By Bianca Alexander

According to the Department of Labor, over half of the garment factories in the United States are sweatshops.  The popularity of sweatshops began at the turn of the 20^th century, as consumer demand rose for trendy but inexpensive off-the-rack clothing.  Given the difficulty of mechanizing the clothing manufacture process, cheap human…

As it is my final year, I will be completing my dissertation. Which is based on sustainability. It is an investigation into the current market and looks at how to broaden the market through consumer/retailers opinions. 

Case studies are making up the majority of my work.

If anybody would like to answer the post title question, it would be a huge, gigantic help to my work. 

The question again is: What do you think are the main factors that prevent…

There are still a few spaces available for my Nottingham, Trent UK talk and workshop for small and medium sized business's on sustainable business, on the 29th October. Last time I did this we had a packed house at the talk and a really good range of small emerging designers…

I found this great article on Eccouture this morning....  At Marzipants, we currently get all our yoga trousers & lounge wear manufactured in India by a small fair trade…

Don't Forget: This Saturday 31st August!

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Introducing the style is... Collective for ethical and sustainable fashion brands

Style-is.co.uk, the search engine for sustainable fashion has just launched a new collective for UK ethical fashion brands and retailers. The style is... Collective  gives brands the opportunity to be part of something bigger, a movement working to make ethical and sustainable fashion more visible and accessible to…

New Post here on DIY Fashion, exploring the beauty of making:

http://alerocollections.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/adorn-in-this-how-to-do-pattern-print.html

Hi i am a Central Saint Martins student who is just starting to sell garments on etsy, check it out if your interested in handmade one of a kind creative garments. http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LucasJoyce?ref=si_shop

Sponsor Me Awards will take place at the stylish & prestigious Congress Centre London, on Tuesday 27th August. Where the finalist designers chosen by "you the public" will compete to win Sponsor Me Award Eco designer 2013.

This weeks eco fashion designer overview is on the work of Elena Garcia. Founder of the Ecoluxe eco fashion and accessory trade show during London Fashion Week. This was one of the very first postings I did on Eco Fashion Talk back in August 2010! Enjoy…

I have just posted my new Sustainable Fashion Guide to London. It already features some great retailers and stores selling organic, fair trade, ethical, vintage and second hand fashion. It would be fantastic to have lots more to add to this guide, so if you are a retailer selling ethical/ sustainable/ vintage fashion in London or an ethical fashion brand that is stocked in a London…

As entries have been coming in to take part in the "Sponsor Me Awards"The quality and standard of eco fashion designers has so far been great!- So we have extended the deadline to help maintain the quality of designers that will showcased and compete at the show. iI you are looking for an opportunity to showcase you a/w13 collection on the catwalk and win some great prizes please get in touch by Monday 1st July with 3-4 images of your collection, website link and short intro about…

The Sponsor Me Awards 2013 will take place at Congress Centre London on Tuesday 27th August 13. In Celebration of Eco fashion design.

Sponsor Me Group are on the lookout for the next undiscovered & talented eco fashion designer to showcase and compete for a number of lucrative prizes at the…

I would like to introduce a new creative project that I am launching for my sustainable fashion website Style-is.co.uk

I believe that sustainable fashion has to be about individuality as opposed to following the latest trends. You can read more about why and how you can get involved in our project…

greenthisseason.com is an online platform where international green and conscious fashion designers come together. Currently we represent over 25 trendy green labels and we are rapidly expanding.

We are continuously looking for great brands to manage and represent online.



Our goal is to become a solid and reliable partner for consumers and designers in the field of green fashion. We collaborate with brands, designers and labels in order to create a strong and solid platform…

Great jubilation today over the rescue of a woman alive after 17 days in the rubble of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh. But we also learnt that the death toll is now 1,021 and rising. 

Shoppers want to support ethical traders, but everyone in the fashion industry says it is soooo complex, that it is almost impossible to follow the manufacturing chain when you have to look at not only the factories where the clothes are  made, but to the shippers, the farmers who grow the cotton,…

The Bangladesh  tragedy (which is now reporting more than 800 dead and 2,500 people rescued alive) has us all questioning what we buy, who produced it and what kind of businesses we are supporting. Celebrating the upcoming Mother’s Day and World Fair Trade Day on the same weekend has been more appropriate.

Mothers have a reputation of appreciating (almost) any Mother’s Day present, but this year they may look at their gifts at little differently.  What might have been considered a…

This is elegant! I covered the base with Japanese chiyogami paper. The colors are white, orange, brown and gold. This is a bold ring-it really makes a statement!





It is on a silver tone adjustable band that will fit most ring sizes. It measures about 2.2 cm wide.



Though many layers of lacquer have been applied, I wouldn't get this ring…

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