WARDROBE CRISIS
WARDROBE CRISIS
By ethical fashion journalist Clare Press
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As one of the international judges of the Redress Design Award, Clare will be MODERATING A PANEL about circular fashion AT THE HONG KONG FASHION SUMMIT IN SEPTEMBER.

The Redress Design Award (formerly the EcoChic Design Award) is the world’s largest sustainable fashion design competition. The competition works to educate emerging fashion designers around the world about sustainable design theories and techniques in order to drive growth towards a circular fashion system. 

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Can't get to kong kong? we're coming to you! Redress Founder Christina dean will be coming on the wardrobe crsis podcast in september. 

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Beautiful exhilarating windy walk this morning. Sydney is so beautiful, let’s keep it that way. Wherever we go we #take3forthesea ... or in this case, rather more. Please do your bit to pick up #oceanplastic - it only takes a minute & it actually makes you feel less depressed about the issue, even though you are paying attention to it. Fact! Every little bit helps #bethechange #beatplasticpollution #riseandresist #strawnomore
This is Grace, who runs one of the beading hubs we visited in Nairobi. Grace very kindly let us hang out & waste her time trying to learn how to bead (we were rubbish - beading is seriously hard) 🎧 You can listen to our conversation on the podcast - these women are the main breadwinners in their families “African women are hardworking & strong, we are happy when we are independent,” she told us. “When a woman is active & has the power, the home is strong.”
Just read a beautiful, honest interview on the @wellmadeclothes_ blog with my old friend Marnie from @elkthelabel ❤️I love how she is open about the challenges of #transparency as you grow, & her commitment to improving all the time. Marnie has always cared about #sustainability & Elk is built on #thoughtfuldesign & production. "We are in an interesting position now, where we are working hard on providing transparency right across our supply chain, but it is a real challenge, given that we manufacture almost all of our products offshore. The complexity of our product mix and having so many different suppliers definitely makes it difficult," she says. "Currently our swimwear is made in Queensland and it has been wonderful being closer to our production and makers. Following this experience, we are looking to bring some more manufacturing back onshore to give us more control over processes and to support jobs in Australia." It is, as they say, a journey, right?
This is Godfrey who works in admin & logistics at @artisan.fashion in Nairobi. “At work, it’s where you spend most time,” he says so it has to be a good place. “In Africa, we say if a visitor [like you] comes, there is blessings... it means more work... we are creating employment for other guys out there who don’t have a job.” Hear from Godfrey & his community on this week’s podcast. 🎧❤️
Did you know that 80% of garment workers are women? Joan’s story is one of the positive ones. She works in a fair factory in Nairobi, where the social impact of the work is audited by the UN’s Ethical Fashion Initiative. “After working we get fair wages & we really gain a lot of skills,” she says. Joan works in quality control at @artisan.fashion making bags for @_mimco @stellamccartney @viviennewestwood & is on the #podcast today 🎤💋 So often we hear from the designers, models, bosses, ambassadors, but many hands work in fashion’s supply chains behind the scenes. It was a privilege to meet some of them on my recent visit to Kenya ❤️🎧 #whomademyclothes #ethicalfashion #ethicalfashioninitiative #wardrobecrisispodcast
In other news, Vogue’s @zara_wong moonlights as an organic honey maker, which is extremely lovely isn’t it? 🐝🐝🐝 @moonface_honey