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G������ ������: Claudia Tache-Veethividangan (Art&Skepsis)I������������ ��� �����: Eugenia Ghiță

R������Ana-Maria Pălăduş ana.paladus@reper21.rog

I���� Kylene De Angelis training2000@training2000.it

L�������� Andriejus Mun�anas andriejus.mun�anas@kaupa.lt Sigita Maciulai�ene sigita@medziotojai.lt

P����� Barbara Zdrojewska b.zdrojewska@wspa.pl

G����� Fay Orfanidou volunteers@fairtrade.gr

T����� Menekşe YILDIZ yildizmenekse@yahoo.com

U����� K������Roy Jones roy@pacificstream.info

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Garments speak about ourselves. But not about the child labor and the poor remunera�on of those working in industry, about the amount of tex�le waste that we generate each year, about the millions of tons of water, insec�cides and herbicides necessary for the cul�va�on of raw materials.

Seven organiza�ons 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 a�er two years of explora�on!

Organic co�on, flax, hemp, silk, recovered garments, accessories from waste and many other alterna�ve materials represent our combat instruments for a more Ethic and environmental fashion industry that nevertheless con�nues to be Chic.

The “Chic & Ethic” project has been ini�ated in September 2009 by the Reper 21 Network, in partnership with Fair Trade Hellas (Greece), Training 2000 (Italy), Kaunas Voca�onal Training Centre for Service Business Specialists (Lithuania), The College of Enterprise and Administra�on in Lublin (Poland), The Adult Educa�on Centre’s Directorate of Buca District (Turkey) and Pacificstream (UK).The project is being financed through the Grundtvig Program of the European Commission.

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Fair Trade Hellas Fair Trade Hellas is a non profit, non governmental organiza�on 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 Organiza�on WFTO (www.w�o.com) since 2008. On the 16th of March 2006 Fair Trade Hellas opened the first non-profit 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 collec�on’s 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 u�lized are plas�c bags, broken umbrellas, old and second hand clothes, used shoes and other handmade accessories.

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Training 2000TRAINING 2000 - ITALY is a VET organiza�on in adults training opera�ng in the Marche Region in the domain of appren�ceship and skills development for social integra�on and employment. The areas of training are related to sustainable jobs in mountain communi�es, green jobs, tex�le and fashion, environment, water and waste manage-ment, bio food, inclusion and support to diversity.At the EU level, it has been par�cipa�ng in LLP programmes since 1994. Internal staff are also EU experts in innova�ve methodologies in teaching and training – blended-learning.

www.training2000.it

Chic & Ethic Italy – For RECYCLED MATERIALS!The proposed collec�ons - bathing suits, trousers, patchwork jacket, stripped pants, V-neck sweater - are made with natural, used and various recycled materials. Yarns are made using fibres 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 SpecialistsKaunas Voca�onal Training Centre for Service Business Specialists is an ac�ve par�cipant of voca�onal training reform and interna�onal projects which prepare youth for European partnership. Since its opening in 1944 the Centre has deserved the name of a reliable and efficient educa�onal ins�tu�on 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 pres�ge. We strive for high quality development of voca�onal training services educa�ng service business specialists.

www.kaupa.lt

Chic & Ethic Lithuania – For FLAX!In Lithuania flax has been produced for 4000 years. The old tradi�on and the sustainability of the material determined the Lithuanian designers to choose ecological flax fabric for their collec�on. The challenge? How to get different mood clothes by decora�ng same construc�on flax dresses. For decora�on we used flax fabric cu�ngs processed by Chenille technique and old plas�c bags reclaimed for producing shoes. The main colors of our collec�on are natural grizzly flax shadings.

