Fashion that's fair at Ringwood School (From Salisbury Journal)

Fashion that's fair at Ringwood School

1:10pm Friday 23rd July 2010 in

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A FASHION show focusing on fair trade was put on by students at Ringwood School.

The sixth form students modelled a series of ethically-sourced outfits in a bid to educate people about what is available and how easy it is to make the switch.

Between 70 and 80 people came along to the evening.

Organiser Abigail Grace, 17, said: "We've been doing a lot of awareness raising about fair trade, because although the public know about it they aren't so aware of how easy it could be to make a big difference just by swapping one or two products.

"We organised a tea dance for the elderly and talked to them about fair trade, and had fairly traded tea, and there was quite a lot of enthusiasm for it.

"The fashion show was all part of that awareness raising."