Ethical Fashion Showcase: Designer Spotlight #1

In the lead up to Fair Trade Fortnight 2010 and our very special Fair Trade High Tea, we will be unveiling the fabulous labels and designers who will be featured in our Ethical Fashion Showcase during the Fair Trade High Tea one by one!

Proving that style doesn’t have to be sacrificed for ethics, the Ethical Fashion Showcase will feature a wide range of amazing and ethical labels who produce both in Australia and source internationally.

Designer Spotlight #1: The Social Studio

The Social Studio is a space where clothing is created with the style and skills of the local refugee community in Melbourne. The label, launched in December 2009, aims to empower young people to achieve their dreams through social enterprise.

Using reclaimed fabric and garments saved from landfill, the designers remix their materials into original designs. The garments will then be sold in specially designed mobile shopping carts with the intention of activating key urban spaces, promoting social inclusion, community and vitality across the city.

The Social Studio is accredited by Ethical Clothing Australia. For more information visit www.thesocialstudio.org.

Social Studio - Ethical Fashion Created by Refugees

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Fair Trade High Tea – for Fair Trade Fortnight 2010

Fair Trade High Tea 2010

Celebrate Fair Trade Fortnight 2010 in style this year with the Queensland Fair Trade Collective for our first ever Fair Trade High Tea.

Featuring international guest speaker, Kohinoor Yeasmin, CEO of Bangladesh Fair Trade organisation Tarango, an ethical fashion showcase and more, this is definitely not an event to be missed.

Join us for a glass of champagne on arrival and enjoy delicious finger food and Fairtrade tea and coffee during this inspirational afternoon. The Fair Trade High Tea will be held at the Arts Centre, overlooking the Brisbane River, St Margaret’s Anglican Girls’ School, Ascot on Saturday 8 May 2010, between 2 and 4pm.

Tickets are strictly limited, so book now ! Tickets are $30 per person and can be purchased online by following this link, in person at The Trading Circle (cash only), bank deposit – email us at qldfairtrade@gmail.com for the details, or Credit Card/Debit Card via phone – contact Di Stitt on 0430 487 710.

Tickets have officially sold out! the QFTC looks forward to seeing everyone there.

More information on the Fair Trade High Tea – Event Information & Details!

Global Market Day coming up in March

Friday, March 19 2010

6pm – 9pm

Arana Hills Church of Christ

2 Bringelly St, Arana Hills QLD 4054

Free entry


Global Market Day (GMD) is back for 2010, giving you the unique opportunity to shop ethically and experience incredible food and culture from around the world -  on top of  activities and live entertainment that everyone in the family will enjoy.

All proceeds from this market will be donated to the Compassion Haiti Relief Fund.

More information here