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Schulthess Challenge & RRREVOLVE Award 2022

· Patrick

Award-Gewinnerinnen

Während der Gwand 2022 Luzern werden Livia Naef, Dalga Swimwear und L&E Studio ihre nachhaltigen Kollektionen im Schulthess-Pop-Up Laundry-Container präsentieren und verkaufen. Erkoren wurden die drei Designerinnen für den Schulthess Sustainable Fashion Design Challenge vorgängig von einer Jury bestehend aus Suzanna Vock (Head Gwand), der Stylistin Luisa Rossi, Nicole Thier (Head of Marketing Schulthess Maschinen AG), Tania Schellenberg (Geschäftsleiterin Faircustomer und Gwand Associate), Malena Ruder (redaktionelle Leitung Magazin Z der NZZ), Sebastian Lanz (Gründer und Geschäftsführer RRREVOLVE) und Rebakka Sommerhalder (geschäftsführende Inhaberin Gloor Schweiz).

Nebst Schulthess unterstützt auch der Fair Fashion Laden RRREVOLVE mit seinem RRREVOLVE Go Fair Award das nachhaltige Modelabel, mer*fille von Paola de Michiel. Am RRREVOLVE-Stand kann mer*fille ausstellen und verkaufen. Zudem bekommt das Label die Möglichkeit, sich während einem Monat im RRREVOLVE Store an der Zollstrasse in Zürich auf prominenter Ausstellungsfläche zu präsentieren und zu verkaufen. Damit möchte RRREVOLVE nachhaltige Schweizer Modeschaffenden auf ihrem Weg fördern und unterstützen.

Im Vorfeld: Award-Informationen, Bewerbung und Jurierung

Die Gwand spannt mit Schulthess, dem Schweizer Experten für Waschtechnik zusammen. Im Zentrum der Partnerschaft steht ein Wettbewerb zur Förderung nachhaltig produzierender Schweizer Modedesigner:innen. Die diesjährige Ausgabe des Gwand Sustainable Festivals findet vom 1. bis 3. September 2022 in Luzern statt.

Schulthess-Logo

Schulthess der Hersteller von Premium-Waschmaschinen wird Sponsor des Gwand Sustainability Marktes am Gwand Sustainable Festival 2022. Die Verantwortlichen von Schulthess und der Gwand lancieren mit der «Schulthess Sustainable Fashion Design Challenge» einen Wettbewerb für nachhaltig produzierende Designer:innen. Sie bieten damit Schweizer Modeschöpfer:innen eine Plattform und mehr Visibilität.

Nachhaltige Schweizer Designer:innen fördern: Ein Gwand-Hauptziel

Drei auserwählte, nachhaltige Schweizer Modedesigner:innen werden ihre Kollektionen während den Festivaltagen im Schulthess-Pop-Up Laundry-Container präsentieren und verkaufen. Voraussetzung sind zeitgemässe, faire und nachhaltig produzierte Kollektionen. Erkoren werden die drei Designer:innen vorgängig von einer Jury, bestehend aus Suzanna Vock, Head Gwand, Stylistin Luisa Rossi, Nicole Thier, Head of Marketing Schulthess Maschinen AG, Tania Schellenberg, Geschäftsleiterin Faircustomer und Gwand Associate, Malena Ruder, redaktionelle Leitung Magazin Z der NZZ, Sebastian Lanz, Gründer und Geschäftsführer RRREVOLVE und Rebakka Sommerhalder, geschäftsführende Inhaberin Gloor Schweiz.

«Die Förderung nachhaltiger Schweizer Designer:innen ist ein Hauptziel des Festivals. Dank der Partnerschaft mit Schulthess wird dies nun Wirklichkeit», so Suzanna Vock, Head Gwand.

RRREVOLVE Go Fair Award · Weiterer Preis an der Gwand 2022 Luzern

RRREVOLVE Fair Fashion und Eco Design vergibt, neben Schulthess, einen zweiten Preis. Aus den Eingaben für die «Schulthess Sustainable Fashion Challenge» wird das Unternehmen einem:r nachhaltigen Modedesigner:in den «RRREVOLVE Go Fair Award»-Preis verleihen.

Der oder die auserwählte Designer:in kann im RRREVOLVE Markthaus am Gwand Sustainable Festival 2022 ausstellen und verkaufen. Zudem gewinnt das Start-Up-Label die Möglichkeit, sich während einem Monat im RRREVOLVE Store an der Zollstrasse in Zürich auf prominenter Ausstellungsfläche zu präsentieren und ebenfalls zu verkaufen.

Damit möchte RRREVOLVE nachhaltige Schweizer Jungdesigner:innen und Modeschöpfer:innen auf ihrem Weg fördern und unterstützen.

RRREVOLVE ist ein führender Anbieter von nachhaltig und fair produzierten Alternativen für den Alltag. Den Schwerpunkt legt das Zürcher Unternehmen klar auf faire Mode, denn die konventionelle Modeindustrie ist sozial und ökologisch immer noch eines der schmutzigsten Geschäfte der Welt.

Die drei «R» in RRREVOLVE stehen für «reduce, reuse, recycle», also die drei Maximen der Nachhaltigkeit. In ihren drei Läden in Zürich und Bern sowie in ihrem Onlineshop finden sich dann auch nur nachhaltig und fair produzierte Produkte:

 

Aufstrebende Modedesigener:innen die nachhaltig arbeiten, können sich bis am 31. Mai 2022, auf info@gwand.org für die Schulthess Challenge und den RRREVOLVE Award bewerben.

