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