Centre for Sustainable Fashion

Ada Zanditon and Ingle & Rhode Collaboration to celebrate the launch of Fairtrade & Fairmined gold

April 5, 2011 by Cath

Ada Zanditon- a designer who has taken part in our Business Support Programme- has teamed up with London bespoke fine jeweller Ingle & Rhode to create a necklace exclusively for VOGUE.COM, made from the first ever batch of Fairtrade and Fairmined 18 carat gold. Worth over £3,000, this gorgeous one-off piece is now available to win on VOGUE.COM.

Ada Zanditon “It’s an incredible chance to win a unique exclusive design that is not just a really elegant beautiful piece of jewellery that is worth a great deal but has the added value of being made from Fairtrade and Fairmined gold.

I think it is at once incredibly chic and modern but also a classic understated elegant investment piece.

Fairtrade is an incredibly important issue to me as it is part of my brand philosophy and approach. I believe in creating beautiful, desirable pieces that respect the balance between people, planet and business. Fairtrade is a really key way of being able to know that producers are being paid fairly for their work.”

Combining Zanditon’s signature bold, geometric shapes with the ethical values of Ingle & Rhode, the pendant is inspired by origami and the shape of icebergs.

The piece is one of the first necklaces to have been made with gold that’s been certified to a recognised standard, and mined in a socially and environmentally friendly way. The Fairtrade label means small-scale gold miners to have sourced the piece are all guaranteed a fair price.

Founder of Ingle & Rhode, David Rhode “At Ingle & Rhode we’ve always sourced responsibly mined gold but we’ve been one of just a handful of jewellers to do so. Now we’re hoping the fairtrade label will take jewellery to the next level.”

• The competition closes on May 4 2011
• Read the full interview with Ada Zanditon on the VOGUE.COM Green Style Blog

Ada Zanditon's Profile Live

August 3, 2010 by Cath

Ada Zanditon’s profile has gone live today in the Profiling Business section of the CSF website

Ada is one of the designers on our Business Support Programme which aims to help existing and emerging London based fashion businesses

You can read the full profile here

Sustainable Luxury – challenging the way we shop

May 14, 2010 by Hatty

The latest edition of The Times Luxx magazine focuses on design and features an article about the growing demand amongst consumers for luxury items that are both aesthetically pleasing and sustainable. Ethical fashion designer Ada Zanditon, who is enrolled on the CSF Business Support programme, shares her views on making ethical fashion desirable. Read the full feature at: Times Online.

TONIGHT!

November 26, 2009 by amucklow

Eco Fashion Mentor Programme gets going

November 13, 2009 by amucklow

CSF are thrilled to announce that Ada Zanditon and Christopher Raeburn (two great brands that are part of our business support programme) have been selected alongside Goodone, Minna, Nina Dolcetti and The North Circular to benefit from the British Fashion Council’s new Eco Fashion Mentor Programme with the aim to increase opportunities for ethical designers in the mainstream fashion market, the initiative is supported by the London Development Agency.

For more info on the scheme see this story in Vogue.com

Ada Zanditon

August 26, 2009 by amucklow

LCF's Ada Zanditon profiled in China

December 3, 2008 by nina

LCF graduate Ada Zanditon was showcased at the Hangzhou Grand Theatre in China for the INTIME 10th Anniversary Show on 12 November, where her show stopping full length red dress was worn by China’s premier supermodel. Ada was selected along with four other UK designers to showcase new trends from the European market.

Ada, who has worked with both Alexander McQueen and Gareth Pugh, was also awarded the Prize for Creativity at the Ethical Fashion Show in Paris in October of this year. Profiled in our Fashioning the Future Show, Ada is well and truly one to watch.