csmonitor.com - 2/10/2009
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A fashion movement asks consumers to think about the origin and materials of their clothes. By Tim Holt | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor from the February 10, 2009 edition The Slow Fashion/Slow Clothing movement is a patchwork of the old and the new. It borrows heavily from Slow ...
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Revisiting “Slow Clothing” and “Jewish Farming”
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... Yours truly is having a media blitz this week (ok, a very, very small blitz). First, there’s a Christian Science Monitor piece on the “Slow Fashion/Slow Clothing” movement, which apparently, I invented. I never invented anything before, so that seems cool to me. It was one of my very first published pieces. I’ve been meaning to write something revisiting the question of how to dress ethically, so maybe this will be the kick in the behind that I need. My family just thinks it is funny that my name is associated with the word ...
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... returning. (In September 2008 I attended the WEFT - World Eco Fibres and Textiles - forum in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, the aim of which is to conserve and encourage the use of natural, sustainable material in the creation of arts and crafts, and to promote knowledge on the use of natural fibres and dye. That was where the Nga ceremony at Rumah Garie fitted into my study of natural dyes.) The challenges are not specific to Europe. Susan Fell-McLean, Euroa-Gazette (3 February 2009) Is the time right for Slow Fashion? Tim Holt, Christian Science Monitor The Slow Fashion/Slow ...
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