Pia's Ethical Mission

Pia Raju, Sales Executive at Clothes Show Live, is our new in-house ethical blogger. Pia used to blog about beauty but soon found that she had an even bigger passion that was the issue of ethical fashion!

Pia has a great eye for finding products that not look contemporary and wearable as well as being ethical. She is dedicated to proving that ethical is fashionable and it's not all hemp bags and unflattering fits.

In Pia's ethical blog, she'll be bringing you news and honest reviews of her ethical finds, offering you top tips and putting brands to the style test.

Long Live Slow Fashion!

Fabulously slow fashion label Eco Boutique are taking us on a wonderful fashion journey! In their own words they want to ‘return to its glory days when people bought less, and cherished the things they did buy.’ I’m sure these words speak to us all! Fashion should NOT BE BOUGHT IN BULK but unfortunately a lot of us are still strolling around shops with trolleys piling in the polyester. Something is soooo wrong with that picture!

Fast Fashion and Ethics - match made in heaven or a dirty affair?


H&M’s ethical agenda has been the subject of many debates recently, and It would be fair to say that there are some critics. Can fast fashion ever be ethical? Is there not something fundamentally wrong about aligning these two worlds? There’s no right answer for this, it’s completely down to opinion

Makki

This year, Clothes Show Live, are working with a fashionably fabulous brand called Makki as part of our ethical mission. Makki’s range is proof that we can be fashion forward and live in a more sustainable world.

Mary's Bottom Line

In homage of Mary Portas’ fabulous programme Mary’s Bottom line I want to bring you a selection of 5 Made in Britain fashion brands. If you’re not in the know already about Mary’s Bottom Line you better get to know! This programme will take your appreciation of the words ‘Made in England' to a whole new level. It digs

The PEA Awards

The PEA Awards in association with The Co-operative celebrated the best in the world of ‘green’ and honoured those who have demonstrated the importance of sustainability and there were also winners and finalists that have come from the world of fashion!

Into the Ethical Mission!

A woman’s wardrobe is constantly changing…new things come in, old things get chucked. We can get trendy clothes and accessories at the same price as a can of coke. This is great right? Err, maybe not actually, is this really VALUE for money? For the first time I’m beginning to question this habit that we all have............