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For all fashionistas, students and designers, anyone who has a passion for fashion will love this book.

The Sustainable Fashion Handbook - Sandy Black is set to become the definitive reference on all aspects of eco-fashion. Packed with authoritative features and facts, and inspiring images and ideas, it is dramatically more in-depth and comprehensive than any previous single publication on the subject. The book is divided into five thematic chapters covering every aspect of contemporary fashion from fashion cultures (from high street to blogosphere to couture), to the eco-footprint of the current resource-hungry and wasteful system, to the fashion business, employer of up to 40 million people worldwide.

FASHION FOR A PASSION: LOCAL CLIC SARGENT SHOP LAUNCHES EXCLUSIVE UPCYCLED FASHION LINE TO SUPPORT YOUNG CANCER PATIENTS

'Fix up Look Sharp' a new upcycled fashion range from Ruth Strugnall and Gemma Pope will be show-cased and officially launched at CLIC Sargent’s local charity shop Gloucester Road on 15^th August with a late night opening event.

This innovative exciting fashion line features upcycled pieces transformed from old shop donations.  The urban-chic pieces have been created by transforming duvet covers, bed sheets, curtains and other unwanted fabric scraps, all to raise money for children and young people with cancer.

Winter essentials from hummshop.com. Super warm winter clothing designed in England, hand made in Peru - 100% alpaca.Machu Pichu Mittens, long fingerless - keeps you really warm and looking great. www.hummshop.com

SilverTree Studio is a tiny business founded by Heather Andrews.Her hand-made in Scotland ethical jewellery offers intriguing combinations of silk and textiles, pearls and gemstones, frosted, polished and textured silver and bio-degradable plastic. www.silvertreestudio.co.uk