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Folgende Bewerbungs-Unterlagen sind einzureichen:

  1. Kurze Biographie: Ausbildung, Erfahrungen
  2. Kollektion/Label: Philosophie vor allem bezüglich Nachhaltigkeit, Kollektions-Photos /Zeichnungen
  3. Vertrieb: In welchen Geschäften und/oder online ist Dein/Euer Label vertreten?
  4. Gründungsdatum Label: Richtet sich an eher jüngere Labels die seit 1–2 Jahren auf dem Markt sind
  5. Kann ich mir bereits ein Honorar ausbezahlen? Kurze Info dazu.
  6. Kurzes Motivationsschreiben weshalb gerade Dein/Euer Label dabei sein muss!

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Festival Menu

Gwand 2023 Festival Luzern · Shop & Dance Zürich

Gwand 2021 Luzern Sustainable Festival · 2–4 September

Rückblick auf Gwand-Festivals 1993–2022 (auf Englisch)

Anmeldung Markt Luzern 2022 Gwand 2022 Luzern für nachhaltige Designer:innen und Produzent:innen

Schulthess Challenge & RRREVOLVE Award 2022 Schulthess Sustainable Fashion Design Challenge & RRREVOLVE Go Fair Award

Gesucht: Helfer:innen für die Gwand 2022 Luzern Gwand Volunteers

Gesucht: Helfer:innen für die Gwand 2022 Luzern

· Patrick

Wir suchen Volontär:innen, die sich freiwillig engagieren möchten und Interesse am Thema Nachhaltigkeit (Sustainability) haben. Das Gwand-Festival braucht Helfer:innen, die mit ihrem Engagement kurz vor, während und kurz nach dem Festival zum Erfolg beitragen.

Am Gwand-Festival 2022 in Luzern wird es viel zu tun geben: Aufbauen, dekorieren, ordnen, informieren, holen, bringen, fahren, betreuen, abbauen etc. Für eine gute Verpflegung und ein interessantes Erlebnis ist gesorgt. Das Festival findet vom 1. bis 3. September statt. Der Aufbau beginnt am Montag, 29. August, der Abbau ab Samstag 3. September 23:00 Uhr bis Montag 5. September 12:00 Uhr.

Helfer:innen-Anmeldung

Nach der Anmeldung werden wir uns mit dir in Verbindung setzten, um die Details zu besprechen.

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Festival Menu

Gwand 2023 Festival Luzern · Shop & Dance Zürich

Gwand 2021 Luzern Sustainable Festival · 2–4 September

Rückblick auf Gwand-Festivals 1993–2022 (auf Englisch)

Anmeldung Markt Luzern 2022 Gwand 2022 Luzern für nachhaltige Designer:innen und Produzent:innen

Schulthess Challenge & RRREVOLVE Award 2022 Schulthess Sustainable Fashion Design Challenge & RRREVOLVE Go Fair Award

Gesucht: Helfer:innen für die Gwand 2022 Luzern Gwand Volunteers

#SustainableFinds - July 2020

· Suzanna Vock

July news collection about sustainability and related topics

Regularly we publish articles, we have found in our research on the subject of sustainable fashion or related topics, on our social media channels. The articles here on #SustainableFinds are a monthly selection which we recommend to read on the publisher’s website. The content need not necessarily correspond to the mission of Gwand. We want to create consciousness with knowledge, this is what we mean by #GWANDEducation. The GWAND Sustainable Fashion Festival is a non-profit organization. On our blog or on our social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest) you will find more exciting articles on the topics.

Note: We have not been paid by the publisher or anyone else for sharing these articles.

#SustainableDevelopment - Article from Vogue Business by Nyshka Chandra

Elevating artisans: What luxury fashion can learn from social enterprises

#CoronaCrisis - Article from The Business of Fashion by Zoe Suen

How the Wholesale Crisis Could Benefit Independent Fashion Brands

#SustainableFabrics - Article from Material Source by Laura Connelly

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#BioCouture - Biodegradable Fabric

Via AEG’s YouTube

#SustainableMaterials - Article from Vogue Business by Rachel Cernansky

Fashion’s steep climb to sustainable viscose

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#PlasticPollution - Article from Mongaby by

‘Our life is plasticized’: New research shows microplastics in our food, water, air

#SustainableDevelopment - Article from Vogue Business by Rachel Cernansky

Most fashion designers never meet their suppliers. They should

#UpcyclingFashion - Article from gal-dem by Kemi Alemoru

Priya Ahluwalia weaves her Indian-Nigerian heritage into her recycled menswear looks

#FashionTech - Article from BBC Future by Abigail Beall

Why clothes are so hard to recycle

#SupplyChain - Article from Vogue Business by Laure Guilbault

Is it too early for physical fashion shows?

#FastFashion - Article from The Guardian by

The fast fashion fix: 20 ways to stop buying new clothes for ever

#CircularEconomy - Article from Eco Age by Ruth MacGilp

The Next Generation Innovations Making Fashion More Sustainable

#BioDesign - Article from Forbes by Brooke Roberts-Islam

The Rise Of Biodesign - Growing Our Way To A More Sustainable Future

#SustainableEducation - Article from Condé Nast

The Sustainable Fashion Glossary

#SustainableDevelopment- Article from Foreign Affairs by Sonia Shah

Mass Consumption Is What Ails Us

#SustaionableFashion - Article from The Business of Fashion by Vikram Alexei Kansara

What Happened to Rethinking the Fashion System?

