December 2008
16 posts
“Conscious Fashionistas present a community-based, sustainable way of shopping...”
– Seam So Good on the Concious Fashionistas
“In the interest of agency, wearing homemade clothes is probably the only way to...”
– y’all listen to Marina
#barter
Why don’t more people barter stuff? Swapping makes a lot of sense providing you have things that people want and they have things to swap.
Why not try using the #barter hashtag on twitter?
“Armour sans Anguish garments are constructed entirely from salvaged and recycled...”
– Armour Sans Anguish
Green living - 'myth' →
Rich people play at living environmentally, whereas poorer people have a lower impact because they have less money, according to an interesting recent article in the Guardian . A market…
revamped shoes. nice.
From this:
to this:
Chezlin, you’re my hero.
“The textile industry throws away so much fabric every year and the more ways...”
– Born as a Raggamuffin interviewed by Stylistic
“Finely crafted, comfortable, robust and contemporary, these Limited Edition...”
–
www.aboveandbelowlondon.com
UK Recycled Fashion Fair, February 09 →
We’re planning a recycled clothing
and accessories fair in an arty location in central Birmingham (UK) on
a Saturday in Feb 09.
There will be 30-40 stalls, the cost will be £20-£25. The…
Human Rights, Human Wrongs →
The Universal Declaration on Human Rights is 60 this week. Within its legalese is a certain kind of power, but also a real sense of shame. So little has changed. People still dehumanise…
recycled that denim
Ties + old jeans from aventgard
recycled clothing - not frumpy
On my way out, I find college student Karen Veronneau by the recycled packaging tote bags. She came for something to do with friends on a Friday but her experience was echoed by several other attendees. Veronneau says she’s realizing recycled clothing isn’t necessarily frumpy or unsanitary, like she’s thought in the past. “Tonight I saw a great supply of unique styles I’d love to try,” she...
handmade hood →
This is my ugly mush in a handmade hood. It is dead easy, I did it the other day. The outer material is felted (technically fulled) woolen jumper. The inside is made from t-shirt fabric. …
Global recycling standard for textiles
Interesting. Apparently Control Union, one of the main players in organic clothing certification, has developed a new standard to recognise the percentage of recycled materials in clothing and textiles. More information here and here
“….on this question of a so-called Primark effect. Let me say at the outset...”
– Rt Hon Michael Jack, chair of the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee