299 Days To Go

Shockingly, there are around 1,000,000 orphans in Malawi, an African country with a population of approximately 15 million. This is why Open Arms was established, a charity which aims to support orphaned and abandoned children in Malawi. The charity does not refer to their homes as orphanages, as their main aim is to build the strength of the babies and try to reintroduce them into the community, mainly by placing them with relatives. However, it is not always possible for the children to return to their villages, and so Open Arms has recently started it's new project of creating foster homes and surrogate families for the children (aged 6+) who have nowhere to go.

We are hoping that with the money raised from the Ethical Fashion Event, we can raise a significant amount of money that will help to fund these houses and families, providing a safe, loving environment for the children to grow up in. Not only are the children provided with shelter and care, they also attend a local school and even go on holidays, giving them an opportunity to have a real family life.

We believe that the work of Open Arms Malawi is invaluable, and it is for that reason that we are delighted to be donating all our profits to this charity. 

If you are interested in learning more about their work, here is the website to visit http://www.openarmsmalawi.org/

301 Days To Go

With just over 300 days to go until the big event, we can now reveal our first set of confirmed fashion brands and designers lending us ethical clothes. We are pleased to announce that the sports clothing line 'Sweaty Betty" are keen to get involved and let us borrow some of their pieces for the event. As are the people at the much celebrated ethical fashion company, Komodo. Added to the list of clothing you will be seeing on the catwalk if you attend the event, are the designs of the very talented Rachel Scott and Rowan Joy. Furthermore, the outfits customised by our own designers are coming along nicely. We will keep you updated on other confirmed participants shortly.


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304 Days To Go

On Sunday, 4th of November, some of the participants of the fashion show went along to gain some ideas from a similar event. This event was the 'Sparkle and Shine Fashion Show', organised by the charity 'Its good 2 give'. The event was executed precisely, and was really fantastic to watch. With Grant Stott being the celebrity host, and 3 girls who had previously benefited from the charities work helping him along, the show was both entertaining and very humbling. Some of the models, presenters and organisers, as well as a few nurses all took to the stage to give short account of how'Its good 2 give' helped them. This really helped you to see how beneficial this charity was, and ESMS sustainable fashion show would love to do something similar, to let people know about the work of our chosen organisation, GLAM. The show modelled clothes from boutiques around Edinburgh, which all provided beautiful clothes. All those who attended loved watching the show, and were also very very happy to support this worth while and very impressive charity.

305 Days To Go

This Wednesday the finance team will begin whittling down the 30 finalists to the 16 models who will walk the runway on the night of the show. The ultimate goal is to find both teenage girls and boys who will wear the clothes with pride, and create a fun and exciting atmosphere for the audience. Contenders will be expected to walk for the finance directors, both with and without heeled shoes, before answering a few questions on why they want to take part, and will be rewarded for good posture and confidence.

The results should be out before Christmas, and we will keep you updated on them, as well as any other exciting developments that occur.

331 days to go

Recent meetings have seen exciting progress being made in all areas of our event. We have begun the process of model recruitment for the night, and are spoilt for choice with candidates. We have also started to generate a fair amount of interest from ethical brands willing to lend us clothes and have now started contacting more specialist ethical clothing suppliers, selling products such as bridal wear and kilts.

Many members of the team have been to see a number of fashion shows around Edinburgh of late, including one held in the Tom Fleming Centre itself. These shows have given us plenty of ideas about the style of catwalk we should use, and tips on how best to utilise the space in the room, to allow for a larger audience and the maximum number of stalls.

Finally, after much thought on where we should donate the money from the event, we have settled on the Stewart’s Melville College project GLAM, which allows students at the school to visit communities in Malawi and support the work there in a variety of ways. This is an excellent cause and makes buying a ticket for the event all the more worthwhile!

348 days to go

We can now confirm that the venue for the show will be the Tom Fleming Centre at Stewart’s Melville College in Edinburgh. The hall is an ideal place to hold the event, having held many similar and incredibly successful occasions in the past. The Event Management team are now also looking into using the balcony space in the hall as an area for setting up stalls from a variety of companies, either selling products or providing a service, with a link to fashion, beauty or sustainability. This will add a new dimension to the show, making it more than just a catwalk.

If your company is interested in using one of these stalls on the night, October 4^th 2013, then don’t hesitate to contact us at esmssustainablefashion@gmail.com.

376 days to go

On the 15th September, the majority of our fashion show helpers attended the Pout Fashion Event at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange. We all thoroughly enjoyed getting our photos taken at the Pout of the Weekend photo stand and it was great to see how they turned out on Pout Event's Facebook page! We were ecstatic with our fantastic goodie bags and sitting down to watch the Debenhams fashion show was a great way of getting an idea of what we want our event to be like. After the show, we were all told by the stylist what type of flowers we were, this being a new, flattering way of expressing body shape. There were plenty of fabulous stalls and definitely something for everyone! Some of us ate ice creams from the Luca's stall or even got our make up done at Edinburgh Beautography's stand. Edinburgh Natural Skincare Company had a stall at the event and when we told them about our event next year, they seemed keen to attend and have a stall there too! We had a lovely girly afternoon and it was great to experience the atmosphere of a professional fashion event and to get an idea of what to aim towards. We have our second meeting next week and we hope to make planning progress!

381 days to go:

On the 4th of October 2013 a sustainable fashion show will be taking place at the Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools, displaying a range of high quality outfits. Clothes will be sourced from a variety of eco-friendly brands, borrowed from well-known personalities or created/customised by our own designers. The event should showcase the very best in sustainable fashion, and prove to be a successful and exciting night. This blog will keep you updated on all that is going on in the months leading up to it, as well informing you nearer the time about how you can attend. We will keep you posted.