Well, I have been writing this blog for 40 days now. I just checked Day 1 and it was all about explaining the challenges of writing a dairy in different stages of my life. If it wasn’t for the thesis, I wouldn`t have started writing every single day. Well, to be more precise every single day apart from travelling to Vienna and London. I love writing this blog. Probably this is the most relaxing thing I have ever done in the past 11 years. There is no pressure of the outcome. It is not like a uni project at hand-in thinking if it will pass or not. There is no stress when designing a dress and making it, would it fit, would the client like it? This is just pure joy and ease, certainly a good feeling that I managed to maintain this blog for so long, comparing to all my previous dairy writing efforts which always evaporated within 2 weeks. The fact that you lovely people read it out there helps me keep going. Thank you very much!
I was determined to write today and took my laptop with me to Budapest to the GAT training. I got up at 4am travelled 225km just to find myself on the wrong tram ending up the opposite side of the capital I was supposed to go and nearly missed my own testimony. Thank God Janos asked so many questions from the previous interviewees that I managed to get there in the very last minute. I was not planning to do a morning sightseeing, but ended up going back and forwards between the Lagymanyosi Bridge and Aprad Bridge.
There were so many lovely people at GAT: catholic, evangelical and reformed. We went through the new 1-day GAT training that was condensed from 2. It went very smoothly with lots of good humour.
After lunch during one of the workshops I had a sudden idea about the thesis. A SPAR flyer came to my mind. Those products that are made in Hungary have a special label on the flyer. That reminded me of the promotion of locally produced fruit, vegetables and sausages in big retail units in England such as Sainsbury`s and Tesco`s. I remember reading in somewhere, that 20-30% of products sold in these stores are supposed to be locally produced within maybe 50miles. I need to check the data and if it has anything to do with an EU regulations? But it is for sure all about supporting local producers and low carbon footprint production. That makes me think of a question: would it ever be possible to have the same initiative in fashion? Could local makers/artisans be supported by giving them an opportunity to sell their products in big retail outlets? As the wages and the standard of living is rising in China and India, clothing production in Asia will become more expensive and artisans need to start to get support now here in Europe to be able to grow themselves out into SMEs by that time.
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