FINISTERRE WIN ETHICAL FASHION AWARD

03 Jul 2008

The Observer, a British newspaper published on Sundays (and winner of National Newspaper of the Year at the British Press Awards 2007) has awarded UK-based surf brand Finisterre their Ethical Fashion Award.

A panel of experts made up of the UK’s most eminent environmental and social-justice professionals and enthusiasts judged the awards. Finisterre Founder, Tom Kay, set up the brand six years ago with a Prince's Trust grant and it is clearly no normal fashion label. In fact, it's all about 'testing convention', from the way the brand shuns cheap fabrics in favour of renewable or recyclable fibres, to their pulling out of China in favour of working with nuns in Colombia and a women's outreach project. The design is not bad either: GQ Magazine UK declared the Finisterre Anabatic shell jacket one of the 100 Best Things Right Now last year.

For more information check out www.finisterreuk.com