Berlin Fashion Week heightens its sustainability requirements
Following steps taken by Copenhagen Fashion Week, the event taking place in Berlin will require its designers to meet new environmentally conscious targets. In attempts to repair the fashion industry’s poor environmental reputation, numerous fashion weeks across Europe are heightening their sustainability requirements for brands and designers. Back in April, Copenhagen...
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Dior comes under fire for labour conditions
A recent investigation into factories in Italy found the luxury brand guilty of exploiting contractors. Like most luxury fashion brands, Dior is renowned for their elegance and meticulous craftsmanship. The company has long prided themselves on the savoir faire required to make their products – particularly their handbags, widely considered Dior’s most...
Why are fast fashion brands scrapping free returns?
Pretty Little Thing is the latest fast fashion retailer to start charging customers who make returns. But is the decision down to concern for the planet, or profit? UK customers have been left disgruntled after popular online fashion retailer Pretty Little Thing (PLT) announced it was scrapping free returns. Consumers...
The UK is getting a new sustainable fashion show this September
A new fashion show is coming to England, showcasing a curated collection of the best pieces in pre-loved and vintage fashion. Aiming to promote circular fashion, it will also provide an opportunity for attendees to donate, swap, and mend their clothing. Pre-loved clothing is all the rage these days, with...
New report suggests Shein suppliers are still overworked
Despite promises to improve working conditions, Shein’s disregard for people and the planet ensures business keeps booming. Nowadays, the disdain for resource-hungry, cheap clothing companies would suggest brands like Shein and Temu are on the out. One Google search on fast fashion, however, will pull up mixed reports that suggest otherwise. Younger...
Youthforia faces backlash over new ‘inclusive’ foundation shade
The makeup brand Youthforia has highlighted the importance of due diligence when it comes to inclusivity and representation. Inclusivity has become a paramount issue, particularly in the beauty industry. And as customers place more pressure on brands to practice as they preach, the margin for error has rightly decreased. Makeup enthusiasts, everyday...
Atacama fashion week spotlights the desert’s devastation
A staggering 60,000 tonnes of used clothing is shipped to Chile each year, 65% of which is illegally dumped in the Atacama desert. To raise awareness about how this is affecting the land and its people, activists and designers organised an event amid the trash. By now, I’m sure you’re well-aware that the world is literally drowning in clothes. Though recycling programmes have existed for decades, with little means of recycling jeans or...
Exploring the irony of the Met Gala’s ‘Garden of Time’ theme
Drawing inspiration from a dystopian novel, this year’s Met Gala theme is either purposefully or unintentionally a huge nod to the state of our planet and society in the 21st century. On the first Monday of May, the annual Met Gala event – also known as the ‘Fashion Oscars’ – will return to New York City. This year’s theme is based on a book named The Garden of Time and is...
Is Rihanna’s use of religious fashion as problematic as people think?
Never shy of causing a stir, global superstar Rihanna has drawn criticism after dressing up as a nun in her latest cover shoot for Interview Magazine – but some argue that the offended are missing the point. Celebrities have been using religious symbolism in their work for decades and – despite frequent backlash from the public – it doesn’t seem to be slowing anytime soon. To list just a few examples,...
Copenhagen introduces ban on exotic skins at Fashion Week
Just two years after it prohibited animal fur, Copenhagen has announced exotic animal skins and feathers will also be banned from its fashion week runways. Shows full of animal feathers and skins at fashion week? Groundbreaking. That’s the stance organisers of Copenhagen Fashion Week have taken as of late, announcing a ban on collections featuring exotic skins and feathers that will begin next year. This move has cemented Copenhagen as a...
