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Garments speak about ourselves. But not about the child labor and the poor remuneraon of those working in industry, about the amount of texle waste that we generate each year, about the millions of tons of water, inseccides and herbicides necessary for the culvaon of raw materials. Seven organizaons from all over Europe knit their way towards improving the living of the fashion industry workers and reducing the impact on the Planet! Over 40 European designers have joined the race to dress up people without stripping down other Human Beings or the Nature! Here we are aer two years of exploraon! Organic coon, ax, hemp, silk, recovered garments, accessories from waste and many other alternave materials represent our combat instruments for a more Ethic and environmental fashion industry that nevertheless connues to be Chic. The Chic & Ethic project has been iniated in September 2009 by the Associaon Reper 21, in partnership with Fair Trade Hellas (Greece), Training 2000 (Italy), Kaunas Vocaonal Training Centre for Service Business Specialists (Lithuania), The College of Enterprise and Administraon in Lublin (Poland), The Adult Educaon Centres Directorate of Buca District (Turkey) and Pacicstream (UK). The project is being nanced through the Grundtvig Program of the European Commission.

Fair Trade Hellas

Fair Trade Hellas is a non prot, non governmental organizaon founded in June 2004 with the aim to promote the fair trade movement and ethical consuming in Greece, together with the provision of products from small producers in poor countries. We have been members of the World Fair Trade Organizaon WFTO (www.wo.com) since 2008. On the 16th of March 2006 Fair Trade Hellas opened the rst non-prot fair trade worldshop in Greece, in the very center of Athens. www.fairtrade.gr

Chic & Ethic Greece For ACT-CREATE-REUSE!

The group of people of the Greek team consists of fashion lovers and professional clothes designers. Our garments are either re-used or up-cycled. The collecons main theme is climate change. The umbrella has been used as a symbol to suggest we should all re-use and adopt sustainable consuming methods. The up-cycled materials that we have mostly ulized are plasc bags, broken umbrellas, old and second hand clothes, used shoes and other handmade accessories.

Training 2000

TRAINING 2000 - ITALY is a VET organizaon in adults training operang in the Marche Region in the domain of apprenceship and skills development for social integraon and employment. The areas of training are related to sustainable jobs in mountain communies, green jobs, texle and fashion, environment, water and waste management, bio food, inclusion and support to diversity.At the EU level, it has been parcipang in LLP programmes since 1994. Internal sta are also EU experts in innovave methodologies in teaching and training blended-learning. www.training2000.it

Chic & Ethic Italy For RECYCLED MATERIALS!

The proposed collecons - bathing suits, trousers, patchwork jacket, stripped pants, V-neck sweater - are made with natural, used and various recycled materials. Yarns are made using bres obtained from recycling old clothes or from scraps taken from clothing industries, both new and second hand. Recycled materials are produced by industries in Prato and OMMY srl in Pesaro.

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Kaunas Vocational Training Centre for Service Business Specialists

Kaunas Vocaonal Training Centre for Service Business Specialists is an acve parcipant of vocaonal training reform and internaonal projects which prepare youth for European partnership. Since its opening in 1944 the Centre has deserved the name of a reliable and ecient educaonal instuon not only among the students, but also partners as well. Our biggest asset is people: the ones who study, teach, care so that everyone could feel cozy and warm, and sustain our presge. We strive for high quality development of vocaonal training services educang service business specialists. www.kaupa.lt

Chic & Ethic Lithuania For FLAX!

In Lithuania ax has been produced for 4000 years. The old tradion and the sustainability of the material determined the Lithuanian designers to choose ecological ax fabric for their collecon. The challenge? How to get dierent mood clothes by decorang same construcon ax dresses. For decoraon we used ax fabric cungs processed by Chenille technique and old plasc bags reclaimed for producing shoes. The main colors of our collecon are natural grizzly ax shadings.

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The College of Enterprise and Administration in Lublin

The College of Enterprise and Administraon in Lublin (WSPA) was founded in 1998. Our educaon oer includes two facules: The Faculty of Social Sciences and The Faculty of Economic and Technical Sciences. We have approximately 3500 students in the Bachelors, Masters and postgraduate programmes. WSPA parcipates in various projects nanced by the EU Structural Funds and projects of Lifelong Learning Programme and has bilateral agreements with universies and other higher educaon instuons. The Chic & Ethic project is a great chance for our students to become closer to sustainable texle sector and going green in their day-by-day life.

Chic & Ethic Poland For LINEN, RETRO & FOLK!

Our Polish team consists of both profesionals and passionate amateurs, who perceive sewing as hobby as well as their creave profession. The collecon is made of recycled items and also brand new natural linen fabrics, with a hint of folk and retro style. Using linen in most of our designs we would like to underline a typical Polish character of our works.