#SustainableFinds - June 2020

· Suzanna Vock

June news collection about sustainability and related topics

Regularly we publish articles, we have found in our research on the subject of sustainable fashion or related topics, on our social media channels. The articles here on #SustainableFinds are a monthly selection which we recommend to read on the publisher’s website. The content need not necessarily correspond to the mission of Gwand. We want to create consciousness with knowledge, this is what we mean by #GWANDEducation. The GWAND Sustainable Fashion Festival is a non-profit organization. On our blog or on our social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest) you will find more exciting articles on the topics.

Note: We have not been paid by the publisher or anyone else for sharing these articles.

#SustainableDevelopment - Article from LUXIDERS

How Coronavirus Is Affecting Sustainable Fashion Businesses

#GWANDCoffeeBreak - Article from GWAND Sustainable Fashion Festival

GWAND Coffee Break with Diane Pernet

#SustainableFabrics - Article from eco-stylist.com

#Sustainability - The life cycle of a t-shirt - Angel Chang

Via Ted Ed’s YouTube

#SDGoals - Article from TextileExchange

Companies Creating Material Change

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#SustainableEducation - Article from edX

Circular Fashion: Design, Science and Value in a Sustainable Clothing Industry

#PlasticPollution - Article from Remake by Allison Griffin

Our Clothing is a Major Source of Plastic Pollution in Our Oceans: Here’s What to Do About It

#UpcyclingFashion - Article from CNN Style by Ben Westcott, Nanlin Fang

Chinese artist Wan Yunfeng is turning trash into high fashion

#FashionTech - Article from Vogue Business by BY Maghan McDowell

Google is tracking sustainable raw materials. Will fashion buy in?

#FashionFuture - Fashion for Good: Lab Tour with Spinnova

Via Fashion For Good’s YouTube

#SupplyChain - Article from The Daily Star by Mostafiz Uddin

Global suppliers are stronger working together

#FastFashion - Article from Eco Textile News

Research shifts perspectives on fast fashion

#CircularEconomy - Article from Vogue Business by BY Rachel Cernansky

Fashion’s most interesting sustainability efforts can also help fight racism

#SDGoals - Article from uN environment programe

On trend: sustainable fashion in the wake of COVID-19

#Nylon - Article from Fashionista by

DOES SHOPPING SECONDHAND ACTUALLY REDUCE OVERALL CLOTHING CONSUMPTION?

#FashionFootprint - Article from WWD by Natalie Theodosi

Farfetch Introduces Fashion Footprint Tool

#FashionFuture - Biocouture on Biodegradable Fabric

Via AEG’s YouTube

#WorkersRights - Article from open democracy by Alysha Khambay

Garment workers are facing a humanitarian crisis – but don’t blame COVID-19

GWAND Coffee Break with Diane Pernet

· Suzanna Vock

GWAND Coffee Break is a short interview series

GWAND Coffee Break is a short interview series dealing with current developments of the creative industry and society in general. We interview global thought leaders in the atmosphere of a quick coffee break at the office; a face or phone call, WhatsApp voice mails or actually in a tête-à-tête over a cup of coffee. Explore the transcribed interview with Diane Pernet below. Interview by Nicole Stein.

Photographer: Ruven Afanador
  • What is your favorite communication tool these days ? How do you work with your team?

Diane Pernet: Instagram, IGTV and Zoom.

  • How are you spending your days? Books/series/movies (any reco?)

Diane Pernet: I came up with two projects during the lock down period of two months, it is lifted today thing is the virus is still out there so lifting it is totally arbitrary. I am very happy with the films I’m receiving for my #LOCKDOWNHOMEMOVIES and the drawings for the competition for illustrations of the healing monster Amabie.

As far as films, books, I have access to the Criterion Channel with endless films and documentaries separated by genres, decades, countries and directors. Yesterday I watched a Turkish film The Edge of Heaven which was excellent. I enjoyed re-watching the films of Satyajit Ray, Akira Kurosawa and documentaries. Books like A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, not exactly joyful but a powerful book.

  • How did Corona affect sustainability efforts? Do you think these are short-term/long term effects?

Diane Pernet: I certainly hope it is not short term and that people are forced into the reality of how their lifestyle has impacted our planet. Designers are thinking of how they produce and how they put on shows and the waste that has gone into these big productions. Alex de Betak had some thoughts on show production in this article.

Maybe I’m a dreamer but I do not think people want to go back to life as it was before.

  • Do you think Corona contradicts or supports sustainability efforts?

Diane Pernet: Absolutely supports sustainability efforts. Everyone is forced, as mentioned above, to analyse how what they do effects the planet and it goes beyond bringing a cloth bag to the supermarket and not drinking from plastic water bottles. Maybe I’m a dreamer but I do not think people want to go back to life as it was before. The planet is crying, the cries have been heard now from the top down people have to do what ever they can to change the damage that they have already done.

