She said she relished the chance for her "ethical fashion" label, which she describes as a Nigerian-Italian brand, to share a platform with accomplished designers such as South Africa's Kluk CGDT -- jointly named alongside Nigeria's Maki Oh as "designer of the year" at the event.

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At Trash-Couture, which boasts a massive list of celebrity clients like Penelope Cruz, Rachel Weisz, Kirsten Dunst, Celine Dion and many others -- ethical fashion and the way they reuse, redesign, respin, and recycle leftover fabric from their own collection and that of other design houses is part of the design.

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There's also a short debate on ethical and sustainable fashion led by the crossbencher, Baroness Young of Hornsey.

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The programme, which aired in June 2008 put Primark's claims that it could deliver cheap, fast fashion without breaking ethical guidelines to the test.

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Laroche then redirected her fashion zeal toward promoting simplicity, sustainability and an ethical mode for manufacturing.

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"In the fashion world, being a villain is definitely a sought after aesthetic and that's a problem for ethical designers because we come across as the do-gooders, " Katcher said.

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