collection in 2003. Not many people were talking about this in that moment, and there was very small selection—almost nothing.

In each collection I use organic cotton and, in winter, organic wool. I also started to… Continue

Added by Francesco Di Maio on March 8, 2009 at 16:30 — 1 Comment

Ethical Sourcing Marketplace - 17th March

Spotlight On Sourcing

For those of you using this network to find out more about ethical fashion, build partnerships, learn about sustainable fabrics suppliers or source ethical manufacturing (that should pretty much cover everyone!) you should attend our next 'Spotlight on Sourcing' seminar.

Feedback from the last event told us how useful it was to meet with suppliers face-to-face, talk with them and see what they have to offer. So… Continue

Added by Julia Crew on March 5, 2009 at 12:30 — No Comments

London Fashion Week: Doubly Green

On Friday, February 20th, the British Fashion Council kicked off the 6th season of estethica—London Fashion Week's green initiative. Reputed as the world's leading showcase of sustainable designer fashion, estethica has grown from 13 to 37 designers, who adhere to one of three guiding principles: organic, fair trade, or recycled. From design to production onto retail and disposal, estethica aims at promoting sustainable life cycles in high end fashion. Encouragingly, several notable menswear… Continue

Added by Francesco Di Maio on February 25, 2009 at 19:37 — No Comments