Last
night I attended the launch of Kate Fletcher (& Lynda Grose)’s new book,
Fashion and Sustainability: Design for Change. The event was held in The Carnaby Book Exchange in Kingly Court and included free refreshments, which
were much needed as temperatures soared.
Firstly,
the location was brilliant. I entered a little bemused, unaware what Carnaby
Book Exchange was, but delighted with it’s ceiling high shelves of books and
book wallpaper. In fact Carnaby Book Exchange is just what it says it is: a
book exchange. LCF students have organised the project so that people can swap
books for free, while leaving recommendations for others at the same time. If
only I knew before hand, there were some pretty good titles available ranging
from classic literature to obscure fashion and photography publications.
Location
aside, Fletcher and Lucy Orta (also launching her book Clouds/Nuages) took to
being interviewed by Patrick Laine (WWF) after an event introduction from Dilys
Williams (Centre for Sustainable Fashion). The interviews offered an insight
into the two books. I particularly liked the sound of the new models for
sustainable fashion on offer in Fletcher’s book along with the idea of offering
the word ‘citizens’ instead of ‘consumers’ to emphasise the opportunity/need
for people to take responsibility of their purchasing power.
At half
price the RRP I snapped up a copy of Fletcher’s book, while my friend opted for
Orta’s (artistic approach to recycling plastic bottles).
During
the evening I caught up with Dilys, who told me I was name-checked for Shed me Clothes by WGSN
during Copenhagen Fashion Week last week. I wanted to find out more, however
she was whisked away to speak to someone else.
Later that
evening I searched the internet for some further info and came across the
following LCF blog entry: LCF takes part in Copenhagen Fashion Summit. Take a
look, I was ‘singled out’.
New book
and name check. I had a very pleasant evening.
