Ethical fashion lecture

“Immaterial aspects of fashion will become celebrated as raw materials become scarcer.

The material components of fashion will be treated with greater reverence and respect for the same

reason.”-Kate Fletcher

“I do not think the eco/organic/fair trade movement is a trend. I think it is the beginning of a major shift in consciousness in the fashion business.”

Julie Gilhart, fashion director and Senior Vice President of Barneys, NYC

“This is not about the new colour for spring. It’s actually about the new direction of our industry” Stella McCartney

Vegan and animal friendly designer.

7.1 million consumers think ethical clothing is quite / very important but find availability poor or very poor.

Ethical Clothing Report, Worldpanel fashion, TNS 2007 p.17

Non – ethical fashion can be called…

Fatal Fashion

Fashion Victims in the Bangladesh Garment Industry – two recent tragic events…

• Tarzeen Factory Fire• 24th November 2012• 117 People Died• 200 Injured

• Rana Plaza Collapse• 24th April 2013• Over 1000 People died• 2515 Injured

Bangladesh Fashion Industry• $19 USD Billion Industry• Approx 4 million people• Of which 3.4 million are women• 78% of Exports are Garment related• Over 5000 Factories• A high level of non compliance

to paying a living wage.

Garment workers are asking for $104.72 a month, which would almost double the current minimum. To get to that number, they created a monthly budget that, they figure, is the bare minimum.

This would increase the cost of

a T- Shirt by approx 20 cents

Do you think you could still afford to

Buy one ?

As a result, on December 1st, 2013

the minimum wage rose to

$68.00 a month ,

amazingly an increase

Of 77% from existing minimum

($14 per month).

Fashion Revolutionwww.fashionrevolution.org

Landfill Fashion

Fast Fashion

Fast facts:

Approximately 50,000 tonnes of fabric are wasted each year during manufacture, which goes straight to landfill.

Around 40% of world fabric production is cotton.

Cotton uses approximately 8000 litres of water for 1kilo of cotton.

Pesticides used on cotton harm people, wildlife and the environment. These pesticides can poison farm workers, drift into neighboring communities, contaminate ground and surface water and kill beneficialinsects and soil micro-organisms.

Ethical Fashion Examples…

• Sustainable Fashion• Green Fashion• Environmentally Friendly / Eco Fashion• Carbon Neutral Fashion• Organic Fashion• Vegan Fashion / Compassionate Clothing• Fair Trade• Slow Fashion• Locally / handmade• Zero Waste / O Waste

Dragstar// made local

For further information on Ethical Fashion…

*Handy hint:

A great ethical fashion magazine {which is carbon neutral and made in Queensland, Australia} is…

Peppermint Magazine!

*Sold in fabulous bookstores & newsagents everywhere!

“Zero Waste Fashion is part of a larger

picture of beauty for everyone, that

Fashion is capable of being the source of.”

- Timo Rissanen

Check out Timo Rissanen’s

Zero Waste Thesis at UTS Library // main desk…

The Ethical Consumer Guide has an ethical clothing app…

*Search “Shop Ethical” in App Store *Go to the website: www.ethical.org.au

*Or you can order a small paper book copy.

Oxfam 3 Things campaignwww.3things.org.au

Great websites to check out:

Fair Trade Australia & NZwww.fta.org.au

Ethical Clothing Australiawww.ethicalclothingaustralia.org.au

Ethical Fashion Forumsource.ethicalfashionforum.com

Questions…