The View From The Pier

An independent blog looking at ethical fashion, sweatshops, organics, sustainability, charity and the third sector. The world of apparel and its worldwide impact, mixed with articles about fundraising and charities. Written and produced by Rob Wickings.

Wednesday, 20 April 2011

Getting Ready For The Season

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In general terms, the promotional clothing industry has historically been more active from Easter until Autumn. This year, with the wedding ...
Monday, 21 February 2011

Pier32 at UK Aware 2011

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Here at Pier32 we are both excited and nervous about making our live show debut. We decided to take the plunge into exhibiting ourselves aft...
Wednesday, 9 February 2011

Sleeping With Jonathan

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Our good friend (and very loyal customer) Jonathan, known affectionately as Jay, has asked us to invite you to a Sleep Out. On Friday 18 Mar...
Wednesday, 2 February 2011

All Change

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2011 looks like it's starting with a few months of change here at Pier32. In the next few days we'll be sending out our first ever e...
Friday, 31 December 2010

A prosperous AND ethical New Year to you all!

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We firmly believe that in the long run adherence to sound ethics will enhance prosperity - so let's take the sentiments of the headline ...
Tuesday, 23 November 2010

How long is your supply chain?

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Two news items have loomed large for us in the last couple of weeks. One concerning the lack of ethical trading standards beginning in a sup...
Thursday, 23 September 2010

The price of cotton

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Something as mundane as the price of cotton rarely hits the news, but in the last week or so it has. The warning issued by retailers such as...
Monday, 20 September 2010

London Fashion Week's getting ethical!

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There's no doubt of the importance of London Fashion Week. With the headlines being grabbed elsewhere by Lady Gaga clad in fresh filets,...
Thursday, 8 July 2010

Win an Ethical Organic T-Shirt - first numbers now drawn!

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You may have noticed the new banner on our home page - from this week, on selected orders of WRAP ethically produced t-shirts, we have been ...
Thursday, 10 June 2010

M&S ethical advertising is a boost for all ethical clothing

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An update on the excellent Ethical Fashion Twitter feed alerted us to a big development at M&S to push ethical fashions to the forefron...
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