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Fashioning an Ethical Industry: A Two Day Conference
Fahioning an Ethical Industry (FEI) hosts a two day conference at Rich Mix Cutural Foundation in East London to explore and address ethical fashion issues such as labour, communities and the environment, with a host of guest speakers…
Written by Sabrina Morrison
It was a bittersweet moment for Fashioning an Ethical Industry supporters last month as they invited educators, information pills students, sales designers, labour activists and business thinkers to join them at RichMix in East London for a well-attended workshop on sustainable fashion. The project is now at the end of its three year funding term and hosted this two day conference in order to explore what fashion educators can do to inspire future designers to assume responsibility for the workers involved in the creation of their clothes; recognising that their job as educators is to equip students with the tools to design ethically-conscious clothes.
Funded by Labor Behind The Label, the FEI works with tutors and students through the help of guest speakers worldwide to give an overview of how the industry works, from the moment a seed for… read more