Probably bikes will be an industry that sees an upswing in their earnings. I for one question the lifting of the quarantine when there is no vaccine what has changed? The virus is out there alive and well that has not changed every surface your touch could be infected, the air you breath… Today they lifted the quarantine in Paris a friend told me the metros are crowded so no one is paying any attention to social distancing. Cafés and restaurants are still not open and probably won’t be till mid-July. I for one do not want to commute unless absolutely necessary. Also businesses are seeing that people can work effectively from home. Consumers should look into what they are consuming, and do they really need to consume to have a good life and what in fact is their idea of a good life?

I like the idea that Saint Laurent will be more like Azzedine always was, show when you are ready to show and not be a part of the fashion system.

  • What is your prediction for the future of sustainable fashion and the creative industry in general?

Diane Pernet: Buy better buy less is my prediction for the future. Hopefully the end to fashion pollution and the endless cycle of unnecessary seasons. I like the idea that Saint Laurent will be more like Azzedine always was, show when you are ready to show and not be a part of the fashion system. Collections shown when clothes are in the shops makes more sense. I am of course in favour of fashion films over fashion shows which I think are very last century or make them a public entertainment where they are a spectacle once or twice a year which are open to the public which will pay to go and attend at the same time they can buy the clothes in shops. Stores and shopping malls are suffering, with COVID19 how willing are you to go into a shop and try on clothes that were just on someone else? Online shopping has been growing for years and probably will continue to grow.

  • What do you think about digital events? Chance to cut cost or loss of cultural impact?

Diane Pernet: That is a big question. I think until there is a vaccine people are not going to jump at the idea of being in an enclosed space with a lot of people watching catwalks or movies. The question is how to make the digital experience more interesting than just a bunch of talking heads. Zoom events have filled a gap and great for the more intimate contact maybe too intimate as do we really need to see the inside of people’s homes? I don’t know I’ve been thinking a lot about how to make the experience dynamic because I don’t see groups of people, be it in a cinema or an event space, as something I personally would be anxious to do for the rest of the year, how about you?

About LOCK DOWN HOME MOVIES

JUDITH directed by Ari Seth Cohen LOCK DOWN HOME MOVIE

#LOCK DOWN HOME MOVIES – CANTAUTOMA – REBIRTH by GIANLUCA MATARRESE & DAVIDE GIORGIO

JE VIS JE MEURS directed by Mia Tomlinson/co-directed by Marcus Tomlinson #LOCK DOWN HOME MOVIES

About Diane Pernet

Diane Pernet is a world-renowned fashion critic and video journalist based in Paris. Previously a photographer and fashion designer, she now acts as documentary filmmaker, talent scout and fashion blogger. Pernet was one of the earliest fashion journalists to embrace the power of the internet, first through a column in online editions of Elle and Vogue and later through her own site, A SHADED VIEW ON FASHION which since its inception in 2005 has become a ‘must-read’ in fashion and creative industry circles.

Pernet was recognised in 2008 for being a pioneer in digital media when she was chosen as one of three influential bloggers to take part in a panel celebrating a seminal fashion exhibition at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. As one of the most recognisable faces in fashion, she has also been captured on the other side of the movie camera through cameo appearances in Robert Altman’s film ‘Prêt-à-Porter’, Ben Stiller’s ‘Zoolander 2’ and in Roman Polanski’s ‘The Ninth Gate’.

Pernet launched ASVOFF in 2008. As the founder of the world’s first film festival dedicated to fashion, style and beauty, she is widely considered to have incubated the ‘fashion film’ from its infancy to the popular genre that it has become today. “Diane has never ceased to amaze me with her amazing curiosity about things, her ability to synthesize arcane information and make it palatable for everyone else,” says Tim Blanks, editor-at-large for The Business of Fashion. “So actually, Diane is a conduit between now and what’s to come.”

#SustainableFinds - May 2020

· Suzanna Vock

May news collection about sustainability and related topics

Regularly we publish articles, we have found in our research on the subject of sustainable fashion or related topics, on our social media channels. The articles here on #SustainableFinds are a monthly selection which we recommend to read on the publisher’s website. The content need not necessarily correspond to the mission of Gwand. We want to create consciousness with knowledge, this is what we mean by #GWANDEducation. The GWAND Sustainable Fashion Festival is a non-profit organization. On our blog or on our social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest) you will find more exciting articles on the topics.

Note: We have not been paid by the publisher or anyone else for sharing these articles.

#FashionRevolution - Article from Fashion Revolution by Elizabeth Lwanga

Don’t Stop Sewing after the Pandemic

#SustainableFashion - Article from BRICKS Magazine by Tamsin Blanchard

FASHION SUSTAINABILITY POST-PANDEMIC

#Awareness - Article from The Guardian by Alec Leach

#SDGoals - Article from Remake by Audrey Stanton

How the United Nations’ SDGs Relate to the Fashion Industry

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#SustainableDevelopment - Article from The Guardian As told to

‚Lockdown has been a wakeup call for the industry‘: what next for fashion?

#SustainableFashion - Article from Vogue by Luke Leitch

Creating the Future: How Fashion Designers Are Responding to the Crisis

#FashionTech - Article from WTVOX

Is the Future of Fashion Going to be Blockchain?

