Our Founder Jo Salter was asked to comment on an announcement by fashion chain New Look that they intend to cut prices in an attempt to recover their financial losses. New Look is wrong to slash its prices – consumers want to buy ethically, not cheaply Following drastic financial results New Look announced yesterday that …
Where Does It Come From? founder Jo Salter interviewed by BBC Look East (May 2018) on running an ethical business and gender diversity issues.
By Jo Salter, Founder of Where Does It Come From? Transparency in Fashion – the Buzzword at Copenhagen Fashion Summit It seems that the latest trend in fashion is transparency – knowing where your clothes came from and how they were made. As Stephanie Klotz recently announced in Sustainable Brands ‘Transparency has become a bit of a buzzword …
Nostalgia – Caryn Franklin and the Clothes Show Sunday afternoons in front of ‘The Clothes Show’ hosted by Caryn Franklin were a regular part of my teenage weekends. Surprisingly, not least to me, I have ended up working and campaigning in the Clothing Industry so when I heard Caryn was coming to my home town …
by Jo Salter, Founder Where Does It Come From? On Saturday 28th April a group of almost 30 ethical brands got together at the Museum of Brands in Ladbroke Grove, London for our event ‘Ethical Brands for Fashion Revolution’. Their mission – to show customers that there are clothing and fashion brands in the UK who CAN …
On 24th April it will be the fifth anniversary of the Rana Plaza Factory disaster, in which 1138 garment workers were killed when their unsafe factory collapsed. Many more were injured and countless lives were affected. This disaster triggered a huge response from consumers and from the fashion industry. Fashion Revolution was set up by leading fashionistas …
by Jo SalterFounder, Where Does It Come From? Plastic and its overabundance is a hot topic at the moment. From single use plastics like straws and coffee cups to plastic particles in the air we breathe, our seas and our food chain, it seems that the world has woken up to just how much plastic has …
The Plastic in Our Clothes – Is it a Plasticky Catastophe? Read More »
As part of our mission to run as a sustainable and ethical business, we are aiming to be as plastic free as possible. This is a challenging task and an ongoing journey but the benefits for ourselves and the planet will be enormous. 1. Our production methods are totally plastic free. Our cotton is spun …
by Jo Salter Founder Where Does It Come From? When I talk to people about shopping and living ethically (and I do this a lot), a common response is that being ethical is just too complicated, too difficult and too expensive for them to take it on. This saddens me because being ethical is easy – …
Fairtrade Fortnight 2018 Fairtrade Fortnight 2018 kicked off on Monday! Over the two weeks there’ll be a huge number of events designed to promote and encourage the use of Fairtrade products such as chocolate (yum), cotton, fruit, spices, tea, coffee and many many more. But what is Fairtrade and why does it matter? What is …