Posts Tagged ‘sustainable fashion’

Seeking a Supplier Relations Assistant (Intern)

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

Yes that’s right, we’re opening up one of our first intern spots for our new company, Source4Style.com. Check out the description below and feel free to send us your information!

SUPPLIER RELATIONS ASSISTANT

Company: SOURCE4STYLE.COM

Intern for the summer at a hot little start-up that helps connects designers to a global network of sustainable suppliers.

About the company: We are a business-to-business (B2B) online marketplace that allows designers and retail sourcing specialists to search, compare and purchase more sustainable materials from a growing network of global suppliers. Our mission is to make sustainable design possible by creating the world’s most innovative online marketing platform for designers and suppliers to showcase, connect and transact.

Job Position: Intern
Location: Brooklyn, New York (Williamsburg)
Compensation: Unpaid (with possibility of compensation beginning in Fall 2010)

Length of time: June-August

This position is for an organized, dedicated and friendly person with a specific interest in sustainable materials (as it relates to the garment industry), fashion and textiles. We seek someone with both sales experience (has worked directly with customers in person and/or over the phone) and terrific organizational skills to help in database management.

Someone who has specifically excelled and completed coursework and/or professional experiential work in programs such as, fiber properties, textile processing and design, textile/garment merchandising is a plus.

Tasks may include: database management, speaking with suppliers over the phone, conducting supplier interviews, and helping arrange photo sessions. Intern will work closely with at least one of our core team members and be exposed to the entire sustainable design supply chain.

Approximate hours/week: 4-5 days a week

Qualifications:

- An interest/knowledge in textiles, trade and fashion
- An interest or passion for sustainability
- Great organizational skills
- Sales experience

Application process: Concise cover letter + resume + Career History Form (please inquire at e-mail below for access to the “Career History Form”)

CONTACT: JULIA at  julia (dot) gabella (at) groupsjr (dot) com for “Career History Form” and submission

Levi’s Care Tag for the Planet

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

On my way to my agency on Broadway I ran by this sign in the Levi Strauss store window encouraging their customers to think about how they take care of their clothes. This follows Marks and Spencer’s “Think Climate” relabeling initiative that they launched in 2007. DEFRA recently reported that the environmental impact of clothes largely comes from the consumer-side (attributed to water and energy usage as well as toxicity of detergents), which just goes to show you how much responsibility we have.

Environmental impact of detergent formulations (DEFRA, Dec 2009).

Coco Eco Magazine promo

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

I’ve taken so many videos over the last few weeks – blue jean factories and shoe manufacturing in China; environmentally-responsible print shops and cool eco-boutiques in Sydney; photo shoots in Brisbane…got a lot of editing and catching up to do is I guess what I’m saying, but in the interim, enjoy the nice little video compilation Coco Eco put together from our photo shoot and beyond.

And you can take a look at our full editorial  here, compliments of photographer Courtney Dailey.


Find more videos like this on Dreamers Into Doers — marthastewart.com