MY LIFE AWAY FROM WRITING

I sometimes do a bit of modelling. In September I did the Bristol's Organic Festival's Fashion Show.

We’ve all tried to keep up with the fashionable trend of eating organically, counting our carbon footprints, and keeping up with the forever unfolding ethics of holding global warming at bay.

But how about dressing organically? The Soil Association’s textile standards which was launched in February 2003, held an Organic Fashion Show at the fabulous Harbourside in Bristol. This event gave the public a chance to make up their minds about just how trendy this new wave of organic, ethical fashion is.

This long awaited event was one of the fashion highlights of the year, and was backed by famous labels like Katherine Hamnett, Aardalanish, Marks and Spencers, Del Forte, Bella Natura Nahuiollin Bags, Terra Plana Footwear just to name a few.

The Soil Association has found that the textile industry is one of the major polluters in the world, and has endeavoured to work towards creating an awareness, of how disastrously fatal the use of pesticide endosulfan is to the third world farmers.

Around a quarter of the world’s insecticides are used to grow conventional cotton, and ten percent of its pesticides, and at least 8,000 chemicals are used to turn raw material into clothes, towels, beddings and items which come in to close contact with our skins every day.

With the introduction of textile standards, we the public are provided with pertinent information about the history of the product we are buying, and weather it’s process of production was ethical or not. This allows us to make informed decisions about what we buy and ultimately what we wear.

This organic festival gave Bristol its very own Fashion Weekend. Click on link provided on blog for some pictures.

Bristol Organic Festival Pictures
Sorry, but you need to click through to find me as there are several pictures here

THE LONDON FASHION WEEK PICTURES, 2006. here

I'M MODELLING HOBBS. CASUAL IN DARK GREEN LONG COAT, FORMAL IN THAT LITTLE BLACK DRESS. LINE UP OF FINALISTS AND PATSY KENSIT.