Sweat & Shop Revisited
Thursday, December 4th, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Design, Environment, Fashion | 1 Comment »Under the provocative name Sweat & Shop, Fashion designers, NGO representatives, experts, students, and bloggers gathered about a week ago to discuss the topic of sustainability and fashion. The workshop was organized by sustainability network 3plusX, the Grass Routes Foundation ...
Beyond Green: Dutch Sustainable Fashion Event
Monday, November 10th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Fashion, Trends & Marketing | No Comments »Event tip: this Wednesday 12 November there is an international symposium entitlied Beyond Green, A Fashion Odyssey in the World Fashion Centre in Amsterdam. The aim of the symposium is to provide information to students and teaching staff in higher education, ...
Is Fashion a Dressed up Dinosaur?
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Energy & Climate, Environment, Fashion | 1 Comment »According to Permaculture co-founder David Holmgren we have enough clothing produced for the coming 20 years, so we don't need to waste our resources or time any more on clothing production, and can just let fashion die out like a ...
Organic Cotton Shirts for Nazi’s?
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Fashion | 5 Comments »Okay, more and more people are getting to know about organic cotton. But organic cotton Nazi shirts? I just read on a post on the german blog Korrekte Klamotten that some Nazi postorder company sells nice Nazi shirts made ...
Coolest Designers of the Ethical Fashion Show
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Design, Fashion | 3 Comments »The Ethical Fashion Show 2008 is over again. For those who can't wait till the next edition, the Ethical Fashion Show is also opening in Milan and Rio de Janairo, as we heard when we spoke with Isabelle Quehe, founder ...
Green up the World with Grass Routes!
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 Posted in Activism, Berlin & Germany, Blog, Fashion | 7 Comments »It all started a few years ago. Cecilia came across the difficulties to find fair trade shirts for fair prices, and so we started investigating. We got excited of how many projects actually exist, and just wondered why we knew ...
Chinchilla Fur + Polyester = Eco Fashion?
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 Posted in Activism, Blog, Fashion | 11 Comments »Japanese designer and furrier, Chie Imai, created an collection with the promising title "Eco Harmony", mixing chinchilla and mink fur and recycled polyester. “Tying ecology with fur is such a fascinating concept,” says Imai. “Fur can be worn for generations, ...