Ethical Fashion Show
High School
Did you know that many of the clothes you buy are produced in factories where workers are paid poor wages and work in sweatshop like conditions? Some of the clothes may have even been produced through the use of child labour. But there is an alternative!
Students from our 2010 Be the Change Fair Trade Fashion Show modelling Fair Trade fashions
MCIC has created an Ethical Fashion Show Kit made up of fashions produced using fair practices including: no child labour, clothes made by women’s cooperatives, sweatshop free conditions and using organic and fair trade certified materials.
You can showcase these ethically produced clothing at a fashion show in your school or community in Manitoba! MCIC has created a complete do-it-yourself fashion show kit with everything you need to put on an Ethical Fashion Show! The kit includes:
- Use of the garments and accessories
- A sample powerpoint program with facts about fair trade
- Suggested music and scripts
- Full directions on how to fit and train your models.
This kit is a great way to raise awareness about fair trade and global issues or to raise money for your school programs and organizations doing work in developing countries.
There are some modest fees for this program to cover shipping and cleaning of the clothes. For more information please contact MCIC at (204) 987-6420 or youth@mcic.ca.
The initiative is generously supported by the Manitoba Community Services Council and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
