Welcome to the Winter 2012 Newsletter from Panchachuli U.K. As we look forward to another season, we’d also like to take this opportunity to tell you about some of the exciting developments that have taken place over the summer.

In June 2012 our annual visit to the Panchachuli weaving co-operative in Almora took place and this year was especially exciting as we took the design team from Timberland UK with us, and representatives from NEST, who helped to co-ordinate the trip. We spent a great few days travelling up to the mountains from Delhi and working with the Master weavers and the team, to come up with some truly beautiful new designs for AW 2013. We can’t wait to show you these and the new photos and video that were taken on the trip….coming soon! But here’s other news for now….

Livia Firth at Yoox.com

This summer our ladies have been very busy embroidering a beautiful range of stoles for Livia Firth at Eco Age which are now available to buy at Yoox.com. This is Livia Firths first collection and we are absolutely delighted to have been chosen for this exciting project. We are also thrilled for Livia as she has been chosen as a UN Leader of Change 2012 for her amazing work with the Green Carpet Challenge. Well done Livia!

 

http://www.yoox.com/project/liviafirthfw12?tp=4223

 

Carrie Parry

We are also thrilled for fashion designer Carrie Parry who has won The Green Award at Amsterdam Fashion Week in January 2012, and in Nov 2012 the Eileen Fisher Business Women Award. Carrie has made an impressive mark on the fashion scene in the U.S.A and many of her designs feature Panchachuli Lambs wool fabrics.

Links:

 http://www.carrieparry.com/blog/cat/Support/

http://www.carrieparry.com/content/about/about-us.html

More of Carrie’s designs can be viewed on our Panchachuli U.K. Facebook page.

 

 

our new facebook PAGE – IS LOOKING GREAT WITH LOTS OF COLOURFUL PHOTOS AND THE LATEST INFORMATION. PLEASE CHECK IT OUT.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Panchachuli-UK/259959574015189#!/pages/Panchachuli-UK/259959574015189

 

 We would be delighted if you ‘like’ our Facebook page to keep updated.

 

SOURCE4STYLE  - The Sustainable Fabrics Directory launched  in November 2010 and has been very well received. September 2011 saw the re-launch of a newer version of the website.

Designers will now be able to access a selection of our fabrics directly from  www.source4style.com

Jill Heller – Pure Thread

We are thrilled to have been at the launch of Pure Thread London!

This October we were invited to take part in the launch of Pure Thread London. This event featured pop-up shops in Shoreditch and Carnaby Street, London and was great fun, as well as featuring exemplary ethical fashion brands.

We have uploaded photos from the event on our Facebook page, or you can read all about it on Jill’s website at www.thepurethread.com

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With very special thanks to the following Retailers for your support

Yoox – www.yoox.com

Eco- Age – www.eco-age.com  

The Source – www.fromthesource.co.uk  

69b – www.sixtynineb.com

Jivita Ayurveda – www.jivitaayurveda.com

Coming soon…..The Panchachuli Autumn Winter Collection. See our beautiful new Traditional hand woven and knotted STOLES AND SHAWLS in black, brown, blue and orange designs. These will be uploaded to the Panchachuli U.K. Store in time for Christmas. Fabulous!

We are looking forward to lots more design work next year and are collaborating on some exciting new developments for 2013. There will be more news about this in the next Spring Newsletter. Over the next couple of months our production factory in India is moving to a new site and there will be updates about this as well.

Thank you all once again for your continued support for the Panchachuli Women Weavers. It is very much appreciated by us all.

The Ethical Fashion Forum Global Source Expo

 We are delighted to become Fellowship Members of the Ethical Fashion Forum. In Oct 2012 we took part in the Global Source Expo for the fourth year. www.ethicalfashionforum.com

 

 

 

Urban Times

On Dec 13^th we will be taking part in the Urban Times Bid for Better event supporting the Environmental Justice Foundation. Press Release below - or details on Panchachuli UK Facebook page - if you’re in London and would like to take part. It promises to be a fantastic event!

Our guest article for Urban Times can be viewed here:

http://urbantimes.co/2012/12/panchachuli-how-hand-looms-are-transforming-womens-lifes/

 

If you are wishing  to purchase Panchachuli accessories in time for Christmas there is still time! We will be uploading new items to the Panchachuli UK Store at : www.panchachuli.co.uk

We will also be adding a few select items to our storefront on Facebook.

Yoox.com - Limited edition Butterfly stoles for Livia Firth!

