RE:FASHION AWARDS 2008 APPLICATIONS OPEN!!CLOSING DATE 20th AUG www.refashionawards.org
Applications for MA Ethical Fashion at Surrey Uni www.ucreative.ac.uk
Islands of the World Fashion Week www.islandsfashionweek.com
Fashion Graduates, The Ones to Watch 2008: Lea Carreno, etc ... www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/fashion-graduates-the-ones-to-watch-848035.html
Ethic Competition story: www.smartplanet.com/news/fashion/10001279/photos-ethic-fashion-award-finalists.htm
www.textile.com/downloads/ecometrics2.pdf Environmental impacts of certain fibres and processes info.
Futerrra Summer Season of training "Wearing Your Values"http://www.futerra.co.uk/news/236
BBC Blast 'Your Label' A fashion label for young people by young people www.bbc.co.uk/blast/fashion/yourlabel/
Organic and Sustainable Textile Seminar, hosted by Organic Exchange and MADE-BY. Sweden 3rd - 4th November 2008 www.organicexchange.org
Fashioning the Future Conference, London College of Fashion 27th - 28th October 2008 www.fashion.arts.ac.uk/csf
FDC Young Designers Award. Saturday 25th October 2008 www.youngdesignerawards.com
Southampton Fair Trade Group, Pick Your Cotton Carefully Conference. 18th - 25th October 2008 www.fair-trade-southampton.org.uk
Ethical Fashion Show. The international ethical fashion trade fair will take place October 9th - 12th 2008 in Paris at The Carrousel du Louvre www.ethicalfashionshow.com
LONDON FASHION WEEK Catwalk shows 14th-19th September 2008
www.londonfashionweek.co.uk
Eco Fashion Party Tuesday 12th August 6-11pm Register at http://eco-fashionregistration.eventbrite.com
BBC's Style Search Competition www.bbc.co.uk/thread/stylesearch
CHOOLIPS' Journey. Win a day with Ethical Fashion Designer CHOOLIPS www.choolips.blogspot.com
Textile Upcycling event from the TED Project. 18th July at Chelsea College of Art and Design www.everandagain.info
HND Final Collection Show Friday 27th June 444 Camden Rd RSVP scarlin@candi.ac.uk
PAN UK - Wear Organic news. Special Report: killer pesticide endosulfan finally banned in Benin! www.pan-uk.org/Projects/Cotton/Newsletter/mar2008.htm
IFOAM International Organic Fibre and Textile Conference, Carpi (Modena) Italy. 16th - 17th June www.ifoam.org
Graduate Fashion Week 8th-12th June. Earls Court, London www.gfw.org.uk
The Case for Sustainable Fashion. Organic and Sustainable Textile Seminars 9-10 June London College of Fashion www.fashion.arts.ac.uk/csf
Awards Ceremony - Ethic 08. 9th June www.worldskillsuk.org
Workshop on Fashion and Ethics. Wales Fair Trade Forum. 7th June. Caerleon Campus, Newport, South Wales www.fairtradewales.com
Resource Book: 'Eco-Chic: The Fashion Paradox' by Sandy Black
Style @ Equa - Spring / Summer 2008 - June 5th
A free style evening at Equa introducing the new season collection
3pm - 8pm Camden Passage London - more info soon
ASBCI Annual Conference 'Weathering an unpredictable fashion climate' 20th May www.asbci.co.uk
Africa Art Now exhibition, 15th May - 28th June, London www.octobergallery.co.uk
Fashion For Peace. Nairobi, Kenya - May 08 www.fafakenya.org
NO SWEAT: FIGHTING SWEATSHOP LABOUR BEHIND THE BEIJING OLYMPICS
Saturday 17th May, The Cross Kings, London,
3pm: Film and action planning
7:30 Benefit gigMore info: http://www.nosweat.org.uk/node/757
Ethical Fashion Sample Sale. The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London 15-18 May.
Ethical Expo, 9th-10th May. Bristol www.ethicalexpo.com
In2Fashion Networking Event - Weds 7th May, London www.in2fashion.net
Workers on £11 a week in China- Article www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3646424.ece
Catch the Flame: relay to support Fairtrade www.catchtheflame.org
Applications open for Ethical Fashion Show Paris (Oct 9th - 12th) Deadline April 25th www.ethicalfashionshow.com
Blood Sweat and Tshirts, starts Tuesday 22nd April BBC Three 9pm www.bbc.co.uk/thread/blood-sweat-tshirts/
Exhibition of fairtrade Mapuche textiles from Chile April 22 - 2 May see www.otumpa.com
Just Style name the living wage debate as one of the issues to watch for 2008: www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=99618
Conference: The Climate Change Bill: Implications for Business 24th April 08 www.eic-uk.co.uk/ccb.cfm
Solidarity with Bangladeshi Textile Workers. Film and Talk: 31st March 7.30 Oxford House, Derbyshire St, London
Lundebye & Tham. One day seminar: Green Futures= Design Opportunities. Sat 15th March 08, Goldsmiths University London.info@lundebyetham.com
"Who Foots the Bill?" highlighting working conditions for homeworkers sewing leather shoes * Leeds: Wednesday 5th March 2008* London: Tuesday 11th March 2008 www.labourbehindthelabel.org
New courses:
BA Hons Fashion Retail and Ethical Management Birmingham City University
Textiles Futures Research Group at The University of the Arts London is offering a full-time PhD Studentship. 7th March: http://www.tfrg.org.uk/node/10864
MA in Fashion and the Environment - London College of Fashion launch a new MA course: http://www.fashion.arts.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate
MA in Ethical Fashion – UCCA are recruiting students for the academic year 08/09: http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/index.cfm
Salon Vivre Autrement 13th - 16th March, Paris www.salon-vireautrement.com
Women in Marketing:
Ethical and Cause-Related Marketing
11th March 2008
http://www.greaterlondon-cim.co.uk/cim_glr_events/women_in_marketing_2008.htm
Fairtrade Fortnight 25th Feb - 9th March 2008 www.fairtrade.org.uk
Fashioning an Ethical Industry Conference
27th February 2008
http://fashioninganethicalindustry.org/newsandevents/events/Conference08/
Premier Vision, Paris
19th - 22nd February 2008
http://www.premierevision.fr/?page=01&lang=en
EFF INNOVATION STAND ES9
ESTETHICA London Fashion Week February 2008
Anyone visiting London Fashion Week is welcome - visitor passes can be acquired from London Fashion Week http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk
EFF INNOVATION
An initiative aimed at showcasing and creating marketing opportunities for some of the most exciting emerging designers and businesses in the ethical fashion arena. Designers and businesses are chosen on the basis of outstanding design and product standards as well as innovation in relation to social and environmental sustainability. EFF Innovation rewards and promotes pioneers.
