This is the latest addition to the EarthPositive® product range: organic and low carbon, screen printable, Tote Bags.
There is a growing demand for ethically and environmentally credible bags, as more and more retailers, brands, corporate and promotional users are no longer content with using cheap cotton carriers as an alternative to plastic bags.
The rising levels [...]
Whether future heirloom or fun trinket, jewellery is one of life’s luxurious pleasures. Even if you aren’t decked out in multiple carats, a bit of bling can make you feel a million dollars. But the path your jewellery takes to reach your earlobe, neck, wrist or finger can be harrowing.
Bling warfare
They say diamonds are a [...]
Having made the commitment to use organic garments and water based inks, the next obvious question is ‘What about my labels, are they organic too?’
Well now the answer can be ‘Yes’. Obviously they have to be printed as a woven label uses man made fibres, but add an organic swing ticket, and the garment is [...]
With ethical issues dominating the headlines, we’re constantly being bombarded with cryptic acronyms that are difficult to decipher and words like ‘sustainable’, ‘green’ and ‘eco’ are banded around on a regular basis.
To try and diffuse this ethical minefield, Epona’s Juliet Bacon has broken down some of the more common terms into an easy to [...]
“Do you know where your cotton comes from?” If you knew what you are wearing, you might be ashamed.
What Continental® CAN do, is to guarantee that the cotton we use does not come from Uzbekistan. (Continental® uses Turkish & Egyptian cotton.)
To substantiate this, each of the factories Continental uses, in Turkey and India, have [...]
“The 2007 UUFA awards ceremony is on the 9th November. It is to recognise the achievement of urban fashion designers in the UK………..”¬†¬†
Who is UUFA?UUFA aims to bring together UK urban fashion designers, recognising these designers in their own right and acknowledge that they represent an important facet of the fashion industry. 
Where is it the [...]
The British Garment Decorators Federation (BGDF) website has a new face. They have revamped the forum, made great improvements to the design and navigation. The refined topics and a better user experience should provide a greater level of social networking.
Its forum is a free internet networking resource portal for garment and promotional product decorators with [...]
 
Ever rising giants of casual menswear, ONETrueSaxon have unleashed their very own brand of classic styling on the world with their first ever stand alone store – such important fashion moments need a VIP launch party, and October were happy to supply the T-s (still a few of these limited edition lovelies left, check out [...]
We would like to introduce the The Designer Forum¬†which is a UK-wide support network for the fashion & textiles industry. Actively supporting many of Britain’s leading designer & brand labels, High Street retailers, manufacturers & academia across four key areas:
DESIGN – Including Trend Resource Centre, Trend Presentations, Freelance Directory, Specialist Designer / Manufacturer’s Directory plus [...]
Just some our streetwear tees and underwear as found on www.october.co.uk
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