#SustainableFashion - Article from Forbes by Elizabeth L. Cline

Bangladesh Suppliers Barely Afloat As Clothing Brands Find New Ways To Squeeze Them

#DigitalFuture - Fashion for Good Webinar

Via Fashion For Good’s YouTube

#Cotton - Article from Apparel Insider by Brett Mathews

Cotton paper released as FREE download

#Denim - Article from Vogue by Rachel Cernansky

The fight for clean and recyclable denim

#CircularEconomy - Article from Vogue by

Circular fashion’s timely opportunity

#FashionHistory- Article from Smithsonian Magazine by Emily Spivack

Stocking Series, Part 1: Wartime Rationing and Nylon Riots

#Nylon - Article from Good on you App by Ashlee Uren

Material Guide: How Sustainable is Nylon?

#SustainableFashion - Article from Vogue by Christian Allaire

15 Indigenous Designers on What Sustainable Fashion Is Missing

#Sustainability - Article from London Business School by Alex Falconer

6 ways to set sustainability at your organisation’s core

#ClimateChange - Article from Fast Company by Evan Nicole Brown

What indigenous design could teach us about surviving climate change

#SustainableFinds - April 2020

· Suzanna Vock

April news collection about sustainability and related topics

Regularly we publish articles, we have found in our research on the subject of sustainable fashion or related topics, on our social media channels. The articles here on #SustainableFinds are a monthly selection which we recommend to read on the publisher’s website. The content need not necessarily correspond to the mission of Gwand. We want to create consciousness with knowledge, this is what we mean by #GWANDEducation. The GWAND Sustainable Fashion Festival is a non-profit organization. On our blog or on our social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest) you will find more exciting articles on the topics.

Seven years ago the factory collapsed in Bangladesh, affecting over 2500 people. This disaster has led to the foundation of Fashion Revolution, that’s why you will find articles in the April issue mainly on the subject of Fashion Revolution.

Note: We have not been paid by the publisher or anyone else for sharing these articles.

 

#FashionRevolutionWeek - Article from Fashion Revolution

The Fashion Transparency Index 2020

#FastFashion - Article from The Guardian by by

Fast fashion speeding toward environmental disaster, report warns

#CircularEconomy - Article from Ellen McArthur Foundation

#PlasticPollution - Article from Rolling Stone by

How Big Oil and Big Soda kept a global environmental calamity a secret for decades

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#SustainableDevelopment - Article from Common Objective

Is Recycled Polyester Green or Greenwashing?

#SustainableFashion - Article from WWD by Luisa Zargani

Giorgio Armani Writes Open Letter to WWD

#Sustainability - Article from Forbes by Roddy Clarke

Is COVID-19 The Reset Button We Need Towards A Sustainable Future Of Design?

#SustainableFashion - Article from Apparel Insider by Mostafiz Uddin

Why factories are accepting huge discounts

#WhoMadeMyClothes - Fashion Revolution Stitch & Bitch

Via Fashion Revolution’s YouTube

#FashionRevolutionWeek - Article from 10 Magazine by Tamsin Blanchard

TAMSIN BLANCHARD’S ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE FASHION OPEN STUDIO EVENTS TAKING PLACE DURING FASHION REVOLUTION WEEK

#ClimateChange - Article from The Guardian by

Scientists confirm dramatic melting of Greenland ice sheet

#CircularEconomy - Article from Vogue by Rachel Cernansky

Circular fashion’s timely opportunity

#FashionTech - Article from Fash Nerd by Muchaneta Kapfunde

Science Introduces Human Textiles That Can Be Knitted, Crocheted or Weaved

#FashionTech - How technology can recode the unsustainable fashion system - Swim XYZ x Techstyler

Via Fashion Revolution’s YouTube

#SustainableFashion - Article from Forbes by Brooke Roberts-Islam

The True Cost Of Brands Not Paying For Orders During The COVID-19 Crisis

#WhatIsInMyClothes - Article from Vogue by Alice Cary

What’s In My Clothes? Why A New Hashtag Asks Us To Go Deeper

#FashionRevolutionWeek - Article from The Voice of Fashion by Orsola de Castro

Special Dispatch: “It is An Obligation Not an Opportunity”

#SustainableFashion - Article from Elle by Subhanjana Das

Craft revivalist Kavita Parmar’s IOU Project champions sustainability

#SustainableFashion - Article from Fashion Roundtable by Bev Malik

„It’s time for a total reset and rethink“: How the pandemic will redefine the future of fashion month

ASVOFF - REVIEW ON THE 11TH EDITION AND SUBMISSION FOR THE 12TH

· ASVOFF

Films from France, Italy, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, UK, USA and more are among the major award recipients across the Festival’s Many Competitions.

ASVOFF THE WORLD’S FIRST FILM FESTIVAL dedicated to fashion, style and beauty, has struck a deal that will see the creation of a branded channel to broadcast short films to over 60 million people through the streaming platforms Roku, AmazonFire and AppleTV . The unprecedented partnership between ASVOFF and the FNL Network introduces an exciting new element to the 11th edition of the festival.

In addition to twelve awards chosen by a jury of esteemed fashion and film industry leaders ranging from Heron Preston to Farida Khelfa, ASVOFF 11 also offered its first People’s Choice Prize in collaboration with the FNL Network on Amazon FireTV Worldwide and Roku Worldwide, two of the world’s most powerful video streaming platforms with 34 million and 27 million active global monthly users respectively. The FNL Network’s ASVOFF channel will showcase the short films in competition for the public to view until voting closes on June 1st.


