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This week (to visit number 10) I am mostly wearing

January 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments

So here I am fulfilling two of my New Year’s resolutions (wear more colour and dress more ethically).
Yes my recycled tailoring from Junky Styling and my vintage Vivienne Westwood print pirate top is working well I think.
Perfect to visit Sarah Brown wife of our PM as I did yesterday to discuss the future of the [...]

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What does an ethical pest look like?

November 4th, 2008 · Comments Off

I had no idea ethical pests looked so adorable, but I met two recently at the Ethical Trade Initiative, conference.
I was there to research for “The Future of Fashion,” a conference I was speaking at the following week at the London College of Fashion.
Speakers involved trade unionists, ethical policy managers and even the Minister of [...]

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The Disappearing Dress

March 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The disappearing dress is real and with 74% of our discarded clothing consigned to landfill, someone has to do something!
Actually when former Valentino employee and catwalk designer in her own right Helen Storey, phoned Scientist Tony Ryan after hearing him talk on the radio, her mission was to explore potentials beyond the scope and remit [...]

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