Ethical Design Spotlight – Tammam

by Retro Chick
March 24, 2009
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This weekend, whilst on my wanderings, I popped into an exhibition / sale / workshop of weaving and ethically produced clothing. Then I popped straight back out again. There is also an ethical clothing boutique in my town, but I’ve never been in there, for the same reason I popped straight back out of the exhibition. The window displays of the boutique, and the clothing I found in the exhibition were shapeless, lumpy, and appeared to be made of hessian sacks. I can envisage middle aged, middle class hippies with long grey hair and Birkenstock sandals shopping there with glee, but personally, I like my clothes pretty, not just ethical.

This is why I have fallen in love with Tammam. Featured as part of Estethica exhibition at London Fashion Week Tammam describe themselves as “a fashion house with old fashioned ideas working for the modern independent stylish woman.”

Their website is gorgeously retro with Art Deco Fonts and a real 1930s vibe that carries through to their stunning photographs of their Pret A Porter collection.

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Items from their SS09 collection I am lusting after include this stylish organic cotton Mac
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And this beautiful cotton satin top with vintage button fastening at the back is a perfect summer piece; subtly sexy and stylish.

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I’m also very fond of a good dress and this deer and dog print is effortlessly elegant with such a cute print.

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Tammam is available online and whilst it’s pricy, it’s not out of the reach of mere mortals, especially as some pieces are on sale at the moment, and the styles are so classic and versatile that I can see them being wardrobe staples.

10 Comments

Ruth March 24, 2009

lovely clothes totally spoilt by the cigarette used in the styling – what’s ethical about promoting cigarettes as ‘sexy’?
Shauna March 25, 2009

It’s a sweet collection but I’m puzzling over the presence of the cigarette in some of the photos.
- Retro Chick March 25, 2009
  
  Good point from both of you!
  
  I see your point, I think I felt that in the context of the 30s style photographs the cigarette added to the overall look and feel.
  
  But I agree, it could probably have been acheived with a different prop, considering what we now know about smoking that we didn’t know in the 1930s!
Rowan | KitschenSink March 25, 2009

I love that mac! I think the cigarette has been used because we rarely see them in advertising anymore so it really marks the 1930s feel.

That said, it shouldn’t be glamourised after all the work being put into the ban and tax payers money spent on helping folks quit!
Scarves March 25, 2009

Me, too. A cute dress with such an elegant print.
Bekky March 26, 2009

Am I the only one who noticed that those pants are UP HER BUTT!?! 0_0
lisa March 27, 2009

The mac is lovely. Great eco-friendly spin on a wardrobe classic.
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SilkScarfand Shawls November 5, 2009

Have to disagree with you. Cigarette on the photo doesn’t spoil anything! People are entitled to do what they want. I don’t see any one secondhand smoking in the picture! Actually cigarette is adding some European flair to the overall image. (Personally, I don’t smoke)
Clothing Fashion Follower Megan July 9, 2010

These designs are great for petite women, are there designs as chic and ethical as these for plus size women?