 

 

We are delighted to announce our beautiful hand embroidered Butterfly Stoles for Livia Firth are now available to buy at Yoox.com

 

Click the link below to view and buy one of these truly different and limited edition stoles here.

 

 

http://www.yoox.com/uk/46274731OT/item?dept=liviafirthfw12#sts=liviafirthfw12&cod10=46274731OT&sizeId=1



Panchachuli Women Weavers Video

http://blog.thepurethread.com/the-purethread-team-shares-their-favorite-looks/

Great to see the favourite looks from the Pure Thread launch features our beautiful hand woven traditional shawl in Black and Cream. These will shortly be available on the Panchachuli U.K. Store or from Jill Heller at www.thepurethread.com in New York.

http://blog.thepurethread.com/purethread-london-launch-and-press-event/


Read all about the launch of Pure Thread London here....and see Jill and Joss's choices for the season ahead.....An inspiring event. Thank you both!

Pure Thread pop-up Boutique London Launch Party

October 16th 2012

 

The launch of Pure Thread London was a terrific success and saw lots of wonderful ethical fashion brands curated by Jill Heller from Pure Thread NY, and Jocelyn Whipple. Here are just a couple of our photos of Jill and Leonie from Panchachuli U.K. looking lovely in our traditional shawls and stoles.

 

Both these shawls and stoles are available from Panchachuli U.K. in London or Jill Heller at www.thepurethread.com

 





PureThread - London Launch - October 2012

SUSTAINABLE STYLE THAT CUTS IT.
THE HOTTEST ETHICAL BRANDS IN THE WORLD SHOWCASED IN LONDON FOR THE FIRST TIME. AN EXCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY TO RECALIBRATE YOUR WARDROBE (AND YOUR THINKING!).

From 8 - 26 October, 67 Old Street, London EC1V 9HW, British shoppers with a conscience and an eye for fashion get the opportunity to touch, feel and buy into the world’s hottest sustainable style brands. Jocelyn Whipple, leading light of Livia Firth's Green Carpet Challenge joins with Jill Heller, owner of New York'd legendary Pure Thread to host this exclusive event.

Finally British shoppers get a chance to try exquisite ethical brands from Kami Organic to Stewart & Brown, Henrietta Ludgate to Beautiful Soul, brought together for the first time in the UK. These are the brands proving to the world that ethics and chic go together. These brands are helping to redefine ethical fashion across the world.

If these brands are new to you, don’t worry! According to Whipple and Heller UK consumers have been starved of top quality sustainable chic. During our event we'll be selling fashion that is truly beautiful, pieces you can fall in love with, that will stay in your wardrobe for many years. "We think UK consumers deserve access to this fashion" says Whipple.
Broadcaster and writer, Lucy Siegle, Author of To Die For: Is fashion wearing out the world?  says, ‘I can’t wait for this event. This will show that sustainable style has gone up several gears and is now a serious wardrobe competitor. These brands are the perfect antidote to a fashion culture that has become fixated on disposablity and takes a heavy toll on people and planet"
PROGRAMME:
Launch Event:      Tuesday October 16, 6 - 9 pm.       RSVP Contact: jocelynwhipple@yahoo.com
This retail event runs from 8-26 October, daily from 10am - 6pm at 67 Old Street, London EC1V 9HW, Sunday by appointment.
Collections/Brands for sale: An exclusive edit of sustainable style from Autumn Winter 12 collections by Jocelyn Whipple  (Green Carpet Challenge TM) Ada Zanditon ~ Altheane ~ Anna Louca ~ Beautiful Soul ~ Bottletop ~ Charini~ L’herbe Rouge ~ Loomstate 321 ~ Komodo ~ From Somewhere ~ Henrietta Ludgate ~ Izzy Lane ~ Junky Styling ~ Les Racines Du Ciel ~ Minna ~ Organic Leather ~ Panchachuli ~ Popomomo ~ Privatsachen ~ Raffauf Rainwear ~
Sonya Kashmiri ~ Still ~ Kami ~ Stewart+Brown ~ Sweet Blossom ~ Studio Jux ~ Front Row Society ~ Right as Rain.
• Handpicked bespoke items and vintage collection also on sale.
• Stunning ethical accessories.
• Organic skincare by Nourish. (contact for demonstrations and treatment days)
• Personalised styling advice sessions with Jill Heller, Pure Thread, New York, 15 - 20 October by appointment.