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The College of Enterprise and Administration in LublinThe College of Enterprise and Administra�on in Lublin (WSPA) was founded in 1998. Our educa�on offer includes two facul�es: The Faculty of Social Sciences and The Faculty of Economic and Technical Sciences. We have approximately 3500 students in the Bachelor’s, Master’s and postgraduate programmes. WSPA par�cipates in various projects financed by the EU Structural Funds and projects of Lifelong Learning Programme and has bilateral agreements with universi�es and other higher educa�on ins�tu�ons. The Chic & Ethic project is a great chance for our students to become closer to sustainable tex�le 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 crea�ve profession. The collec�on 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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REPER21 – European Network for the Promotion of a Responsible EconomyFounded in 2006, REPER21 – a non-governmental and non-profit organiza�on - aims to promote sustainable development at EU and na�onal levels. Our values? ‘3*E’: (economic) Efficiency, (social) Equity, (environmen-tal) Equilibrium. Our instruments? Ar�s�c approaches, informal and non-formal learning, in-situ experiences, but also interna�onal 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 mo�vated people. We have found one of them – Ms.Niculescu – who is cul�va�ng, weaving and colouring silk in her backyard nearby Bucharest. Ms.Niculescu inspired the Romanian designers to create a trans-seasonal, natural silk collec�on endowed with accessories made from natural elements and with silk and waste garments shoes.

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Buca Public Educational CenterBuca Public Educa�onal Center is a governmental ins�tu�on for 7 to 70 year-old learners. We give voca�onal, literacy and general courses. Nearly 500 teachers, 1500 courses and 20.000 learners take place in our ins�tu�on each year. Tex�les and fashion are amongst our top educa�onal priori�es.

www.bucahalkegi�m.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 co�on fabrics, natural beads and leather. Our collec�on’s main theme is ‘Blown Leaves’ that symbolizes the nature renewing and offering itself to us. We pay a�en�on both to the quality and smartness of the garments so that they can be sustainable and chic. Our mo�o is ‘Be Chic and Ethic’!

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PacificstreamPacificstream Enterprise Solu�ons Community Interest Company is a social enterprise established with the core purpose of suppor�ng new and exis�ng entrepreneurs via a range of high quality business support services including advice, guidance, training, mentoring, coaching and business incuba�on. Pacificstream 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.pacificstream.info

Chic & Ethic UK – For WASTE FASHION!The collec�on is a result of a group of designers from the North West of England researching into innova�ve sustainable fashion. They have been able to use the Chic and Ethic networking and collabora�ve approach of the project to share ideas, informa�on and also develop valu-able 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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R������Andra Clitan andraclitan@hotmail.comEugenia Ghita ghita.eugenia@gmail.comMariana Marin ama.handmade@gmail.comEcaterina Nedelcu katerina.nedelcu@yahoo.comSilviana Spiridon silviana_spiridon@yahoo.comClaudia Veehividangan art.skepsis@gmail.com

I���� 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 Mar�na Fiacconi fiacconi.mar�na@live.it

L�������� Dale Visockienė dale_visockiene@yahoo.com Irena Žinevičienė irena.zineviciene@gmail.com Jolanta Valiulienė kirpimosk@gmail.com Valerija Godvaišienė valerija.godvaisiene@kaupa.lt Rūta Urbelienė ruturb@gmail.com Jūratė Jocienė kosme�ka@ktpvm.lt

P����� Stanisława Marciniak marbasik@wp.pl Katarzyna Rumniak Katarzyna Woch Elżbieta Szmyrgałło elaszmyrgallo@o2.pl Joanna Kulig huanalama@wp.pl Karolina Efler xcaroline@o2.pl

G����� Sandra-Ode�e Kypriotaki

sandra.ode�e.k@gmail.com Athina Apostolopoulou

constella�on_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

T����� Serap İPEK serap.ipek@hotmail.com Şeniz GÜNER TANIK seniztanik@hotmail.com Nevin YILDIRIM ilaynev@gmail.com Berrin KARADAĞ karadagberrin@hotmail.com Arzu KAYALI lady--arzu@hotmail.com Sabahat İMER sabaha�mer@hotmail.com

U����� K������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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