FAIR CORP are excited to announce the launch of their new WEBSITE which offers a range of Fair Trade and ethical products from trainers to wellies. …

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The lovely people at Rich Mix (the creative hub where we have our offices) have laid on a feast in the kitchen: pastries, cakes, proper English teeny tiny sandwiches. Sorry...but we just had to show off.  Free food is free…

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Here's our girl Chloe, Membership organiser and noise-provider at the EFF office, out for a night of Champagne and dressing up with KOMODO. 

KOMODO were celebrating their Winter collection of deliciously soft yarns in new shapes and colours with a Winter Wonderland themed party. Bloggers and fans of ethical fashion flocked to the Foundation Studio to have…

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COME AND VISIT US AT OUR NOVEMBER SOURCE Q&A! 

Venue: EFF HQ, Rich Mix, Unit C02 (second floor), 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd

Time: 6-8pm with brief presentation at 6pm

An opportunity to drop into the EFF’s offices, meet our team and ask…

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Good Evening Network Members!

Click here to see some beautiful photography from the lovely people at Green Lens Studios. All the pictures were taken in a studio they set up at our recent SOURCE Expo event and all the fashion came from brands who were represented at…

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Check out this weeks Eco Fashion designer overview on Elsien Gringhuis, and her intriguing deceptivly minimalist aesthetic at http://www.ecofashiontalk.com/2011/11/elsien-gringhuis/

Feel free to like, respost and Tweet, and dont forget to check out the latest additions to the resources on www.ecofashiontalk.com

As you may know, we were thrilled to have been shortlisted for the "Unique Enterprise" prize, for the Fashioning the Future Awards 2011.  Last night, we attended the ceremony at the East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf, to bask in some runner-up glory.

 

The third annual ceremony was inspired by the UN's International Decade on Biodiversity, and saw applications from all over the globe submit projects for sustainability in fashion, to compete for…

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The Ethical Fashion Forum is simplified. It is easier and cheaper than ever before to access the resources and connections that work for you. We have reimagined our service to tailor it to your needs and the result is Network…

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Here's a sneaky preview of something we've been working on in the office....an enormous pair of pants! 

Our friends at Pants to Poverty are off to the Global Guinness World Records Day to try and smash FOUR Guinness World Records in front of the Global media!

The 17th November is Guinness World Records Day, a global celebration of all things unusual,…

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This weeks Eco Fashion Designer overview on www.ecofashiontalk.com, is on the hand knitted, and hand crochet designs of 'Of Handmade', based in Italy.  Please feel free to comment, like and ReTweet to your hearts content :-)  http://www.ecofashiontalk.com/2011/11/of-handmade/

 

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The Ethical Fashion Network is growing fast- and we want to make it as useful as possible for members. The Ethical Fashion Forum team will be dedicating time and resources over the next few weeks to make improvements to the network. We hope will make it more effective as a platform for networking as well as promoting the work of members.



If you have ideas on how we can make the network work better for you- please tell us! We have created a discussion on the forum so that we can take… Continue

Now in the aftermath of the SOURCE expo (17th and 18th October) the EFF offices are still buzzing with all the follow up excitement. Industry professionals, exciting and innovative traders, packed out seminars, consultancy sessions and a running SOURCE cinema were some of the highlights of the 2 day event. The spacious Sadlers Wells venue offered four floors filled…

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A factory in Derbyshire employing more than 400 people will be able to compete with the Far East and secure its future after it turned itself into an eco factory – halving its energy bill and saving millions in costs.

 

Marks & Spencer has awarded the factory in Belper, Derbyshire, with its Plan A eco-factory status.

Factory owner Courtaulds – which supplies a third of the 180 pairs of tights…

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Sass Brown is the Resident Director for the Fashion Institute of Technology’s study abroad program in Florence, Italy.  Originally from London, England, Sass established herself as a designer with her own signature collection selling in the UK and across Canada. Sass has a BA in Fashion Design from…

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