What is ethical fashion?
Ethical Fashion is an umbrella term to describe ethical fashion design, production, retail, and purchasing. It covers a range of issues such as working conditions, exploita…
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Interview with Jill Danyelle, ethical fashionista
Jill Danyelle works on creative projects dealing with the ecology of our lives. One of her projects, fiftyRX3, was a website about style and sustainability. It consisted of…
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Interview with Elizabeth Laskar, founder and director of the Ethical Fashion forum
Elizabeth Laskar is the founder and Director of the Ethical Fashion Forum and one of the few Ethical Fashion Image & Life style consultants in the UK.
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Interview with Matilda Lee, author of Eco Chic
Interview with Matilday Lee, author of Eco Chic: the Savvy Shopper’s Guide to Ethical Fashion and the Consumer Affairs Editor at The Ecologist magazine.
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Interview with Nichola Prested, ethical fashion designer
Nichola Prested rans a group blog called Wardrobe Refashion where participants took a pledgeto abstain from buying new manufactured clothing and instead, they refashioned s…
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Interview with Lucy Shea, ethical fashionista
Lucy Shea is the Strategy Director at Futerra Sustainability Communications. She is also the founder of Swishing.org, a party concept where 'groups of friends get together …
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Fashion in Motion: Ma Ke Wuyong
The Ma Ke Wuyong Fashion in Motion live catwalk event took place on May 16 2008. Ma Ke is one of the most prolific fashion designers working in China today, she graduated f…
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Junky Styling refashion: side way jumper top
Annika from Junky Styling shows how to make an asymetrical Side Way Jumper Top from two old polo neck jumpers.
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Junky Styling refashion: UD-shrug
Annika from Junky Styling shows how to make an asymetrical Side Way Jumper Top from two old polo neck jumpers.
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Junky Styling refashion: bat-back jumper-dress
Annika from Junky Styling shows how to make an asymetrical Side Way Jumper Top from two old polo neck jumpers.
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Knitting: Fashion, Industry, Craft

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