Fair Trade and the Future of Fashion

On Friday 22 February 2013, People Tree hosted a press event to kick-off Fairtrade Fortnight and launch our Spring Summer 2013 collection. The event featured a panel discussion about Fair Trade and the Future of Fashion. Safia Minney, People Tree Founder and CEO, chaired the discussion between Mike Gidney, Executive Director of the Fairtrade Foundation, social entrepreneur Geetie Singh, designer Peter Jensen, model Lauren Gold and journalist Stacey Dooley. Journalists, bloggers, fashion buyers and owners of independent shops joined the team from People Tree at the Duke of Cambridge, Britain's first and only organic pub, for an inspirational discussion about Fair Trade, organic cotton, fashion and how to change the world. Read more on People Tree's blog, The Tread: http://blog.peopletree.co.uk Shop for Fair Trade fashion at People Tree: http://www.peopletree.co.uk