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Like most of the fashion industry, there's a blind spot in Country Road's ethical focus

  • Written by Harriette Richards, Research Associate, Cultural Studies, The University of Melbourne
Like most of the fashion industry, there's a blind spot in Country Road's ethical focusUnited Workers Union, CC BY-SA

Amid the catwalk shows and millinery workshops, a key theme of this year’s Melbourne Fashion Week was sustainablity, “offering designers with strong ethical foundations an opportunity to join our runways, or opening up dialogue on sustainability into our talks program”.

Events during the week included...

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