we all reuse

Call for entries for the first dedicated ethical fashion awards

The RE:Fashion Awards will take place on the 13th November 2008, celebrating people and organisations who have taken great strides in tackling poverty, healing the environment and changing consumer attitudes towards ethical fashion.
AWARDS: open to designers, manufacturers, retailers, students ...
There are 11 RE:Fashion Awards in three categories:

DESIGNERS AWARDS
Awards include: RE:Fashion Designer of the Year, New RE:Designer of the Year

MAKING A DIFFERENCE AWARDS

Reuse designers seraglia and Goodone have been featured in the lifestyle section of the newly launched BBC website BBC Green.

"Forget hippy hemp and festival fashion – ethical clothing can be dressy and designer too, says Rachel Bell

From the high street to the catwalk, eco-fashion is finally laying its once laughable image to rest. Want wide-legged, high-waisted jeans? The style press adores Del Forte. Got to have a tulip dress or retro chic frock? Enamore has it. Prefer understated style? Head to Amana.

The famously fickle fashion industry wastes resources like there's no tomorrow, a point that is not lost on fashion designer Rebecca Earley, who has embraced the green movement by creating clothes that are less wasteful. She told Lucy Middleton that it's high time other designers developed a more responsible attitude to the world's resources

What's wrong with "normal" clothing?

03 October 2007 NewScientist.com or on newstands

The environment is changing the whole time - look around or you might miss it.

Inspiring stencil art seen on a wooden hoarding in Camberwell, august 2007. Author unknown.

We visited the biggest eco festival in the UK, and there was reuse everywhere - junk pirate ships, rag rug and scrap workshops, green forums and some great reuse designers.

Of course we've invited them to join, so keep an eye out for them. We've also posted some great photos in the inspirations showcase..

We are pleased to invite you to join we all reuse. This free to use site been established to:

• Encourage and publicise the work of designers and manufacturers who reuse industrial and consumer waste.
• Promote reuse as one of the most effective ways of reducing our consumption and therefore our impact on the environment
• Showcase interesting ideas and share our experiences
• Provide a private network where designers and other organisations can meet to discuss the issues of working with reclaimed materials.