Concept image for the 2010 "Raw" theme.
In 2010, Fashion Fights Poverty’s acclaimed “Dress Responsibly” Lookbook becomes a bi-monthly publication that will take our readers through a visual and thought-provoking journey through the major ethical and ecological issues concerning the fashion and style industry. With essays, photos, artwork and updates on FFP’s programs and activities, the Dress Responsibly Lookbook will reflect what Fashion Fights Poverty has always attempted: to be the creative intersection between fashion, art, ideas and action.
Our “Raw” issue launches in Spring 2010 with an introduction to this year’s “Raw” theme. “Raw” is about nurturing untapped creative energy, asserting creativity over trends, artisanship over mass-production, natural fibers over synthetics, young ideas over cynicism, and opportunity over poverty. “Raw” is a return to the “primal” state of making clothes and art for both spiritual nourishment and economic survival. It is a celebration of fashion not as protection from the elements, but as artistic adornment that expresses a person’s identity and vision of the world.
The current "Raw" issue features: an introduction to Eco and Ethical fashion written by Sarah Magallanes and illustrated by Abby Greenawalt; a forest-bohemian-style fashion spread by the ever-talented Jodi King; an essay on Sri Lanka's commitment to sustainable apparel production writen by Brownwen DeSena and illustrated by Michael Muscenti; program updates by Yvette Castro; and ethical style tips by Elaine Mensah and shot by Walter Grio. Click names to view bios.
