Welcome to our new name www.ecochiccollection.co.uk

The pace continues at EcoChic and we are thrilled to have launched our new range of ethically produced alpaca berets, wrap scarves and long mittens alongside our range of alpaca school uniform accessories.

This week marks London Fashion week and we will be there and at the Estethica Eco-Chic Aftershow party and of course the start of Fairtrade Fortnight.

Join us in our celebrations of Fairtrade Fortnight with a 10% discount on all products 23 Feb-8th March.

We are delighted to be partnering with Cafe Direct, one of the biggest names in Fair Trade who will be having a regular blog spot with us, take a look at their latest news  and events www.ecochiccollection.co.uk/pages/blog/get-roasting-with-cafedirect

Best wishes,

Founder-EcoChic

Beat the freeze in style

We've all been feeling the cold this month, so the team at EcoChic have come up with some fabulous top tips this month on how to stay ethically stylish in the cold, snowy weather. We also have some exciting new matching sets of baby alpaca berets, mittens and scarves that will help you along the way, as well as a competition for best feature.

Top tips on staying ethically stylish in the cold weather

- If you're planning a glamorous night out, but don't want to risk ruining the perfect pair of shoes, why not carry your shoes in a small bag with you? When you arrive at your destination, quickly exchange your sensible shoes for the pretty ones.

- Try wearing much needed accessories like hats and gloves in neutral tones – that way they will match almost everything you wear. Our new matching sets of baby alpaca berets, scarves and mittens will go with anything, no matter what your style is. See our Luxury Alpaca Collection here.
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- Invest in a classic, well made coat. Although it might seem like a big expense initially, a good coat will last you years. There is an especially lovely and ethical military looking coat – which is bang on trend, available at www.fashion-conscience.com for £125.

From our blog

Ethical and Fair Trade Fashion

What do Cate Blanchett, Sienna Miller and Cameron Diaz have in common?

The answer is they are all doing their bit to save the planet, by indulging in ethical fashion they are reducing their carbon footprints, and you can too.

It’s all too easy these days to pop into the supermarket and pick up a couple of tops for a fiver without giving a thought to how it was made and by whom  and when you are bored with them you can throw them in the bin, fast fashion is disposable fashion.

Thankfully things do not have to be this way. Many pioneering brands these days make clothes the ethical way, tackling environmental and social issues, using fair trade and organic materials and business practices, organic cotton and working to a business model that is socially conscious and in the case of fair trade pays a social premium to the communities who produce its goods. 

At EcoChic we love slow fashion, its fairer and kinder to people and planet.

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New product launch

Snuggle up with one of the warmest materials known to man, with the launch of EcoChic's matching sets of baby alpaca berets, mittens and scarves sold exclusively on www.ecochiccollection.co.uk

These beautifully handmade and ethical products have been created by skilled artisans in Peru where the making of textiles is a cultural tradition going back centuries, using a luxury 100 per cent baby alpaca yarn, which is as superior to cashmere.

The range can be bought in a variety of neutral tones from black, ivory, grey, navy or mink. The Long mittens cost £36.00, Beret £38.00 & Wrap Scarf £125.00

The production process avoids mass production methods, and the factory where the range is produced employs twenty two people, many of these people's lives are blighted by poverty, poor education and violence in the home.

The use of the alpaca fibre is environmentally-sound, because up in the high mountain plateau Altiplano in the Andes at over 3,000 metres, nothing else grows - so the alpaca utilises land that is otherwise unusable. Around 2,200 families are involved in alpaca farming above 3,000 metres, which equates to around nearly 15,000 people who, if not for this, would have no other means of earning a living.

Competition

Have you got a flare for features writing? If so we would love to hear from you. Send us your ideas on ethical & fair trade fashion, ethical trade, environmental issues, social and political and eco news, if we like it we’ll publish it and you could win our best feature EcoChic Gift Voucher  worth £25.00

Contact us: features@ecochiccollection.co.uk