EFF INNOVATION WINNERS AT STAND ES9
ESTETHICA, LFW February 2008
10th February: FISHER GARCIA
11th February: DEBBI WHITE
12th February: DAVINA HAWTHORNE
13th February: SIKA
EFF SURGERIES
at EFF INNOVATION, STAND ES9, ESTETHICA, LFW
A chance to meet experts and specialists from the ethical fashion sector for one to one advice sessions, ask questions and find out more about ethical fashion.
10th February, 2-5pm
Labelling and certification for ethical fashion
Surgery by Tamsin Lejeune, joint founder of the Ethical Fashion Forum.
11th February, 2-5pm
Marketing ethical fashion
Surgery by Diana Verde Nieto, founder and director of Clownfish Marketing, an agency specialising in the marketing of sustainability and sustainable business practices.
12th February, 2-5pm
Fashion and Eco-design
Including bamboo and other inspiring eco textiles, environmentally friendly dying and printing processes. Surgery by Jenny White, founder and director of Eco Boudoir.
13th February, 2-5pm
Buying ethical fashion: Range planning to suit your market
Surgery by Allanna McAspurn, joint founder of the Ethical Fashion Forum, former buyer for the Natural Collection, wholesaler and distributor of ethical fashion brands.
Anyone visiting London Fashion Week is welcome - visitor passes can be acquired from London Fashion Week http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk
For more information contact us at info@ethicalfashionforum.com.
MA Ethical Fashion, Surrey University
Postgraduate Open Days
26th January and 30th January 2008
opendays@ucreative.ac.uk
So Ethic, Pret a Porter, Paris
24th - 27th January 2008
http://www.pretparis.com/en/visiter/soethic.asp
Tesco to Ban Uzbekistan Cotton
15th January 2008 http://www.ejfoundation.org/page483.html
Marks & Spencer and Oxfam to Launch ‘M&S and Oxfam Clothes Exchange’
15th January 2008 http://www.marksandspencer.com/gp/node/
n/71384031?ie=UTF8&mnSBrand=core
Eco Design Fair
December 2007
www.ecodesignfair.co.uk
Fashion Made Fair
13th - 16th December
www.insideoutagancy.com/fashionfair
Ethical Market, Paris
9th December
www.ethicalmarket.fr
Ethical Shopping at the Crossroads: Out of the niche into the mainstream
British Library Conference Centre
5 December 2007
www.cooperatives-uk.coop/ethicalshopping
Designer Forum: Student Graduate Conference
28 November 2007
info@design-online.net
Canning House Ethical Christmas Fair
20 November
www.canninghouse.com
Green is the New Black - Lucy Siegle in Conversation with Galahad Clark (Director of Terraplana)
19 November
www.fashion.arts.ac.uk/events
Organic by Design
16 November
www.wearorganic.org
Be The Change Conference 2007
15 - 17 November
www.bethechange.org.uk
ETI Training Programme
An Introduction to Ethical Trading and the ETI
7 November 2007
www.ethicaltrade.org
7 November 2007
http://fashioninganethicalindustry.org/newsandevents/events/placementtraining/
The Eternal Material Conference
5 – 7 November 2007, Hamburg.
www.messefrankfurt.com/corporate/e
ETI Training Programme – Interfacing with Internal and External Stakeholders
31 October 2007
www.ethicaltrade.org
Clean and Green Fashion.. it's your future!
26 October 2007
For more information email: susanruth.williams@tiscali.co.uk
Make your Mark in Fashion Competition
25 October 2007- 31 January 2008
www.makeyourmarkinfashion.org
19 October - 25 October 2007
www.chelsea.arts.ac.uk
Islington Arts & Design Ethical Fashion Show
19 October 2007
For more information email: tammaminfo@gmail.com
Ethical Fashion Show Paris 12 -14 October 2007
www.ethicalfashionshow.com
ETI Training Programme
Developing and Implementing an Ethical Trading Policy
10 October 2007
www.ethicaltrade.org
RITE Group Conference
10 October 2007
www.ritegroup.org
Applied Green Conference
3 October 2007
www.bl.uk
Paris Fashion Week
30 September – 8 October 2007
www.Modeaparis.com
ETI Training Programme
Managing Change in the Supply Chain
19 September 2007
www.ethicaltrade.org
London Fashion Week
16 – 23 September 2007
www.londonfashionweek.co.uk
Premiere Vision
18 – 21 September 2007
www.premierevision.fr