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Trawling for trash: the brands turning plastic pollution into fashion
The Guardian - Scarlett Conlon
Fishing nets and discarded plastic are finding their way into wardrobes around the world thanks to a rise in the number of fashion designers using materials made from recycled ocean waste. Brands including
Why Fashion’s Anti-Fur Movement Is Winning
Business Of Fashion - By Tamison O'Connor
Brands from Gucci to Michael Kors and DVF have recently stopped using fur, calculating that the goodwill generated with younger customers, and a …
Coach Latest Brand to Drop Fur
Business Of Fashion - By Tamison O'Connor
The accessible luxury behemoth has promised to stop using fur in time for the debut of its Fall 2019 collection, joining brands like Gucci, Burberry …
Shushu/Tong’s Modern Heroines
Business Of Fashion - By Zoe Suen
With a runway debut under their belt, the Shanghai-based duo are painting a portrait of modern girlhood, one binder clip at a time. SHANGHAI, China — …
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What Must Fashion Do to Safeguard Models?
Business Of Fashion - By Sophie Soar
In the post #MeToo era, the industry has gained momentum in its race to protect models. But how far has it come in recent years? OXFORDSHIRE, United …
Fashion (UK)
This Futuristic Chemist Is Changing The Face Of Beauty
vogue.co.uk - Emma Strenner
Why can’t beauty products adapt to your skin, your hair, your physical needs in that moment? That’s the question that led Lauren Bowker - the …
chanel bans exotic skins and fur from future collections
i-D USA - Briony Wright
Unable to source them ethically, Chanel says no to snake, crocodile, lizard and stingray skins. Ahead of its Metiers d’Art show at the Met, Chanel has joined the growing list of luxury labels banning only
Stella McCartney is teaming up with the UN to clean up fashion
DAZED - Angela Skujins
According to The Guardian, Stella McCartney is set to captain a UN charter that will combat the environmental and climatic degradation caused by the fashion industry. Along with a group of signatories
Don Kwaning's Lino Leather is a vegan alternative to leather
dezeen.com - Anna Winston
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Fashion sustainability explored and rebranded by a new digital experience in Amsterdam
Wallpaper* - Wallpaper* Magazine
‘Sustainability’ in fashion: historically seen as a byword for overpriced, hemp-rich bohemia and aggressive (and often deceptive) greenwashing. But Brooklyn-based design studio Local Projects in collaboration
Everlane to eliminate virgin plastic from its supply chain
dezeen.com - Bridget Cogley
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Kite offers eyewear that is 3D-printed to fit exact measurements of any face
dezeen.com - Natashah Hitti
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The IG finding beauty and power in unconventional images of women
DAZED - Tom Rasmussen
“There is ONLY intersectional feminism,” Musa, the New Orleans based artist and DJ behind @slut_wave, explains. Scroll Musa’s grid and you’ll see women of all kinds being uplifted for the beauty in their
Six contemporary weavers who are bringing innovation to textile craft
dezeen.com - Amy Frearson
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Fashion For Good museum in Amsterdam promotes responsible fashion
dezeen.com - Augusta Pownall
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Stacey Dooley Investigates: Are your clothes wrecking the planet? - BBC Three
bbc.co.uk
Like many of us, Stacey Dooley loves fashion. “It’s retail therapy,” she says. “For me, shopping is a way to unwind. I buy a treat, and I get home, try it on and take loads of photos wearing it.” But today’s
"Fur-free fashion week fills me with hope" says Stella McCartney
dezeen.com - Gunseli Yalcinkaya
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90s model Kristen McMenamy made her runway return at Valentino
Vogue Paris (EN) - Héloïse Salessy, translated by Hannah Larvin
FASHION NEWS On September 30, Hôtel des Invalides in Paris welcomed the Valentino Spring/Summer 2019 show by Pierpaolo Piccioli. For the occasion, top …
Fashion Shows
At Comme des Garçons, Rei Kawakubo Makes the Case for Going Gray on Your Own Terms
VOGUE.COM - Lauren Valenti
At Comme des Garçons, Rei Kawakubo Makes the Case for Going Gray on Your Own Terms At Commes des Garçons’ Spring 2019 Show, How to Embrace Gray Hair On Your Own Terms Like most women in 2018, Rei Kawakubo
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How Ursula Wångander, a 1980s Model, Landed a Spot on the Balenciaga Runway
VOGUE.COM - Laird Borrelli-Persson
How Ursula Wångander, a 1980s Model, Landed a Spot on the Balenciaga Runway How Swedish Stylist Ursula Wångander Became a Balenciaga Model There’s something to be said for experience; surely it contributed
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Introducing Maiyet Collective, London’s sustainable fashion pop-up
Wallpaper* - Wallpaper* Magazine
Since launching in 2011, Maiyet has ushered in a new type of luxury by working directly with global artisans. This week, the label is set to open its first concept store in the heart of a seven-floor,
Fashion’s Year of Reckoning: Have We Learned Anything?
Business Of Fashion - By Lauren Sherman
Nine months after the rise of fashion’s own #MeToo movement casting director James Scully, Model Alliance founder Sara Ziff and …
French Connection Have Just Released FCUK PLASTIC T-shirts To End Plastic Pollution
graziadaily.co.uk
French Connection Have Just Released FCUK PLASTIC T-shirts To End Plastic Pollution By Georgia Aspinall Posted on 28 Sep 2018 This weekend, you can …
Fashion (UK)
Will Isabel Marant's new collection make you want to do Eighties style in 2019?
The Telegraph - By Bethan Holt
With stonewashed denim, power shoulders and Lamé amongst its fashion signatures, the Eighties has earned a reputation as the decade which style forgot. But at Paris fashion week on Thursday night, Isabel
How Queen Nefertiti used her beauty to convey power
DAZED - Dazed
It might seem like our obsession with beauty has never been greater, but looking to the past tells a different story. Making Up The Past is a column looking at great women from history and how they used
Fashion sits alongside found objects at the Forte Forte boutique in Milan
dezeen.com - Natasha Levy
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Reebok launches plant-based Cotton + Corn sneaker
dezeen.com - Rima Sabina Aouf
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Flip flops with sugar-cane soles released by eco shoe brand Allbirds
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