Why are London Underground staff not cheering through the Tannoy? Black and white, do we feel like we are walking taller? (I certainly feel 5cm taller, and it’s not my heeled winter boots). Why is there not a sense of Christmas and spontaneous, happy chatter amongst passengers on the commute into work? It is because we realize that, however good a leader, change has to come from us too? A sobering thought on a grey morning in London.
It’s an unusually warm evening for mid-October and even though everyone in Tokyo is layered and booted, I’m bare armed in my Bora Aksu organic cotton drape top when I arrive at Mihara Yasuhiro’s office / studio / exhibition (oh, how I wish People Tree had such a lovely, big space in Tokyo!)
‘By Hand’ – the Fair Trade Fashion Agenda – you can buy it for for £5!
Phew! Last week was a busy one. To start with it was London Fashion Week and People Tree were there showcasing our Spring/Summer 2009 collection. Sorry, I can’t show you the clothes just yet but believe me it will be worth the wait! Just have a read what two fashion journalists thought about the collection…
The British Fashion Council have long taken a stand on size 0 models, but without other key fashion capitals falling in line London can’t do more to regulate against this unhealthy trend.
Here’s an interview from Bombolulu Workshops on my recent visit to Kenya where they had just finished the Sam Ubhi for People Tree collection for AW08. Life is hard in Kenya and just before I arrived the Bombolulu van had been hijacked. Since the down turn of events in January things are holding up but with tourists few and far between life is tough and unemployment is at it’s highest in Mombassa and tourist resorts.
Liz Jones, Fashion Editor at Large of the Daily Mail, joined me in Bangladesh to see some of our amazing clothes being produced and witness the organic cotton harvest. You can read Liz’s account from YOU magazine at the Mail online
What? Only 1 in 8 British children have been to the British seaside?
Murakami Ryu is one of my favourite writers so what a pleasure to be able to meet him when I appeared on Cambria Kyuden which aired on Tokyo TV this week. The co-presenter is so gorgeous she makes me feel like a “blob”!
What’s the talk surrounding this year’s G8 Summit in Toyko, Japan? It’s been all about the global economy, all about global food shortages, all about climate change…
People tree photoshoot in the autumn sunshine
We finished the lookbook shoot for 2012 SS, Summer edition and AW in Japan last month….
London St Pauls protest can stay until New Year!
People Tree reports from St Pauls – watch + share the film
The most perfect day at the beach this year – Japan
Hosted by lovely eco-lodge Villa Shirahama, up at 5 to shoot next Spring’s Collection in Izu
autumn/winter 2010
bangladesh
bora aksu
christmas
embroidery
emma watson
emma watson collection
environment
fair trade
fair trade accessories
fair trade clothing
fair trade dresses
fair trade fashion
fair trade fashion show
fair trade jewellery
fair trade producers
fashion show
fashion trends
festivals
hand knitted
hand made
hand woven
jo wood organics
karen nicol
knitwear
knitwear
laura bailey
Menswear
organic
organic clothing
organic cotton
organic cotton clothing
organic kids
orla kiely
people tree
people tree japan
safia minney
sample sale
spring collection
stripes
summer collection
vintage
winter collection
world fair trade day
youth collection
