At long last November brings the first ever Ethical Fashion Awards brought to us by Anti-Apathy and Futerra Sustainability Communications. Here is some more information about the evening:
RE:FASHION AWARDS 2008 CELEBRATING ETHICAL FASHION- ANNOUNCE A HOST OF TOP MODELS AND PERSONALITIES ON BOARD
The RE:Fashion Awards are shaping up to be the fashion event of 2008 with the announcement of a list of high profile celebrities on board for the event taking place at Shoreditch Townhall on the 13thNovember 2008. Top models and personalities include Daisy Lowe, Portia Freeman, Leah Weller, Leah Wood and Pixie Geldof who will be modelling one-off pieces from high-profile designers including Vivienne Westwood, Todd Lynn, Zandra Rhodes, Preen, Allegra Hicks, Jonathan Saunders and Aimee McWilliams.
The RE:Fashion Awards are the world’s first dedicated ethical fashion awards celebrating people and organizations in the fashion industry taking great strides in tackling poverty, environmental issues and changing consumer attitudes to ethical fashion.
The star-studded Ceremony will see the coming together of major faces from the fashion world including the award-winning Oswald Boateng, Hilary Alexander, Fashion Director of the Daily Telegraph, Jane Shepherdson, CEO of Whistles, Anna Orsini of the British Fashion Council, and leading designers including Vivienne Westwood and Katherine Hamnett to celebrate the developments taking place in the fashion industry.
The Awards will also host an iconic catwalk show with top models and personalities including Daisy Lowe, Portia Freeman, Leah Weller, Leah Wood and Pixie Geldof wearing one-off pieces from designers including Vivienne Westwood, Todd Lynn, Zandra Rhodes, Preen, Allegra HicksBora Aksu, Aimee McWilliams and Jonathan Saunders.
Louise Roe, the presenter of the RE:Fashion Awards says, ”It’s great to be part of such an eco-conscious initiative. Ethical fashion has come a long way – there are very edgy, on-trend labels out there now and if you can do something to save the planet as well as look hot – I’m all for it!”
The founders of the Awards Ethical Fashion Forum, Anti-Apathy and Futerra Sustainability Communications have this to say about the RE:Fashion Awards:
“With more than 200 applicants to the awards, the RE:Fashion team and judges have been working around the clock to arrive at a shortlist. We have been stunned by the quality and breadth of what has been achieved. The RE:Fashion Awards represent not just the most important movement since fashion began – but also the answer to the industry’s future,” says Tamsin Le Jeune, Director at Ethical Fashion Forum.
“Sales of ethical fashion jumped from £29 million in 2005 to £52 million in 2006, according to The Co-Operative Bank’s Ethical Consumerism Report 2007. And the shortlisted entries show how ethical fashion remains the perfect antidote to the credit crunch. This is true ‘feel-good’ fashion: you look fabulous, feel good and ethical… and often it’s easy on the wallet,” Lucy Shea, Strategy Director at Futerra Sustainability Communications.
“If RE:Fashion can reward designers and brands for changing their practices, then we’re well on our way to propelling ethical fashion from a niche to the norm,” says Cyndi Rhoades, Creative Director at Anti-Apathy.
Tickets for the glittering event are selling out fast. Options range from VIP tables next to the catwalk with delicious food and champagne, to a public balcony for as little as £37.50. 100% of the profits made through RE:Fashion will be donated to the Ethical Fashion Forum, an organisation focused on transforming the lives of people behind fashion, and reducing the environmental impacts of the industry. If you would like to come and be part of this eco-fabulous evening, please visit www.refashionawards.org/tickets.
For more information please visit www.refashionawards.org.
The team here at Ethical and Green think this is going to be a great evening so why not get yourselves down to Shoreditch on 13th November and get involved in supporting ethical fashion.
