Easter will soon be upon us and what with the egg hunts, Lindt bunnies, birds’ nests, cream eggs and general chocolatey excess, it seems like the perfect time to get thinking fairtrade. Dressed in the Dark spoke to Jen Conlan, a campaigner with anti-trafficking group STOP THE TRAFFIK to get to grips with the truth [...]
Posted in Fashion Guide, Features, Lifestyle, Politics on 31. Mar, 2010
Both fashion and politics refer to the way we go about things and why we do so. In reality, the two worlds seem more detached. Lauren Ivory, a consultant for FutureGov, thinks about how the two things she loves can mesh to become something better. What can politics learn from the world of fashion?
A ‘white, British female’, I fall into the ‘dominant majority’ in this country – the British National Party ideal. But that genre of national identity seems to me a tangled web of prejudice, a straight jacket to be removed rather than an institution to be proud of. Why would anyone favour racial hatred over equality [...]
Posted in Fashion Guide, Features, Lifestyle, Politics on 29. Mar, 2010
With our deep (if, at times, offbeat) passion for style and our firm belief that politics matter, Dressed in the Dark can’t help but like the look of Think Act Vote. It’s a campaign bringing creative people in ethical fashion, politics and design together to exchange apathy for commitment to change. It all centres on [...]
All around the United States, Americans are either cheering or commiserating, depending on whether they vote Democrat or Republican.You must have been living in a hole if you don’t know why. Last week, Congress passed a bill that comprehensively overhauled the healthcare system, and should offer some 32 million currently uninsured Americans access to healthcare. [...]
This week I filled in a long, complicated form and spent an exorbitant amount of money posting it to the UK in the hope that the relevant person will receive it in time. I hope that, if they do, it will allow me to vote in the upcoming elections. Of course thanks to the vagaries [...]
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