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Runaways to runway: 'ethical' fashion changing lives of Africa's poor

The muddy streets of Kenya's crowded Korogocho slums are a far cry from the fashion boutiques of Paris, Milan, New York or London. But beneath a tin roof, workers from some of the country's poorest communities sew buttons and stitch cloth for top international designers, part of a not-for-profit "ethical fashion" project. "Before Ethical...

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Sass & Bide designers depart label

Sass & Bide founders Sarah-Jane Clarke and Heidi Middleton are leaving their Australian-based fashion label after 15 years at the helm. The news was confirmed by Australian department store Myer, who purchased a 65 percent share in the fashion label in 2011, which saw the design duo relinquishing their control on the business while retaining...

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Sass & Bide to show at NYFW

Australian label Sass & Bide is moving its fashion week show to New York from London, as the brand looks to focus its attention on the US market. Helmed by design duo Sarah-Jane Clarke and Heidi Middleton, the label has previously always been part of the London Fashion Week schedule, but for its Spring/Summer 2014 show ‘Freetown’, the brand has...