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The BBC has launched an online ethical fashion magazine.
Thread looks at the issues facing fashion conscious people who care where their clothes come from.
The designer Katherine Hamnett says "Thread is great because ethical fashion promises to be the next big thing and not just a passing fad. Young people are really interested in these issues."
Thread is said to cut to the heart of what "ethical fashion" means, covering a range of issues from the environmental footprint of clothing manufacture, to the impact of the fashion industry on human and animal rights and why the choices we make when shopping for clothes make a real difference.
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Now gearing up for the August event, Pure London is the UK's largest and one of Europe's most exciting trade fashion events.
Taking place 3 - 4 - 5 August 2008 at London Olympia, Pure is always one step ahead focusing on labels with distinction; featuring fresh, aspirational and exciting spring/summer 2009 collections.
Professional buyers will have the opportunity to browse over 800 British and international brands all in one place.
Pure London has expanded and developed inline with the womenswear market and has been edited into six new distinct sections; Elan Directional - showcasing brands with a focus on design for the fashion forward women, Elan Studio -contemporary bridge lines offering a wide mix of tailored and timeless collections, Elan Boutique - a range of exciting casual wear and exquisite occasional wear, Spirit - a mix of fashion focused young unisex collections, Footwear - a section dedicated to designer and contemporary footwear and Accessories - creative designs in jewellery, bags, wraps and hats.
These defined areas allow the professional buyer to have a focused and easy buying experience while discovering the hottest new labels.
The unmissable event will also feature daily catwalk shows from Pure Spirit and Pure Elan as well as trend forecasts presented by Drapers, providing an inspirational highlight for the thousands of buyers who attend the event.
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Gap Design Editions is a limited edition collection designed exclusively for Gap by 3.1 Phillip Lim, Band of Outsiders, Michael Bastian and threeASFOUR - some of the most celebrated, emerging American design labels in the industry today.
As part of Gap's partnership with the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund (CVFF), Gap Design Editions is an initiative established to support and encourage new American design talent.
"At Gap we're proud of our history of celebrating creativity, supporting emerging talent and inspiring our customers to wear classic American styles.
We're thrilled to have the opportunity to support some of America's finest talent and to work with them to reinterpret that most iconic of wardrobe essentials - the classic white shirt," said Gary Muto, President of Gap Adult.
This marks the second year of Gap Design Editions, a limited edition collection specially designed for Gap by the winners of the annual Fashion Fund competition.
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The designer of Finnair's new uniforms has been chosen as Ritva-Liisa Pohjalainen, who is behind the well-known Finnish Ril's women's clothing brand.
Pohjalainen participated in a competition organized by Finnair between several invited top Finnish designers.
The quality of entries was exceptionally high and the scope of contributed ideas was refreshingly wide.
The starting point for the design of Finnair's new service uniforms was that the new image should be in line with the factors behind the success of the Finnair brand, especially freshness and "Finnishness", as well as in harmony with the planned new cabin appearance.
Ritva-Liisa Pohjalainen, known and awarded for the timeless elegance, clear lines and modern ideas of her designs, was judged to have achieved these aims most successfully.
Her experience and the practical demands of service uniforms were considered by the judges in their choice.
"The strengths of Ritva-Liisa Pohjalainen's designs are regarded especially to be their adaptability and compatibility with the planned new appearance of Finnair aircraft passenger cabins as well as with the wider success factors," says Jarkko Konttinen, Head of Finnair's global marketing communications.
"In my competition design work, I truly immersed myself in Finnair's world and applied all my skills with all my professional ability," says Ritva-Liisa Pohjalainen.
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Inspired by Marimekko's fascinating and highly original pattern world, Mika Piirainen has designed a colourful and joyful collection which evokes fresh sea breezes and country cottages, as well as urban summers.
In the Dyyni pattern designed by Maija and Kristina Isola, the influence of the Memphis group of the 1980s can clearly be felt.
The curved forms of the pattern are repeated in the cuts of the clothes.
Maija Isola's Slavic-inspired Samovaari design from 1970 is both sturdy and decorative.
Isola's Omena pattern of small stylised apples (1956) adorns a fun, short trench coat, among other styles.
The restrained ornamentalism of Vuokko Eskolin- Nurmesniemi's Prenikka pattern is brought to the fore in beautifully made summer dresses.
A wide variety of summery accessories are also available; hats, scarves, bags, purses, sneakers, ballet slippers.
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