b-fair are getting ready for the spring/summer collection coming in at the end of febuary. So they thought they would treat all of the customers by doing a mad but wonderful 80% off sale.

You can get this fabulous Komodo dora dress for only £12 – BARGAIN!!!!!

This men’s jacket is only £9.99. It’s made from a mix of hemp and cotton. A great example of using more sustainable materials.

Here are two celebrities that are very into ethical fashion. Livia as we all know is doing the green carpet challenge. She is talking to Lily Cole who has a knitwear range at North Circular an ethical brand. Lily is wearing very fashionable organic leather trousers. She looks fabulous in them but then it helps her legs are super long!

Livia’s dress is a gorgeous colour. The designer Sara Shepherd originally British, she now lives and works in LA. She dislikes disposable fashion and wants to create designs that will last, she also follows the rules of producing her clothes to the ethical and sustainable standards.

Colin Firth has been nominated for an Oscar ! The biggest of big rad carpet awards. I can not wait to see what Livia’s outfit will be : )

You can now buy Emma Watson’s wonderful ethical range on People Tree’s website. I’ve picked a few of my favourite’s and thought I’d show you them all : )

I love the little hot pant shorts, they will be fabulous for the summer. You can team them with soooo much, a simple vest top or dress them up with a pretty foral or glittery top and team with a blazer and pumps to finish the look.

The second picture I chose I adore all the items! The badge on the blazer is a separate purchase so you can have the blazer plain, but the badge is quirky!!

The logo is great and will get people attention.

Another great pert to this range is the price, all very reasonable. The shorts only £28, the blazer £65 and the badge £14.

Here is the beautiful Livia in dress number 2. It’s made by US designer Casey Larkin’s label, Mr Larkin. The fabulous part is its  made from milk fibre!!!!

Disaster – Imagine your a few hours from attending an awards ceremony (or just a big night out for the less famous of us!) and you find your dress has been altered but it doesn’t fit? Oh no it has been altered wrong ! Eek what do you do ? Well if your Livia you use your status and get a top director’s tailor to come to the rescue. Livia found herself in the above situation when she was getting ready Screen Actors Guild awards. She had wanted the dress altered because it was originally a low cut dress but somehow in the mix of it all, it hadn’t quite gone to plan. Luckily all was well and she got to go to the ball…..

Here ’s the little bit about the interesting part…..Milk fibre is a sustainable fibre. The fibre is milk casein protein and spun into yarn. Apparently it’s super soft, I can’t wait to be able to feel that. I find that my organic cotton tees are sooooo soft, so I could imagine how this would feel against the skin. Designer Casey Larkin also uses vintage sequins and trimmings to costumize the dresses. It’s great to know that there are designers that are ethical aware out there, I think they need to shout louder and let everyone know.

Livia accessorised her fabulous dress with Stella McCartney ethical shoes which are super pretty and a gold handbag which is made from non-leather materials and hand embroidered, vegan and eco friendly.  She was originally going to be using her Luciana clutch made from can ring pulls, it’s beautiful but the gold would have clashed !! not something you can have on the red carpet.  Her jewellery are vintage pieces.

Colin  Firth (Livia’s husband) has been nominated for best actor at the BAFTA’s. All awards are great but the BAFTA’s are the biggy. So this will no doubt be a dress to go all out on. What will it be this time vintage, upcycled or sustainable fabric ??? What ever Livia decides I am sure it will be beautiful.

Livia’s first dress is a re-purposed Christiana Couture wedding dress. Here she is wearing it with a a simple black fabric belt and it is suddenly transformed from a wedding gown to a beautiful and very appropriate dress for the red carpet.

I can’t wait to see what is next : )

Livia has set herself an amazing challenge for the awards season. She is currently the creative director of Eco an ethical  and sustainable boutique on Chiswick High Road in London, so being ‘green’ is something she is already associated with.

Her challange is to dress only in ethical fashion clothes for all her trips to the red carpet.

I’ve had a little search and here are a few possibilities I would choice if i was the lucky one on the red carpet!

Here I have picked a dress made by Minna – it’s made from Scottish lace and fair trade silk dress, the shoes are made by beyond skin, both the necklace and earrings are made by Fifi Bijoux and the tights (always good in the cold weather) are made by Sternlein.  However if I was feeling a little daring I would lose the tights and have lovely red lips to match the red strap in the shoes.

I found that there are more designers out there that are creating ethical dresses for example – eco gowns by Leila Hafzi. The dress is a beautiful creation and would look fabulous on the red carpet.

I had previously seen that Emma Watson best known for playing Hermoine Granger in the Harry Potter Films, has been helping People tree come up with a younger influenced clothes range. It has been on people tree’s website for a while but a few sneaky picture of the new range has been released.  The clothes look simple and easy to wear casually and then with a few accessories can be dressy. I especially love the waistcoat she is wearing in one of picture. (make mental note to self to buy in February when range is online and in shops)

Also on people tree’s website www.peopletree.co.uk you can send Emma Watson a video with a question on Fair Trade fashion!

Hopefully this will get more young people interested in the ethical and fair trade fashion world : )

Hello all,

There are still loads of sales on many ethical and fair trade clothing websites, here is a list of a few with big discounts -

www.peopletree.co.uk – Upto 75% off and more things added to the sale.

www.fashion-conscience.com – Upto 70% off

www.b-fair.co.uk – Upto 50% off and everything on their website is in the sale

www.ascensiononline.com – Upto 50% off

www.nomadsclothing.com – Upto 50% off

www.bibico.co.uk – Everthing on their site is in the sale

There are many more ethical and fair trade clothing website, the choice is becoming more widespread. What fabulous news : )

The top in this post can be found at www.ascensiononline.com- It’s by Stewart+Brown it was £75 its now only £37.5o – bargain i’ll say !!!

As I’m freezing whilst writing this I feel it’s most appriorate for me to start my bargain finds off with a cosy jacket.

I found this lovely and very warm looking jacket on www.peopletree.co.uk.

Was £150 now only £75

Brucey bargain No.1

Next up is a fabulous party dress by one of my fave ethical designers – Annie Greenabelle.

Visit www.ascensiononline.co.uk

to get your hands on this bargain.

Was £59.00 Now £29.50

Brucey bargain No.2

The last bargain find for today is a wool shrug. It’s another item to keep you warmer in this cold weather. (I’m UK based, it’s seems like it’s always cold here!!

Made by Ciel from alpaca wool this lovely shrug will certainly be keeping you warm and cosy.  Can be purcahsed on www.b-fair.co.uk

Was £159 Now £79.50

Brucey bargain No.3

Sorry guys haven’t posted anything for a while. Busy December! Lot’s of celebration – my birthday, another year older! Christmas and the most recent of all New Year’s.

Happy New Year to everyone reading this : )

I’m excited say that I have 2 new additions to my ethical wardrobe.  Firstly I have the Po Zu ankle boots I did a post on previously. They are the warmest pair of boots ever!!!!! I will be using the coconut fibre shoe box as it is intended - a plant tray, what I will be planting is unknown to me yet. I’ll keep you informed on my choice once I’ve made it and the progression of the seeds too.

The second item is a jumper dress from Ciel. It’s made from alpaca wool. It looks fab on and keep me nice and warm in this horrible weather. (it’s snowing here!!!!)

Shortly I will be checking out the sales online, i’ll post what I think are the bruciest bargains around!

In the mean time check out www.b-fair.co.uk everything is in the sale and many thing are 50% off.

I’ll be back soon with my brucey bargains : )