Bangladesh The sustainable design talent coming of Bangladesh - i-Di-D USA - Tahmina BegumBangladeshi fashion is so often framed negatively, but these four up and coming designers are championing craft, education and sustainability in fashion. Sustainability and Bangladesh are two words rarely
Play buttonSocial Media Companies How Tik Tok is changing beauty standards for Gen Z - i-Di-D USA - Roisin LaniganThe influencer is dead. The E-Girl is ready to ascend in her place. The influencer’s reign of terror is over. Come out from behind your sofas and stop FaceTuning out your cellulite, because all anyone
Björk The Story Behind Björk’s Blooming Iris Van Herpen Gownanothermag.com - Jack Moss The Shed is a new cultural hub on New York’s West Side, part of the block-spanning Hudson Yards, a vast shopping mall-cum-business park which opened …
You Can Now Buy Prada Nylon Bags Made from Recycled Plasticanothermag.com - Belle Hutton Prada’s use of nylon dates back to the 1930s, when its founder Mario Prada developed parachute nylon as a covering for trunks and luggage. Miuccia …
Helmets Cyclo is the packable and sustainable helmet made from recycledinhabitat - by Dawn Hammon Study after study shows that wearing a helmet saves lives and reduces injuries during an accident, yet some statistics detail a usage rate as low as …
Zara promises to use sustainable fabrics by 2025treehugger.com - Katherine Martinko But can fast fashion ever be green? Fabrics are easier to change than business models. At its annual general meeting last week, Inditex, owner of fast …
Big Bud Press Is Making '60s Inspired Jumpsuits That Are Sustainable and Size InclusiveTeen Vogue - Scarlett Newman"I have cried in many dressing rooms, and I don't wanna make clothes that make anybody feel that way." “Into This” is a column that highlights up-and-coming fashion designers that the Teen Vogue style
Fast fashion is fucking the planet: here’s what you can do to help stop itDAZED - Sophie BensonIt’s been a bad week in the fight between fast fashion and the planet. First, Missguided came in strong with the big ‘fuck you climate breakdown’ that is their £1 bikini, which, despite some serious online
How the beauty industry is finally embracing the menopauseDAZED - Alice GibbsDry hair, dehydrated skin, an increase in breakouts, these are just a few of the many changes in their bodies that menopausal people will go through. And yet you can hear a pin drop when it comes to conversations
Prada Sets Goal to Phase Out Virgin Nylon by 2021Business Of Fashion - By Sarah Kent The Italian luxury group is launching a range of its nylon bags using recycled material, joining a spate of brands that have introduced similar …
Burberry Sets Emissions Goals in Bid to Become Carbon NeutralBusiness Of Fashion - By Bloomberg Burberry announced plans last year to end the practice of destroying unsold items after shareholders objected to the disposal of millions of pounds …
Play button Pioneering Photographer Susan Meiselas On The Power Of The Unretouched Womanvogue.co.uk - Liam Freeman In 1972, shortly after graduating from Harvard with an MA in visual education, Susan Meiselas embarked on a project photographing and interviewing …
Lexus A bespoke lace bra to fit different breast cancer patientsdesignweek.co.uk - By Sarah Dawood Algorithmic Lace is the winner of the Lexus Design Award 2019 and uses body measurements to enable those who have undergone breast removal surgery to …
British MPs have decided against regulations on fast fashionDAZED - Dominic CadoganDespite large fashion brands like Burberry pledging to no longer burn unsold goods, the fashion industry in the UK sends over 300 million tonnes of clothing to landfill every year – not helped in the bit
Urge LVMH to Shed Fur and Exotic Skins From Louis Vuitton and Other Brandspeta.org.uk LVMH supports the cruel slaughter and skinning of crocodiles and other animals to produce clothing and accessories. Please urge the fashion house to …
Innovation This clothing brand’s new repair program shows that the future of fashion can be circularFast Company - Eillie AnzilottiWith its new Restitch program, Taylor Stitch joins the list of clothing companies giving a second life to your hole-in-the-knee jeans. This statistic may not have the shock value it did prior to Marie
Low pay in the garment industry still a reality despite pledges – studyThe Guardian - Frances PerraudinCommitments by global fashion brands to pay the living wage are not translating into “meaningful change on the ground”, a study has found. A report by the University of Sheffield said that, despite ambitious
The Beauty Industry's Having An Environmental Awakening, But Not All Redemption Is Created EqualRefinery29 - Lexy LebsackThe oceans are in crisis, thanks in part to the beauty industry, but brands are slow to reduce beauty pollution and regulations are sparse — so what now? “We're all being experimented on,” Diana Felton,
Why Gucci Beauty’s lipstick campaign shots are important in the current age of perfectionismStylist Magazine - Georgia Drew The ways in which beauty is represented in the media has been slowly changing for some time now. First came the skin positivity movement, which sees …
Gucci, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen have all pledged to stop using underage modelsStylist Magazine - Billie Bhatia The age and well-being (both mental and physical) of models is one of the fashion industry’s most scrutinised and controversial topics of …
The best eco-friendly shoes, boots, heels and trainers brandsStylist Magazine - Hannah Keegan Being more thoughtful with the way we shop is something we can all make a conscious effort to do. Of course we all get the urges when there are so …
Stanley Kubrick exhibition: how he used fashion to build his movie worlds - i-Di-D USA - Liam HessHe might be one of the world’s most celebrated filmmakers, but his understanding of fashion’s storytelling potential is only now being fully explored. Think of The Shining and what comes to mind are the
CEOs our house is on fire, the fashion industry must do more than talk about the climate crisisi-D USA - Steve SalterAs we make sense of the conversations, solutions and commitments shared at Copenhagen Fashion Summit 2019, it’s clear that radical measures and collaborative action are more urgent than ever. "There is
Stella McCartney Google has teamed up with Stella McCartney in an effort to help reduce fashion's environmental footprintHarper's BAZAAR - By Amy de KlerkWith the fashion industry's environmental impact significant and growing, pressure is on brands to rethink their production processes. However, one of the main problems with this is that brands do not
Every Luxury Designer And Fashion House That Has Gone Fur-FreeElle - By Daisy MurrayAfter consistent pressure from activist groups and consumers alike for over a decade, industry giant fashion houses have taken the steps to become fur-free. Whilst some, such as Stella McCartney, have
The IG account curating sustainable fashion you actually want to wearDAZED - Sophie Benson“I just don’t think it’s realistic for us to expect that the world is going to transition to wearing plain white t-shirts just because of the looming environmental crisis,” says Alec Leach, former fashion
Watch a trance-like film about the making of Nike’s futuristic leatherDAZED - DazedWe hit the factory for a film about the material being created for humans to look fly in the future In a small factory in the east of England, the future of leather is being created. Billed by Nike as
