Pics in The GuardainLots of our gorgeous pictures from the Fashioning the Future photoshoot are on The Guardian website. Whoop. They look fabulous and we’re so proud of all the entrants and the winners.
Check them out here.
The lovely peeps at The Guardian have compiled a short synopsis of The Issues in Copenhagen. A good guide to get you started.
Check out The Issues here. Check out the main players and who is involved here.
… is something worth pondering and considering for a moment, particularly in the light of climate change threats.
The UN’s latest report: State of the World Population 2009, highlights how Climate Change will exacerbate the inequality between rich and poor and men and women. Particularly women in poor countries due a range of complex and interlinked factors. The Times highlights these findings in the article titled ‘Women’s carbon print is small but climate change hits them harder’. The full UN report can be found here.
What is so important to remember and to consider is the impact that Climate Change will have not only physically but culturally, socially and politically across the global, impacting on everyone and anyone but particularly the economically vulnerable. Fashion is intrinsically linked to women, climate change, economics, culture – which is why it is so important…
With the talks in Copenhagen only days away it’s time for us to keep a close eye on the progress and events surrounding it. Please let us know if you see any interesting stories, have any comments, thoughts or ideas.
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Congratulations to all our winners and runners up who took awards away at last night’s event at London’s City Hall.
Here’s a sample of some of the finalists’ work, and some pics of the presenters Jo Wood, Lucy Siegle (The Observer & the One Show), Duncan Goose (One Water), Paul de Zylva (London Sustainable Development Commission) and our ever wonderful compere for the evening Caryn Franklin.
For the full list of winners, visit the Centre for Sustainable Fashion website
Lucy Siegle, Paul de Zylva, Jo Wood, Duncan Goose
Emma Rigby, Winner of Water - The Right of All Citizens of our Planet. Photography by Sean Michael
Miriam Rhida, Winner of award for Design for a Thriving Fashion Industry. Photography by Tomer Halfon
Zoe Fletcher, Winner of Enterprise & Communications Initiative for a Future Fashion Industry. Photography by Sean Michael
CSF are thrilled that Beautiful Soul is now being stocked at the V&A shop.
Nicola Woods, the founder of Beautiful Soul, graduated from LCF in 2008 and has been part of the business support programme run by the CSF as well as a finalist of the Fashioning the Future competition.
It’s been a great year for Beautiful Soul, debuting at Estethica, being picked up by the new Ascension shop and now being stocked in the V&A gift shops from Spring/Summer 2010.
Check out the beautiful collection ‘Miss Butterfly’ here.
Fashioning in the Future finalist Sarah Rhodes is showing her most recent jewellery collection is to be exhibited at ‘Flux’ part of the annual ‘Brilliantly Birmingham’ celebration of contemporary jewellery held at the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, from 21st November to 28th February 2010. Go and it check it out – it’s fab.
