Monthly Archives: April 2012

Guest Blogger Of The Month: Charleen Parks from Grazzhopprz

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What is the name of your blog?

Grazzhopprz

Tell us a bit about yourself.

I am the Fashion Correspondent for Grazzhopprz – a green initiative developed by Mikaela Ekholm and Tove Antonissen. The blog shares all aspects of ethical/green/sustainable issues, particularly new and positive things to the wider community. A former Londoner, based in Barcelona I am an enthusiast of fashion and digital developments with a love of travel.

What are your views on socially conscious/ethical fashion?

There is a cool direction and guilt-free pleasure you get from buying socially conscious brands. You are given the opportunity to make a positive difference to a community and to the world by gaining a purchase all for yourself. These are products that are normally faced with challenges such as price models, materials, resources etc, yet it is this same barrier that pushes the creativity.

What is your favourite piece from the Fashion ComPassion website?

I have a borderline obsession with tribal prints, so the tribal silk waistcoat is by far my favourite piece. I love the pop of colour and the ikat print. It will compliment my cotton dresses and gold arm cuff, worn best oversized for my holidays in the south of Spain.

Meet The Women Behind Our Ethical Brand Bhalo

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We know you love our brand Bhalo and their trendy collection, but we thought why not introduce you to the women who help create the brand…from the designer Jessica Priemus to the women artisans that work to create the brand!  Bhalo  is a fair trade design label that aims to create desirable fashion whilst empowering disadvantaged people, especially women, allowing them to work their way out of poverty.

The cotton is hand loomed and hand embroidered by women in rural Bangladesh, not only giving them much needed employment and training, but providing them with simple things that we take for granted – education/childcare for their children, basic healthcare, and most of all, dignity. Fashion ComPassion and Bhalo opposes human exploitation and feel everyone should be given the right to fair employment terms, and given a decent price for their work, Would you expect the same?

Jess With Children At Napara Swallows

 

Noity- An expert in embroidery, she is a Garo (tribal) woman from Mymensingh

 

Lovely- she manages all the wax printing and dyeing of silk. From the Christian minority in Bangladesh

 

Liberation Widow:  A widow from the Liberation War has been working with Thanapara Swallows since 1972

 

Tailoring the Pineapple Dress

 

Children at Day Care