Opening up this year’s festival to the public is part of broader plan to expand the festival’s vision beyond 2020. ASVOFF founder and director Diane Pernet explains:

“The first decade of ASVOFF was about bridging two industries, nurturing the fashion film genre and elevating it so that industry leaders from both worlds had a platform to reward talent in this vibrant space. The next decade of ASVOFF will build on these exclusive foundations while simultaneously breaking down barriers to bring filmmakers and their audience closer. This more intimate and inclusive approach will also help fashion films reach a much wider audience by giving audience members a voice and a vote. The introduction of the People’s Choice Prize this year is just the first step in that direction,” says Pernet.

We live in an era where everyone’s a critic

The Audience-Voted Awards are open until June 1st, you can access through the above streaming platforms and starting through FNL Network’s dedicated app available at the App store to download apps on your iPhone as well as Google Play if you have android which increases the reach of FNL Network and ASVOFF by billions of potential viewers. when you download the FNL Network app from Apple Store or Google Play there is a charge split between Apple and Android of 1,99 euros a month. You can delete the application at any time.

“We live in an era where everyone’s a critic. Viewers who have social currency feel more empowered than ever and we plan to tap into that. With ASVOFF based in Paris and the FNL Network in Los Angeles, this year’s festival will have the best of both worlds: authority figures in the global capitals of fashion and film engaging with a new grassroots movement that makes fashion film more accessible while boosting creativity and commercial opportunities. I’m incredibly excited about the future and ASVOFF 11 is where it starts,” Pernet adds.

NORTH SAILS LA MER BY VICTOR CLARAMUNT WINS GRAND PRIZE AT THE 11TH EDITION OF ASVOFF THE WORLD’S FIRST FILM FESTIVAL

ASVOFF 11 JURY

  • Heron Preston - President/fashion designer
  • Ruven Afanador - Photographer
  • Roger Avary - Film Director/Screenwriter/Producer
  • Manish Arora - Fashion Designer
  • Maxime Buechi - Creative Director/Tattoo Artist
  • Bryan Boy - Influencer
  • Patrice Haddad - CEO Premiere Heure/Producer
  • Marc Happel - Director of Costumes at New York City Ballet
  • Farida Khelfa - Documentary Film Director/former Model/Actress
  • Krista Kelloway - Production Manager/Producer
  • Callum Mullin - Model/Influencer
  • Steve Olson - Arist/Skateboard Icon
  • Cuba Tornado Scott - Film Director/Model
  • David Teplitzky - Art Collector/Influencer

The ASVOFF 11 Jury Prizes were awarded to:

Best Student Prize AFLOAT

  • AFLOAT/DIRECTOR: Riffy Ahmed / UK

ABOUT ASVOFF

ASVOFF (A Shaded View on Fashion Film) is the world’s first film festival dedicated to fashion, style and beauty. Since its launch in 2008, ASVOFF has gained critical acclaim for encouraging both emerging and established artists to reconsider the way that fashion is presented and for challenging the conventional parameters of film. ASVOFF tours the globe with screenings at prestigious institutions and events like the Centre Pompidou, the Guggenheim, the Barbican, Art Basel Miami, CaixaForum Barcelona, the Franz Mayer Museum and the Cannes Film Festival in a host of creative capitals such as New York, London, Tokyo, Milan, Moscow and Mexico City. ASVOFF is not only a competition of short fashion, style and beauty films but also a travelling international event showcasing feature films, documentaries, conferences, performances and installations – making it a must-see on both the fashion calendar and the film circuit for its genre-bending and groundbreaking programme.

ABOUT FNL NETWORK

Based in the beating heart of Los Angeles, California, the FNL Network (Fashion News Lifestyle Network) is proud to broadcast the exciting worlds of fashion, travel, beauty, health, and reality TV. True stories, spotlights on dynamic industry professionals, and original series made exclusively for the FNL Network transport the viewer’s couch straight to the catwalk. Insightful and incisive, the network’s programming remains on the cutting edge of trends and glamour, as its award-winning films, documentaries, and original titles stream free on Roku and Amazon FireTV.

ASVOFF ALUMNI

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Diane Pernet

SUBMISSION A SHADED VIEW ON FASHION FILM FESTIVAL 2020 SELECTION

GWAND’s note: This is a guest article. We from GWAND Sustainable Fashion Festival support sustainability in the fashion industry and find it important that sustainable labels are also present on such festivals. Have you and your sustainable label produced a great promotional film with a message and would like to participate in the next ASVOFF Fashion Film Festival? Here you can find all information. Good luck!

#SustainableFinds - February 2020

· Suzanna Vock

February news collection about sustainability and related topics

Regularly we publish articles, we have found in our research on the subject of sustainable fashion or related topics, on our social media channels. The articles here on #SustainableFinds are a monthly selection which we recommend to read on the publisher’s website. The content need not necessarily correspond to the mission of Gwand. We want to create consciousness with knowledge, this is what we mean by #GWANDEducation. The GWAND Sustainable Fashion Festival is a non-profit organization. On our blog or on our social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest) you will find more exciting articles on the topics.

Note: We have not been paid by the publisher or anyone else for sharing these articles.

#Fibers - An introduction to fibers and their impact on the environment

Found by research on YouTube via WRAP.

