WHO
Re-dress.ie was founded in 2008 by
Rosie O’ Reilly, Kellie Dalton and Kate Nolan.
The Re-dress Better Fashion Initiative is an organisation dedicated to promoting better fashion practice.
OUR VISION
Better Fashion is – aesthetically and creatively inspiring, environmental respectful acknowledging the limitations of our world’s resources & respectful of the rights of the people manufacturing and creating garments globally.
Better Fashion is measured by its merits, not its profit margins and it starts with you.
THE BETTER FASHION INITIATIVE
WHAT WE DO
Consumer Education & Awareness:
Since 2008 our mission has been to increase awareness in Ireland around ethical and environmentally sound purchasing and the use and recycling of clothes and other textiles. Through Art instillations, public events , Better Fashion Week and much more we have aimed to inform on the issues and make sustainable fashion accessible, stylish and sexy. Re-dress runs a large number of courses and classes geared towards immersing the public in the idea of Better Fashion. We are currently developing Ireland’s only Fetac Sustainable Fashion Design and Industry Practice Courses so stay in touch at fetac@re-dress.ie to get the updates.
The Clean Clothes Campaign: Re-dress are the founding member and hold the secretariat to the Irish branch of the Clean Clothes Campaign an initiative focused on improving the working conditions of those in the garment manufacturing sector.
Better Fashion Week:
Since 2008 re-dress has been running
BETTER FASHION WEEK an annual event focusing industry and public attention on better fashion practice at home and abroad. We’ve brought names like Katharine Hamnett, Noir, Edun, M&S, H&M and many more to the table to discuss the issues that matter.
Sustaining the Irish Industry:
Since 2008 Re-dress has annually run round table discussions and conferences engaging the Irish industry the discussions around why we need Better Fashion. The last two years has seen Re-dress champion the emerging Irish fashion sector and are currently researching and developing a series of projects to promote sustainable local production so stay tuned…
Retail:
After a hugely successful pop up shop in April this year Re-dress will opening an online store introducing some amazing ethical brands to the Irish market.
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