Sustainable News #1: Esmod x Hessnatur
Working in fashion is still the dream of many young people. Even if the outlook in this branch is not exactly rosy. The fashion industry is in a state of upheaval, desperately looking for alternative ways, money is saved at publishers, editors dismissed. But I am optimistic: the dream of the fashion job does not have to be dreamed of. You just have to change your focus. If there had been a Master’s degree course “Sustainability in Fashion” in my time – I would not have hesitated for a second. The application phase for the scholarship in the International Master’s Program “Sustainability in Fashion”, which has been launched by Esmod and Hessnatur, is still running until 5 March. Start of study: 3.4.2017. Duration of study: 18 month. Application and information is here
Sustainable News #2: Conference in and with Nature
Kate Fletcher is a professor of sustainability and is considered to be the founder of Slow Fashion. I admire people like Kate, for her commitment, her creativity, her power. Her books are also legendary. In her most recent work “Craft of Use. Post-growth Fashion “(2016), she devotes herself to the responsible and conscious handling of fashion. It’s about the clothes after buying to create sustainable ideas for the use of fashion. A real Koryphäe I would say and accordingly exciting is what she uttered. I have just seen a cool workshop in Dartmoor from 5 to 7 July 2017. So if someone is nearby … All the information is here
Remember face and name: Kate Fletcher
Sustainable News #3: Eterna x *vergissmeinnicht*
Instead of disposing of sorted clothes with a lot of effort, the German traditional company Eterna would like to create something new, which also serves a good purpose with less energy expenditure. That is why the Passau-based shirts expert starts an upcycling action on 15.2.2017 in his four Berlin stores. There you can return your old shirts and blouses and receive a exchange premium of ten euros when buying a new item. * Vergissmeinnicht *, a project of the youngcaritas produces from the old clothes pillow cases, which sell social projects to benefit. And if you want to see how sustainable Eterna works, you can find information about the “Good Shirt”
Traditionally sustainable: Eterna works fair and transparent from design to the finished shirt
Sustainable News #4: News from Birkenstock
The fact that Birkenstock with its meanwhile runway-accepted footbed sandals in the past years has caused maximum furore has probably not escaped anyone. However, two completely new themes are planned for 2017: On the one hand, Birkenstock will launch this year with six different bed models, matching slatted frames and mattresses presented at the IMM Cologne international interiors show. And from 15.2. the German shoe company completes its offer with a 28-part cosmetic line. With the Birkenstock Natural Care cork oak extract will play an important role. And I will look at them at first hand on Thursday at the Vivaness, the international Trade Fair for Natural and Organic Personal Care in Nuremberg. Corresponding information will follow asap
Sneak Peek: Birkenstock starts this year the Skin Care Linie Birkenstock Natural Cosmetics