Webinar from Made-BY

#FashionRevolution - Article from and by Fashion Revolution

THE GREAT FASHION REVOLUTION CLOTHES SWAP

#SustainableDevelopment - Article from The Guardian by

Landmark French law will stop unsold goods being thrown away

#DeconstructedClothing - Articel from ASVOF by

Institut du Monde Arabe welcomes Renaissance – a way to revolutionize creation, art and clothing

#Innovations - Article from Fast Company by Ian Fletcher

Climate change is the greatest design problem of our time. Mushrooms to the rescue?

#SustainableDevelopmentGoals - time lapse to the future | Leen Zevenbergen

Found by research on YouTube via TEDx Talks

#PlasticPolution - Article from Ecotextile News by Chris Remington

Fashion For Good expands polybag recycling work

#MicroPlastic - Article from The Guardian by

Stars urged to ditch the sequins at the Oscars to save the oceans

#MicroFibers - Article from Ecotextile News by Simon Glover

Microfibre pollution could be ‚underestimated‘

#Weaving - Porfirio Gutierrez - Master Weaver from Mexico

Found by research on YouTube via Fashion Revolution

#FashionStandards - Articel from Fashion Network by

La quête de traçabilité redessine la carte du sourcing mondial

#WhoMadeMyClothes - Article from The Washington Post by Kim Bellware

Seven people died when the only escape from a fire at an Indian denim factory was up a ladder

#CircularEconomy - Article from Paptic®

First Plastic Bag Free City in Europe – Finnish NGO Providing Households with Reusable Bags for Free

#UpCycling - Article from The Guardian by Chekii Harling

Would you wear clothes made from rubbish?

#CradleToCradle - Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart, CEO, EPEA, and co-founder of the Cradle to Cradle

…we think its environmental protection if we destroy less…

#SustainableSolutions - Articel from Vogue by Grace Cook

Cactus Leather, Lab-Made Silk, And Vegan Wool: Inside The Fabric Fair Pioneering Greener Materials

#WhoMadeMyClothes - Articel from Ecotextile News by Simon Glover

Campaigners call for action after fatal fire

#SustainableDesign - Articel from South China Morning Post by Peta Tomlinson

Plastic alternative bioplastic, made from vegetable oils, fats, fish scales, farm waste or other renewables, embraced by furniture designers

#FastFashion - Article from Vox by Terry Nguyen

Fast fashion, explained

Creatives for a Better World - because it’s up to us

· Ninette Murk

After running our education center in Antwerp for almost a decade, we have decided to take the concept fully online later this year and we couldn’t be more excited if we tried!

Doing good for others is the most normal thing in the world

The concept of our education center was to use pop culture in all its forms to educate young people worldwide about issues such as HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ, anti-bullying and more and for this we invited creative students to come live with us in Antwerp for 3 months and work on dedicated projects and campaigns together- it worked a dream, we had fun and the young people learned something to take with them in their careers: doing good for others is the most normal thing in the world, it’s not ‘charity’ and everybody gets better from it. We had up to 4 students at a time living and working with us, mostly from Europe, but also a few from the US, South America and even Australia.

Data from unaids.org

In the last decade the world turned into a negative direction big time

Then I got thinking: what if we can make an online platform that is accessible to everybody with internet and for which they don’t have to travel to a foreign country? Not everybody has the money for that, or in some cases the parents didn’t allow their daughters (in these cases it was always about girls) to do this. And these people also have good, creative ideas, so why not use that power?

In the last decade the world turned into a negative direction big time: a move to the extreme right and dictatorships, climate change catastrophes (and climate change denials from the same right wing people), fast fashion getting out of hand production-wise and the need for sustainability coming to the forefront (this last thing is a positive evolution, obviously), violence against and trafficking with women and children, hate against the LGBTQ community, religions turning back to the Stone Ages… the list is endless.

I’m not someone who is very much interested in politics or religion, as they seem to be ruled by money and greed most of the time and not by idealism, but what I AM interested in -and have been since I was a little girl- is how to make the world a better place. In my opinion, everybody can do their bit and all together this will create change. But what exactly is that ‘bit’ and how to apply it locally and maybe eventually also on a macro level?

A few months ago I had a lightbulb moment: let’s build an online platform with interested partners, take a dedicated part of an important social issue (mostly taken from the Sustainable Development Goals by the UN), explain the situation and the problem at hand and ask everybody to supply creative solutions for that issue. That can be done by text, video, fashion, art, whatever they like. After we collect all these solutions, we choose the best and most practical ones and start to share the hell out of them worldwide, together with our network of media, organizations and private people.

I hear so many times that young people are lazy and selfish, not interested in helping others

We will say: look, here are 5 solutions to this social issue that you can easily apply at home, in your community, at school… choose the one(s) you like best and get going! And please share this with your network, because many hands make light work. We ARE the change. We ARE the power.

I hear so many times that young people are lazy and selfish, not interested in helping others, only want to buy the latest cell phones and don’t care much about the future of the world, but I found the contrary to be true. What I do understand is that many people (both young and old) feel powerless and anxious right now, because so much is happening over their heads and they have no influence on this at all, except maybe by going on a march or strike. This way we CAN make the world a better place- step by step, issue by issue.

We’re now contacting well-known designers and artists to become Ambassadors

Ideally, this platform grows large and has many supporters, as this way the change will also be more substantial. I believe that 95% of all humans are good people, so if we can group say 10% of them… just imagine! Will you join us?

The CBW project is still in its infancy - we’re now contacting well-known designers and artists to become Ambassadors and Advisors and global media and organizations to help us with online sharing.

