Ragtrader (27 March 2009)

The latest issue of Ragtrader has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan. Some articles include:

• Why fabric price hikes aren't all bad
• What Herringbone has learned from its troubles
• How Seafolly is chasing down the copycats

useful website on fair trade

ethical issues of fair trade
http://www.oxfam.org.au/campaigns/labour-rights/resources/

Ragtrader (13 March 2009)

The latest issue of Ragtrader has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan.

This issue includes:

• What events in China mean for Oz TCF
• Why Jeanswest is turning Japanese
• How DPK Australia came unstuck

http://www.ragtrader.com.au/index.cfm

The Fabric of a Dream: the Fletcher Jones Story

For a generation of Australians, Fletcher Jones was a household name; the founder of one of the most successful clothing companies in the nation's history. This is the story of how a shell-shocked World War I veteran, who left school at 12, took to the road as a hawker and ended up building a national icon. (STUDY GUIDE AVAILABLE)
Friday 27 March 2009 7.30pm
SBS Rating: (PG, WS, Rpt)
Duration: 60 mins
*The Learning Centre has this program available for loan.

Clean Clothes Campaign

Ethical fashion is a hot topic within the fashion industry. Not only is it important to be sustainable it is also important to ensure that the workers within the fashion industry are getting a fair deal. I've stumbled upon this website called the Clean Clothes Campaign which is a European based organisation whose aim is:

"The CCC is an international campaign, focused on improving working conditions in the global garment and sportswear industries, and empower the workers in it. There is a Clean Clothes Campaign in 12 European countries. These are Austria, Belgium (North and South), Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom."

You can visit their website here:
http://www.cleanclothes.org/index.htm

2009 L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival

The L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival is on from 15th March - 22nd March 2009.

For further information about this event see their website: http://www.lmff.com.au/2009/#/home

Ragtrader (27 February 2009)

The latest issue of Ragtrader has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan. Some of the features of this issue include:

• What is really happening to Morrissey?
• How Cotton On is taking on the world.
• Why Witchery is in the dog house.

You may view more Ragtrader news here:

http://www.ragtrader.com.au/

Eco-Chic : the fashion paradox by Sandy Black

There is a new book that has come into called Eco-Chic : the fashion paradox. It is on the new book stand and is now available for loan. This book includes chapters on:

• The Greening of the Fashion Industry
• Re-Designing Fashion
• Fibre to Fabric
• Fabric to Fashion

Think you are an individual? Take a look at Rotterdam-based photographer Ari Versluis and profiler Ellie Uyttenbroek. They have travelled the world looking at the dress codes of social groups.

http://www.exactitudes.com/

Modern Australian Fashion

This is an interesting web resource that has links and history about Australian fashion. The subjects this article talks about includes Cloth and Colour, Cut and Garment Type, Headwear and Millinery, Fashion Promotion, Careers and other related links.

http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/fashion/

Vivienne Westwood on shock tactics in fashion

This is a video from BBC News featuring Vivienne Westwood talking about shock tactics in fashion. This was uploaded to the BBC website on 10 February 2009.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/hardtalk/7881530.stm

Fashion Trends (No. 81 2008)

The latest issue of Fashion Trends has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan. This issue features:

Bohemia vs Minimalism:
The new spectrum of fashion

• colourful mixery


• androgynous classiness


• architectural volume

Ragtrader (13 February 2009)

The latest issue of Ragtrader has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan.

This issue includes:

• Why manufacturers need government support


• Which iconic retailer is launching a new label


• How Brown Sugar has reinvented itself
  

http://www.ragtrader.com.au/index.cfm

The New Fashion Central

This is a central blog for Fashion at CIT. Here you will find information from your teachers and technical officer, and links to current projects and interesting references.

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