Fair Trade Fortnight - Day 5

Back to the plum Monkee Genes cords today, with a white Bishopston shirt, red Nomads cardigan lined with print fabric, red Conker bar sandals, red Elvis and Kresse belt from recycled fire-hose, ear-rings from Covent Garden and an angel necklace from UKUnicorns.

Bishopston Trading Company closed down after 28years of working with the village of K V Kuppam in South India creating employment in weaving and sewing. However by then all of the workers children and been educated and many gone on to higher education, no longer wanting work in weaving or tailoring, Coupled with that we ethical purchasers in the UK were buying less. Fair Trade Fabric sold Bishopston cloth by the metre but fortunately have managed to find alternative suppliers so we sewers still have that ethical source of lovely cotton fabric in wonderful colours.

Conker Shoes website says: Conker Shoes has always been a small friendly business with a strong ethos of fair trade. Each pair of shoes is individually made especially for you.
While they may look pricey (they were about half this price when I bought mine) they really do last 'forever'. They will resole and repair - but mine have not needed it yet.