Ethical Fashion is still standing high admidst the gloomy news of the "credit crunch"

Katherine Hamnett is back. She has made great strides in getting organic cotton heard on the fashion agenda - but she had to "storm off" the catwalks four years ago - frustrated that people just weren't listening. As all good forward thinkers find out, her time has come & now everyone is rushing to have her T shirts. Her style of slogan T shirts combined with ethical values and organic cotton results in Katherine being ahead of the pack. She strives to change the fashion industry from the inside as she knows that ethical fashion is the future and its exactly what consumers want - we like her for that :) click here to read full story

New Ethical Fashion Competition from BBC website Thread

BBC 3 had the brillian series on fashion "Blood, Sweat & T Shirts". They then cleverly launched the website "Thread", designed to keep up with Ethical Fashion. The latest thing they have done is launch a competition.

Style Search is all about you & your ethical fashion items. Don't worry - you don't have to come up with your own designs & creations - this competition is all about your ethical clothes & wants to find the UKs most ethical dressers. The ethical categories that are included are: vintage, customised, second hand, organic, Fair trade & can include accessories. The prize include helping style the Thread Fashion show at London Fashion Week. Check out the details & get entering - lots of the current photos feature vintage - so we urge all you organic and fair trade fans to send in your photos NOW :)

The £3 Fairtrade T shirt ?!

You may have noticed the adverts by Sainsburys - piles of T shirts, Fairtrade Marked and priced at £3.00. If you have been following Fairtrade and ethical fashion news then combining the Fairtrade label with a £3 T shirt price tag kind of hurts your head - it's hard to think that it all makes sense. The Fairtrade Mark is a trusted label - it's won awards. Yet don't we all feel slightly wary when we see clothes at really low prices...

So we are delighted to discover that Abi from Fairtrade/Organic cotton pioneer Gossypium has publically addressed this issue. We urge you to ready Abi's article - what she stresses is that we should not be so eager to chase fast fashion - we all need to slow down abit - read article here.