Fairtrade calls on more fashion brands to set a deadline to start paying living wages

To mark the launch of Fashion Revolution Week, the Fairtrade Foundation is calling on more fashion and apparel brands and retailers to set a deadline by which they will deliver living wages in their supply chain. On the 5th anniversary of the Rana Plaza garment factory disaster in which 1,138 people died Fairtrade wants the industry to pledge to end poverty wages and ensure a fair deal for the people who make the clothes we wear. To highlight the issue a new video released shines a light on the dark…

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UK Ethical Fashion Brands To Pop-Up For Change At Notting Hill Museum

On Saturday, April 28th, a group of independent ethical fashion brands from across the UK will host a pop-up market, talks and a fashion show as part of Fashion Revolution Week 2018. Ethical Brands for Fashion Revolution will showcase some 30 companies and their ethically-made clothing, jewellery, accessories and footwear at the Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising just minutes from the world famous Portobello market in West London. Jo Salter, founder of ethical fashion brand, Where Does It Come From? is co-hosting the April event with Sian Conway, founder…

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