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Archive for October, 2009

Cards From Africa

Cards From Africa

posted in Sustainability

Cards from Africa - Beautiful cards. Better lives. Rachel was just 13 when her mum died - her sister was 9 and her brother just 6. Their father had died many ...

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DEM Collective

DEM Collective

posted in Fair Trade Matters , Style Guide , Sustainability

(Don't Eat Macaroni) Spotted these jeans at Prêt à Porter in Paris. It is one model, fits all. The color of the jeans is an amazing blue, like the old-fashioned jeans from ...

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Zilla bags & accessories pure recycled elegance

Zilla bags & accessories pure recycled elegance

posted in Style Guide

Zilla, a new and elegant Italian bags and accessories Brand made of paperclips and old rugs? Established in 2005 by architect Sylvia Pichler in Bolzano, Zilla has conquered the hearts ...

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Hip Woollen Crochets From Sweden

Hip Woollen Crochets From Sweden

posted in Ethical Fashion

EcoChic spotted FROSTA at the Trade Fair in Germany and fell in love with these innocent ‘Knåckebrøåd' Swedish designs. FROSTA design produces crochet kits and hand crocheted products made from soft ...

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Fashion Victims- Making Style Sustainable

Fashion Victims- Making Style Sustainable

posted in Events , Green Events , Sustainability , Sustainable Textiles

Fashion Victims: Making Style Sustainable Conference, University of West of England. Friday 26th February 2010. Millions of people are employed in garment factories around the world and million sof people like ...

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The Vigilius - The Eco Luxury of Simplicity

The Vigilius - The Eco Luxury of Simplicity

posted in Body & Soul , EcoChic Escape & Getaway

Finally arrived. The aromatic fragrance of the larches pervades the pleasant fresh mountain air. Look out into the tranquility. At 1500 meters altitude, everything is different. The Vigilius Mountain Resort ...

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Design Diaries-Teach–In 2012 Imperative

Design Diaries-Teach–In 2012 Imperative

posted in Body & Soul , Events , Green Events , Style Guide , Sustainable Textiles

We welcome Laura Andrews, Fashion student, EcoChic design intern and author of our new and exciting design diaries. This month's theme discusses sustainability in design following the  2012 Imperative Teach-In; a conference ...

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Let’s Clean Up Fashion

Let’s Clean Up Fashion

posted in Fashion Expose , People & Planet

Annual fashion survey reveals major brands like talking responsibility but many are still not delivering a fair living wage. http://www.cleanupfashion.co.uk/images/pdf/letscleanupfashion2009.pdf A fortnight ago Labour behind the Label, the campaign that believes everyone ...

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EcoChic Boutique & Magazine 2010

EcoChic Boutique & Magazine 2010

posted in Fair Trade Matters , Style Guide , Sustainability

Beautiful designs, changing lives...A world away from the mainstream, EcoChic Collection is an online boutique and eco glossy magazine. EcoChic is a beautiful story and a handpicked collection of the ...

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Planet EcoChic October 2009

Planet EcoChic October 2009

posted in Body & Soul , EcoChic Revealed , Style Guide

Hello there EcoChic fashionistas!! We have been busy bees here at Ecochic educating, collaborating and developing the collection, there's just so much to tell!! Firstly, our EcoChic fashion show, held at the ...

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EcoChic reusable bags, the eco-friendly message with style

EcoChic reusable bags, the eco-friendly message with style

posted in Body & Soul , EcoChic Revealed , Style Guide

Chic, inexpensive and compact, the new EcoChic line of environmentally friendly bags carry the message of re-use to a world ready to embrace a brighter ecological future.     The philosophy of EcoChic ...

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Welcome Tara Scott-Our EcoChic Ethical Stylist

Welcome Tara Scott-Our EcoChic Ethical Stylist

posted in Body & Soul , Fair Trade Matters , Green Living , Style Guide

Remember the 2008 BBC show "Blood Sweat and T-Shirts", the show that unravelled the "glamour'' of fashion and brought us pictures of poverty-stricken men, women and children in India sewing ...

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Paris & buyers pre-empt demand for sustainability

Paris & buyers pre-empt demand for sustainability

posted in Style Guide , Sustainable Textiles

Janet Prescott reports from Paris 25th September 2009, www.ecotextile.com.  The particular eco emphasis of this season's Texworld exhibition was on sustainable manufacture and recycling, as retailers sense a genuine interest on ...

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The Breathing Earth simulation

The Breathing Earth simulation

posted in Biodiversity , Body & Soul , People & Planet

Welcome to Breathing Earth. www.breathingearth.net. This real-time simulation displays the CO2 emissions of every country in the world, as well as their birth and death rates. Please remember that this real time simulation ...

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Copenhagen and population growth.

Copenhagen and population growth.

posted in I.D , People & Planet

The team at EcoChic Magazine holds a very healthy respect for the Ecologist Magazine  www.theecologist.org and their latest article on the rising world's population is no exception. Tom Levitt, of the Ecologist Magazine ...

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Christian Aid’s 2nd Mass Visual Trespass

Christian Aid’s 2nd Mass Visual Trespass

posted in Body & Soul , Events , Green Events

Christian Aid turned its campaign for climate justice up a notch on Wednesday 30th September by staging the second inspirational Mass Visual Trespass at the Houses of Parliament. From Tresspass No ...

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Sussex Towers Girl’s EcoChic Fashion Show

Sussex Towers Girl’s EcoChic Fashion Show

posted in Events , Fair Trade Matters , Green Events , Sustainability

Last week, we were delighted to collaborate with the Towers Girls School to deliver a fashion show with a difference. The difference... our new range of ethical school accessories was exclusively showcased and ...

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