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European Association for the Promotion of a Responsible Economy

REPER21 European Association for the Promotion of a Responsible Economy

Founded in 2006, REPER21 a non-governmental and non-prot organizaon - aims to promote sustainable development at EU and naonal levels. Our values? 3*E: (economic) Eciency, (social) Equity, (environmental) Equilibrium. Our instruments? Arsc approaches, informal and non-formal learning, in-situ experiences, but also internaonal sustainable development and CSR frameworks and tools. www.reper21.ro.

Chic & Ethic Romania For NATURAL SILK!

Natural handmade silk is produced in Romania only by a handful of movated people. We have found one of them Ms.Niculescu who is culvang, weaving and colouring silk in her backyard nearby Bucharest. Ms.Niculescu inspired the Romanian designers to create a trans-seasonal, natural silk collecon endowed with accessories made from natural elements and with silk and waste garments shoes.

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Buca Public Educational Center

Buca Public Educaonal Center is a governmental instuon for 7 to 70 year-old learners. We give vocaonal, literacy and general courses. Nearly 500 teachers, 1500 courses and 20.000 learners take place in our instuon each year. Texles and fashion are amongst our top educaonal priories. www.bucahalkegim.com

Chic & Ethic Turkey For NATURAL COTTON!

The Turkish group, composed of professional clothes designers, is passionate by ethic fashion. Our garments are all made of natural coon fabrics, natural beads and leather. Our collecons main theme is Blown Leaves that symbolizes the nature renewing and oering itself to us. We pay aenon both to the quality and smartness of the garments so that they can be sustainable and chic. Our moo is Be Chic and Ethic!

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Pacificstream

Pacicstream Enterprise Soluons Community Interest Company is a social enterprise established with the core purpose of supporng new and exisng entrepreneurs via a range of high quality business support services including advice, guidance, training, mentoring, coaching and business incubaon. Pacicstream has a strong focus on sustainability and the Chic and Ethic project provided the opportunity to encourage designers from the NW of England to promote and work towards a sustainable future for fashion. www.pacicstream.info

Chic & Ethic UK For WASTE FASHION!

The collecon is a result of a group of designers from the North West of England researching into innovave sustainable fashion. They have been able to use the Chic and Ethic networking and collaborave approach of the project to share ideas, informaon and also develop valuable links with other designers. By organising workshops and taking part in the Design Show, Liverpool the group has been able to promote the ethical fashion message.

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Andra Clitan andraclitan@hotmail.com Eugenia Ghita ghita.eugenia@gmail.com Mariana Marin ama.handmade@gmail.com Ecaterina Nedelcu katerina.nedelcu@yahoo.com Silviana Spiridon silviana_spiridon@yahoo.com Claudia Veehividangan art.skepsis@gmail.com

Remo Pugliese pugliese.remo@gmail.com Silvia De Carolis jeja.silvia@hotmail.it Federica Fermanelli federicaferm@gmail.com Lorenzo Talevi t.lorenzo@nuovasartoria.it Omar Moro omar@ommysrl.it Marna Fiacconi acconi.marna@live.it

Sandra-Odee Kypriotaki sandra.odee.k@gmail.com Athina Apostolopoulou constellaon_iris@hotmail.com Stella Parascha styliani.p@gmail.com Marina Volio vertebrae32@yahoo.co.uk Giota Tachtara giota.tachtara@gmail.com Dimitra Maroussakis demetra_maroussakis@yahoo.com

Dale Visockien dale_visockiene@yahoo.com Irena ineviien irena.zineviciene@gmail.com Jolanta Valiulien kirpimosk@gmail.com Valerija Godvaiien valerija.godvaisiene@kaupa.lt Rta Urbelien ruturb@gmail.com Jrat Jocien kosmeka@ktpvm.lt

Serap PEK serap.ipek@hotmail.com eniz GNER TANIK seniztanik@hotmail.com Nevin YILDIRIM ilaynev@gmail.com Berrin KARADA karadagberrin@hotmail.com Arzu KAYALI lady--arzu@hotmail.com Sabahat MER sabahamer@hotmail.com

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Stanisawa Marciniak marbasik@wp.pl Katarzyna Rumniak Katarzyna Woch Elbieta Szmyrgao elaszmyrgallo@o2.pl Joanna Kulig huanalama@wp.pl Karolina Eer xcaroline@o2.pl

Beccy Williams beccywilliams@yahoo.co.uk Sophie Bland blandclothing@googlemail.com Sara Li-Chou Han han_sara@hotmail.com Ally Burr allyburr@hotmail.com Alice Brierley alicebrierley@googlemail.com Kenneth McClure studio@kennethmcclure.com Karen Thompson kazzobermo@hotmail.com Janice Egerton egertoj@hope.ac.uk Dino Soteriou soterid@hope.ac.uk Julie James-Turner juliejamesturner@hotmail.co.uk

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