Soiwat will bring thai designers productions to be shown in Paris at the Ethical Fashion Show. It is very important for SoiWat to be there as it serves its primary objectives, among which are to support thai textile industry and its good conditions of work compared to other emerging countries of production where salaries are cheaper due to unexisting worker's rights.
For more information, see Contemporary Thai Fashion @ Tout a Fait Thai

"Southern hemisphere countries have long provided an inspiration for some of our well-known designers. These countries have fostered great dressmakers and fashion design schools. However, local designers need distribution outlets so they can reach the consumer market and prove that ethical fashion (also called Fashion for development, whereby designers work with local craftsmen) can be fully in line with current economic imperatives.

In the north, European designers are steering fashion away from its cliché, "hippie" image, and are giving it a new edge, which will contribute to grow the trend. On the 'other side' a growing number of major economic players (retailers, purchasing offices, distribution outlets, department stores buyers, as well as established designers) are starting to follow this new trend. They, too, want to sell products that are ethical and environmentally friendly."

Isabelle Quéhé
Founder and organiser of Ethical Fashion Show