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Eco Fashion Fair

Just a quick post to let people know that there is a little fashion fair talking place in Edinburgh at St Andrew's and St George's church. It's on for the next couple of days and there are lots of quirky little stalls to look at, if you need anymore info visit this link.
Sorry for the crap post but I've so much still to do tonight and it's nearly time for my bed!!!!

Re-Think Re-Dress

Last night I visited the exhibition Re-Think Re-Dress after an invite to the press evening.

I was truly shocked at the facts on display and I think you will be to.

• Every kilogram of cotton grown in Uzbekistan comsumes 20,000 litres of water.
• On average there are 200,000 farmer suicides per year due to debt for pesticides in one region of India,Vidarbha, there has been a farmer suicide reported every 8 hours for the past 4 years.
• The toxic impact of a cotton T-shirt is reduced by 90% when you choose Organic.

This is just some of the information that was on view at the exhibition.

The aim of Re-Dress is to increase consumer awareness of the way that our fashion choices affect the rest of the world. We have to realise that as consumers we are the ones with the power to change things. If when we shop we ask for organic and fairly traded cotton the shops will oblige as they don’t want to lose our custom. We should demand from our retailers that they tell us on their labels exactly where their cotton has come from.

So all I can ask if you are reading this is that before you buy that next must have item you think about where it has come from and how your choice can change the world.

For more information contact info@re-dress.ie or visit http://www.fashionevolution.org/

Blood Sweat and T-shirts

   Last night I caught the first episode of the new series Blood Sweat and T-shirts on BBC 3. Six young fashion lovers have been sent to work in the factories and backstreet workshops of India, making clothes for the British high street.

Watching the programme really made me think about how the clothes that I wear every day are made and how much the people that make them actually earn. It's ridicules that here in the West we spend money on clothes that sometimes we don't even wear. A few years ago everyone was loving throw away fashion I feel now that things are changing, we are starting to be more conscious about what we spend our money on. Maybe it's just the credit crunch but I'd like to believe that the public has become more ethical aware.

The series continues tomorrow night at 8pm.

On another ethical fashion note I've been invited to the press reception of Re-Think Re-Dress, the exhibition I was talking about the other day. I'm looking forward to getting more information on ethical fashion and I'll fill you in with what I learn.