When this is in place (by spring, we envision) we will contact potential funders and technical partners such as digital and social strategy agencies.

If you have feedback or suggestions, please contact me.

And please like our Facebook Page here. Visit the website of Beauty Without Irony.

Kindest regards,

Ninette

About Ninette Murk

#VOCKSDiary - IFA Paris Campus Talk

· Suzanna Vock

Make stars that shine not only bright but fair and green too

The Gwand will take place in Paris, which makes me extremely happy. I had imagined that the Gwand could take place in Paris earlier in the 90ies and now the first official trip in mission ‚Gwand Sustainable Fashion Festival Paris‘ in cooperation with IFA Paris was scheduled. I travelled to Paris last Saturday.

First day in Paris

On Sunday morning I enjoyed, as a mother of two adorable children, to finally get a good night’s sleep and prepare for Monday. In the afternoon I met up with some „old“ friends. In the evening, before going to bed, I went for a walk along the Canal Saint-Denis and breathed the Parisian air. I realized once again that it was the absolutely right decision to organize the festival in Paris and of course to enter the partnership with IFA Paris Fashion School - a stroke of luck. Paris is the city of fashion and is aiming to be the sustainable fashion capital of the world, here fashion finds plenty.

It is serious

On Monday morning, together with the lecturer Sandy Bontout, I had the pleasure of presenting the Gwand Sustainable Fashion Festival and its successful history to the fashion marketing students of IFA Paris. Furthermore we talked about the collaboration with the school and what part they will play in the implementation of the festival. I was overwhelmed by the knowledge and awareness of the young generation, the knowledge of the urgency to bring about change and the naturalness with which they do so. Also the many creative suggestions and new inputs, as well as the enthusiasm to participate in the first Parisian festival for sustainable fashion impressed me.

Picture by Ana Maria Rangel G. @IFA Paris Campus Talk

In the evening we had the IFA Paris Campus Talk, which was led by Sandy Bontout and we discussed with Catherine Dauriac from Fashion Revolution France about sustainability in the fashion industry. It was a great evening with interesting guests and above all I was very happy to meet Sylvie Grumbach from 2e Bureau, Catherine and Francis.

Paris is a hit! Admittedly, I arrived back home in Lucerne, tired but very happy, and I would like to thank everyone I met on this trip. I am looking forward to working with you - together we will make a change!

#SustainableFinds - January 2020

· Suzanna Vock

January news collection about sustainability and related topics

Regularly we publish articles, we have found in our research on the subject of sustainable fashion or related topics, on our social media channels. The articles here on #SustainableFinds are a monthly selection which we recommend to read on the publisher’s website. The content need not necessarily correspond to the mission of Gwand. We want to create consciousness with knowledge, this is what we mean by #GWANDEducation. The GWAND Sustainable Fashion Festival is a non-profit organization. On our blog or on our social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest) you will find more exciting articles on the topics.

Note: We have not been paid by the publisher or anyone else for sharing these articles.

#FashionRevolution - Article from and by Fashion Revolution

2019: A Year in Fashion Revolution

#WhoMadeMyClothes - Article from Ecotextile News by Chris Remington

Garment workers’ organisation calls for greater protection

#SustainableFashion - Article from Fashion United UK by Marjorie van Elven

2019 recap: is the fashion industry becoming more sustainable?

#SustainableFashion - Article from ASVOF text by Silvia Bombardini

Bethany Williams, fall 2020

#Tailoring - Article from our collaboration partner IFA Paris

The Art of Being a Tailor in Paris

#MicroPlastic - Article from the Guardian by Stephen Buranyi

What scientists can see and measure, in landfills and on beaches, is only a small fraction of the total plastic entering the water.

#Recycling - William Amor: an artist who makes garbage bloom!

Found by research on YouTube via POSITIVOM’s

#Diversity - Article from ITV

Portrait Positive aims to change perception of beauty in collaboration with photographer Rankin

#SustainabeDevelopment - Articel from Vogue UK by Ellie Pithers

5 Indispensible Tips For Fashion Brands Seeking To Make Sustainable Changes

#SustainableDevelopment - Article from Forbes by Katie Baron

Retail Futures: 9 Trends, Strategies And Innovation Opportunities To Set 2020 Alight

#CircularEconomy - Article from Fashion United UK by Simone Preuss

WRAP presents ECAP findings on circular fashion and textiles

#CircularEconomy - Article from Ecotextile News by John Mowbray

Textiles should be made from cellulose-based waste

#Investment - Articel from Forbes by Isabel Togoh

Rental And Resale Are Hot. But Sustainable Fashion Needs A $30 Billion Investment Behind The Scenes

#Investment - Articel from World Economic Forum Davos by Katrin Ley & Catharina Martínez-Pardo

6 ways to drive funding to transform the fashion industry

#Awareness - Articel from World Economic Forum Davos by Philipp Rickenbacher

Forget retail therapy - this is the age of the conscious consumer

#Innovations - Articel from inhabitat by

PANGAIA presents FLWRDWN, a down alternative made from biodegradable wildflowers

#Cotton - Article from panapress

Burkina Faso inaugurated its first organic cotton ginning plant

#FastFashion - „How Toxic Are My Clothes? - (A Documentary by Wilson Oryema)“

Found by research on YouTube via Wilson Oryema

#FastFashion - Article from The Wall Street Journal by Dana Thomas

The High Price of Fast Fashion