|
contents | events | |||||||||
| Ethical Fashion Show Berlin has expanded its exhibition area again  The Ethical Fashion Show Berlin for sustainable fashion will take place for the fourth time from 2 through 4 July 2013 with an already fully-booked exhibition area. In two halls at ewerk, 74 international street wear and casual wear fashion labels will present their 2014 summer collections. Together with the Greenshowroom held simultaneously at Hotel Adlon Kempinski, the Ethical Fashion Show Berlin with more than 100 exhibitors will be the largest European platform for ecologically and fairly produced fashions.The trade fair revolves around the theme of social standards in the fashion industry. Workers' safety and health, fair wages and transparent supply chains are just some of the issues that are represented with numerous positive production examples at the Ethical Fashion Show Berlin. "The show provides a demonstration that things can be done differently, " says Olaf Schmidt, Vice President of Textiles & Textile Technologies at Messe Frankfurt, "and will prove in many ways that first-class fashion design and sustainable production go together very well." Labels presenting contemporary collections will include Alma+Lovis, Format, John W. Shoes, Grand Step Shoes, Harold's, HempAge, Lanius, Recolution and Sey Jeans of Germany, Globe Hope of Finland, Komodo of Great Britain, L'Herbe Rouge of France and Studio Jux of the Netherlands. In addition, a series of new exhibitors will showcase street wear and casual wear, among them Aloofa and Feuerwear of Germany, Vingetorix of Switzerland, Ethos Paris and Tudo Bom of France, and Living Green of India. Inauguration by Renate Künast Renate Künast, chairperson of the green parliamentary party Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, will attend the fair to learn about the pioneers of green fashion. Jointly with Olaf Schmidt, Künast will inaugurate the Ethical Fashion Show Berlin on 2 July at 10:00 a.m. after which she will visit the Greenshowroom to meet with fashion makers. Social programme: information forum and meeting point for the in-crowd The trade fair will be complemented by an extensive social programme for trade vistors and media representatives and will provide exciting information and several opportunities to discuss green fashion. On the first day of the fair, the Salonshow at the Greenshowroom will present an overview of current collections produced by the exhibitors at the two events. The Catwalk at Hotel Adlon Kempinski will begin at 3:30 p.m. Other highlights will include the Create Green Breakfast with a podium discussion on 4 July at 11:00 a.m. and the speech series on 2 and 3 July which will include a new group of seminars from the Fair Wear Foundation titled WellMade and debuting in Berlin. The speakers also will talk about social standards in the garment production industry. Representatives of the Fair Wear Foundation will introduce concepts for improving working conditions in the textile industry step-by-step. The green fashion cross-event soirée will take place on 3 July at 8:00 p.m. at Umspannwerk Kreuzberg – Innatex, the Greenshowroom and the Ethical Fashion Show Berlin invite all those interested to the GreenLounge. write your comments about the article :: © 2013 Construction News :: home page |