I went to do a talk today on the ethics of clothing, and had called it 'How clean are your clothes?' which I was told lead some to believe I was going to teach them how to do their washing. OK, so I did mention washing at 30C being better for the environment but I started with ethiscores from Ethical Consumer for the clothing shops they suggested, and discussed reasons for the low scores.

Jacket on view in Wardown Museum 2012

Then I talked about my Fashion and Textile Degree including the reversible Olympic jacket made to show the good and bad sides of the Games. 



I decided it was time I wore the dress and coat made from reclaimed fabrics as part of my final year projects - and found I had a jumper and tights (and hair!) that picked out the colour of a corduroy patch.

The dress and jacket modelled
in the college fashion show 2013

They were encouragingly positive about my fledgling business "Wild Angels" as, like those we researched while at college, older women don't want to be frumpy, but can't wear some of the stuff they may view with envious eyes in 'younger' shops! I should have had more stock made up - I might have sold more than the one t-shirt!