The Fairtrade fashion show, held at the Elgiva on March 5th 2009, kicked off with a screening of the film China Blue, which gave an insight into the appalling conditions in which the jeans in our high street shops are made.
Shed@ThePark, Chesham's inclusive theatre company, started the second half of the evening with a performance of a song they had written especially for the event.
This was followed by the catwalk show of fairtrade and ethical fashions, and included dancing from Sarby and DFL's hiphop dance group.
Menswear was all from Steve Redgrave's Five G collection in Fairtrade cotton for Debenhams. Womenswear featured clothing from Traidcraft, People Tree and Komodo collections, and also included accessories from our local Oxfam, plus a few one-off pieces from Junky Styling, a small London-based company that makes individual pieces out of items from Oxfam's Wastesaver recycling plant, which are then sold in the Oxfam boutiques in London.
Most of the People Tree clothing in the fashion show was from last year's collection and will be available in Chesham's Oxfam while stocks last; other items are available from www.peopletree.co.uk, and from www.oxfam.co.uk. Komodo dresses are available online from www.komodo.co.uk, www.adili.com, and www.bochica.co.uk.
Traidcraft items are available by mail order through their catalogue, or online from www.traidcraftshop.co.uk.
The photos below show all the clothes featured on the night, with details of where you can buy them, so even if you missed the event, you can share the fun!
Photos by Chris Short and Hector Maclean.
From left: Basque by Junky Styling; jeans by Ascension from www.adili.com.
Fairtrade cotton polo shirt, brown cargo trousers: both from Five G collection at Debenhams.
Khaki mock v-neck T-shirt, 3/4 length cropped trousers: Five G collection.
Junky Styling halter-neck top; People Tree cotton trousers from Oxfam in Chesham.
(Left) Cream linen trousers, brown vest in 95% cotton (certified Fairtrade organic) with 5% elastane, cream crochet cotton cardigan accessorized with smoky glass bead necklace and suede clutch bag. All from Traidcraft.
(Right) On left: People Tree cotton jersey dress with poplin neckband and cuffs, available online from People Tree and Oxfam, accessorized with bag and belt from Chesham's Oxfam. On right: Traidcraft striped cotton trousers and gathered printed top in lightweight cotton jersey.
On left: White linen shirt and grassy green necklaces from Traidcraft, belt from Chesham's Oxfam. Centre: Aqua stripe T-shirt and palm leaf basket from Traidcraft, black trousers from PeopleTree, chunky blue necklace by Kazuri, available online from Oxfam. On right: Eco-white organic cotton short-sleeve T-shirt, long-line grey cardi and black trousers all by People Tree and available at Chesham's Oxfam. The T-shirt, also in blue, black and rose can also be ordered online from Oxfam. Grey beads disc necklace from Traidcraft.
Taupe cargo trousers and khaki pique long-sleeve top from Debenham's Five G collection. Viscose dress by Komodo.
(Above right) Black drape-front dress in organic cotton and elastane mix jersey, from the People Tree designer collection. Blue striped crew-neck cotton sweater and regular-fit black jeans fom Five G collection.
People Tree dress in organic cotton screen-printed by hand in India, available from Chesham's Oxfam.
Navy cargo trousers and pink bobby-striped short-sleeve shirt with button down collar: Five G collection.
(Left) Yellow printed cotton dress with brown piping, by Komodo and available from www.adili.com. Natural-coloured flat-front trousers and textured pink check short-sleeve shirt from Five G collection.
(Right) Yellow mock v-neck T shirt and relaxed fit brown-tint denim jeans from Five G collection.
Waspie belt by Junky Styling for Oxfam Boutiques worn with black dress from Chesham's Oxfam. On right: People Tree dress in green cotton with grey polka dots, available online from Oxfam. Teardrop pendant from Traidcraft.
(Left) Regular-fit light-wash denim jeans and blue striped funnel-neck jumper from Five G collection.
(Right) 'Vanilla' dress by Komodo in printed cotton seersucker. Available online from www.adili.com and www.komodo.co.uk.
(Left) Relaxed-fit indigo denim jeans and self-textured short-sleeve shirt from Five G.
(Right) Flat-front black trousers in herring-bone weave cotton and blue dobby-stripe long-sleeve shirt with button-down collar from Five G.
(Left) 'Hoss' dress by Komodo in soya jersey with print yoke and waistband, available in this and other colours from adili.com and bochica.co.uk.
(Right) Khaki swing jacket and pleated Freya top available while stocks last at Chesham's Oxfam or from www.oxfam.org.uk/shop
(Left) People Tree smock dress in lightweight cotton with hand-embroidered front panels, available from Chesham's Oxfam.
(Right) Raspberry V-neck T-shirt in organic cotton, black linen trousers and pink stripe phulia scarf handwoven in silk and cotton, all from Traidcraft.
(Left) Pink cotton 'Dora' dress from Komodo with shirred back panel and adjustable straps, available online from bochica.co.uk.
(Right) Blue printed organic cotton poplin skirt and Freya top by People Tree, from Chesham's Oxfam; blue and grey tubular bead necklace from Traidcraft.
(Left) People Tree printed tunic top in sheer handwoven silk and cotton mix.