by Emma H.
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| Marieke's book (above) is out now in the Netherlands. |
Passionate, genuine, and maybe a little bit mad; the three words I would have described Marieke Eyskoot with after our first meeting last year. Mad because she had come to the People Tree head office to convince us to attend her and co-founder Willa Stoutenbeek's new ethical fashion tradeshow MINT in Amsterdam. We were sceptical, the strictly ethical fashion tradeshows we had been to in the past had been near disasters, but there was something about MINT and, something about Marieke. They had managed to organise MINT as part of one of the biggest shows in the industry, Modefabriek, and if this warm, pretty lady from the Netherlands was rolling with the big guys then I knew it would be worth attending. It was one of the best tradeshows I have been to.
Recently lauded as #21 in Trouw newspaper's Top 100 Sustainable Leaders, Marieke is an ethical fashion pioneer and inspiration to those of us carving out a career path in ethical fashion and lifestyle. TCC interviewed her to find out more about her career to date and what's been happening in 2012. Here's what she had to say.
