STUDENT ACTION

Last week several student led initiatives highlighted ethical fashion in the UK and USA. UCL's fashion society, MODO, held a spectacular show with garments made from a variety of materials including Ikea bags, paperclips, photographs, newspaper and human hair, some wearable and some not so much! The designers were all students at UCL who make clothes in their spare time as part of the society. Sponsors included 10:10, TRAID, Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace. At NYU Stern, they held their annual "Think Social, Drink Local" event that included a fashion show with local designers and boutiques that focus on socially and environmentally sustainable techniques. The purpose of the event was to increase awareness of "green" fashion designers and companies such as Mociun , Bodkin andCmarchuska .