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Source Awards 2013: Sustainable Fashion London

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Carry Somers, pictured left, founder of Pachacuti, accepts her Source Award 2013 for Outstanding Contribution.

Picture from Twitter account @EthicalFashionF.

The Ethical Fashion Forum (EFF) announced the winners of the SOURCE Awards 2013 in London. The SOURCE Awards put the spotlight on the most innovative and inspirational businesses, individuals and initiatives in the fashion industry, from field to final product.
Winners were selected by an illustrious judging panel, including: Dolly Jones, editor of Vogue.co.uk; Brigitte Steppitus, Head of Couture at Vivienne Westwood; Summer Rayne Oakes, social activist, eco-model and co-founder of Source4Style; Amber Valletta, American supermodel and sustainable fashion spokesperson.

On Tuesday 3rd December, pioneering fashion businesses, press and key industry figures met at the House of Lords in London, for the 2013 SOURCE Awards Winner announcements, hosted by Baroness Lola Young, OBE and Founder of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Ethics and Sustainability.

Announcements were also updated live on twitter to the global fashion community, with the official hastag: #sourceawards.

Winners included Outstanding Contribution award winner Carry Somers, founder of Pachacuti and co-founder of Fashion Revolution Day. Raven + Lily won the Jewellery award, and personal favourite Footwear brand Coclico also won. To see the full list of all the 2013 winners and learn more about how the EFF supports sustainable fashion, please visit: http://source.ethicalfashionforum.com/article/about-the-awards

 

Written by Angela Wallace of Sasstainable

Angela Wallace is the founder and editor of www.sasstainable.ca, an expert voice on ethical luxury and sustainable lifestyle. In 2009, she was granted Ryerson University’s Top 30 Under 30 Alumni award, because of her work as a motivational speaker, when she inspired over 30,000 students across North America. In 2013, she completed her MSc in Environmental Management at the University of London, at the Centre for Development, Environment and Policy. Her passion for the environment grew out of her family’s rural property in Raglan, Ontario, now a designated Natural Heritage System area in the Ontario Greenbelt. She is a published writer, contributing articles to Women's Post, Toronto’s leading business magazine for women. She enjoys urban gardening, writing, fashion and yoga and currently lives in Toronto, Canada with her husband, Owen.

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