Ethical Fashion Lecture

3. “Immaterial aspects of fashion will become
celebrated as raw materials become scarcer.
The material components of fashion will be treated
with greater reverence and respect for the same
reason.”
-Kate Fletcher

4. “I do not think the eco/organic/fair trade
movement is a trend. I think it is the
beginning of a major shift in consciousness
in the fashion business.”
Julie Gilhart, fashion director and Senior Vice President of Barneys, NYC

6. “This is not about the new colour for
spring. It’s actually about the new
direction of our industry” Stella
McCartney
Vegan and animal friendly designer.

7. 7.1 million consumers think ethical
clothing is quite / very important but
find availability poor or very poor.
Ethical Clothing Report,
Worldpanel fashion, TNS 2007 p.17

9. Non – ethical fashion can be called…

10. Fatal Fashion

11. Fashion Victims in the Bangladesh Garment
Industry – two recent tragic events…
• Tarzeen Factory Fire
• 24th November 2012
• 117 People Died
• 200 Injured
• Rana Plaza Collapse
• 24th April 2013
• Over 1000 People died
• 2515 Injured

14. Bangladesh Fashion Industry
• $19 USD Billion Industry
• Approx 4 million people
• Of which 3.4 million are women
• 78% of Exports are Garment related
• Over 5000 Factories
• A high level of non compliance
to paying a living wage.

15. Garment workers are asking for $104.72 a month, which would
almost double the current minimum. To get to that number, they
created a monthly budget that, they figure, is the bare minimum.
This would increase the cost of
a T- Shirt by approx 20 cents
Do you think you could still afford to
Buy one ?
As a result, on December 1st, 2013
the minimum wage rose to
$68.00 a month ,
amazingly an increase
Of 77% from existing minimum
($14 per month).

33. Fashion Revolution
www.fashionrevolution.org

34. Landfill Fashion

38. Fast Fashion

39. Fast facts:
Approximately 50,000 tonnes of fabric are wasted each year during
manufacture, which goes straight to landfill.
Around 40% of world fabric
production is cotton.
Cotton uses approximately 8000 litres of water for 1kilo of cotton.
Pesticides used on cotton harm people, wildlife and the environment.
These pesticides can poison farm workers, drift into neighboring
communities, contaminate ground and surface water and kill beneficial
insects and soil micro-organisms.

41. Ethical Fashion
Examples…

44. • Sustainable Fashion
• Green Fashion
• Environmentally Friendly / Eco Fashion
• Carbon Neutral Fashion
• Organic Fashion
• Vegan Fashion / Compassionate Clothing
• Fair Trade
• Slow Fashion
• Locally / handmade
• Zero Waste / O Waste

80. Dragstar// made local

85. For further information
on Ethical Fashion…

86. *Handy hint:
A great ethical fashion magazine
{which is carbon neutral and made
in Queensland, Australia}
is…Peppermint
Magazine!

87. *Sold in fabulous bookstores & newsagents everywhere!

88. “Zero Waste Fashion is part of a larger
picture of beauty for everyone, that
Fashion is capable of being the source of.”
- Timo Rissanen

89. Check out Timo Rissanen’s
Zero Waste Thesis
at UTS Library // main desk…

91. The Ethical Consumer Guide
has an ethical clothing app…
*Search “Shop Ethical” in App Store
*Go to the website: www.ethical.org.au
*Or you can order a small paper book copy.

92. Oxfam 3 Things campaign
www.3things.org.au

93. Great websites to check out:
Fair Trade Australia & NZ
www.fta.org.au
Ethical Clothing Australia
www.ethicalclothingaustralia.org.au
Ethical Fashion Forum
source.ethicalfashionforum.com

94. Questions…