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For £45, Recycle Your Jeans will turn any pair of jeans you have into a pair of sandals, re-made here in the UK.

Recycle Your Jeans is part of Softwalker Ltd, one of the very few companies still manufacturing shoes in the UK. The factory is in Cumbria, used to be operated by K Shoes before Clarks bought the company. When Clarks moved all of its manufacturing to outside the UK, Softwalker was bought by Mike and Lynn Stables. The sandals made from recycled jeans are called Kalahari and are not dis-similar in style from Birkenstocks and are reportedly very comfortable.

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Run by designer Sarah Lucy Smith and fashion merchandiser Rose Cleary-Southwood, Greenknickers is, just as it sounds, a company specialising in ethical undies. Based in south London, production takes place in India using organic cotton and the UK using hemp and silk, as well as in China (but still fair trade and ethically made the website states).

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Bamboo knickers are the business! Bamboo is the world's fastest-growing plant and one of the most sustainable crops we have. People are hailing bamboo as the new cotton. The fibre contains bamboo kun, which apparently means that it has natural anti-bacterial properties and helps inhibit body odour.

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Sing London is a series of events designed to get Londoners united in voice. There are loads of opportunities to join in, including having personal online singing tuition with the English National Opera, attending the Songs of Ireland with a senior citizens choir where ages range from 60 to 100 are signing up to be part of a singing flash mob.

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Born on a council estate in Shepherd's Bush, Darron (that is his real name, apparently mum wanted a girl called Sharon) Connett has been pursuing a solo career since 2001. You can catch him at one of his London gigs and as well as praise for his self-penned singles, he is also receiving top reviews for his live shows. A 21st century Mod with a down-to-earth attitude and loads of potential.

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Instead of staging a catwalk show for her autumn/winter 2007/8 collection, Carri Mundane from menswear Cassette Playa made a film which was shown at MAN. Carri hasn't yet sorted out putting it on her own website (she's too busy working and playing computer games) but you can see it here. Have a look and get crazy dancing.

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Photovoice is a charity which uses the power of documentary photography to help people worldwide living under difficult conditions, but instead of the troubled being the subjects of photos taken by professional snappers from far away places, they are taken by the people themselves.

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When Dover Street Market first opened its doors, London lovers of all things Comme had their prayers answered. Now almost three years later, Rei's Kawakubo's vision for DSM as "a kind of market where various creators from various fields gather together and encounter each other in an ongoing atmosphere of beautiful chaos" is being translated online.

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Mopods are mobile phone gadgets from Japan which somehow synch-in with your mobile phone and can be attached to your bag, belt, necklace etc.

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This independent boutique is based in Hampstead and specialises in hand-selected stock. CoChineChine stocks a really credible crop of womenswear designers including Hussien Chalayan, Spijkers and Spijkers and Vince. Good choice of jeans too. The website isn't selling yet but it does neatly showcase this lovely shop.

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