Opinion – Capsule collections are the future of fashion
In the age of cheaply priced fast fashion, buy-now-pay-later schemes, and constant advertising both on and offline, there’s nothing more tempting than buying a new outfit for every special occasion. But once you see the value in having a curated capsule collection, I promise you’ll never look back. There’s never...
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Love Island will continue eBay partnership in winter episodes
Hoping to encourage viewers to buy and sell second-hand clothing, ITV partnered with eBay to dress last summer’s Love Island contestants. A boom in listings on the platform has continued ever since, and will hopefully grow further. With the return of Winter Love Island comes news that contestants will be...
British Airways updates staff uniforms for first time in two decades
Fashion designer Ozwald Boateng has created a new uniform line for British Airways’ staff. After 20 years of sporting the same look, its 30,000 employees – especially female staff – will have more freedom regarding what they wear at work. For far too long, most airline stewardesses’ have had to...
SHEIN named the year’s most popular fashion brand
Overtaking ZARA and Nike as the world’s most Googled clothing brand is SHEIN. Founded in 2008 and gaining serious popularity during the pandemic, it looks like the fast-fashion giant is here to stay – regardless of its poor reputation. Yikes. According to a report compiled by Money.co.uk, SHEIN has become the...
Balenciaga’s quest for redemption has had the opposite effect
The luxury brand’s brush with accusations of paedophilia has united haters and fans in shared concern. But the controversy also points to systemic issues of exploitation and power within the fashion industry. Publicity stunt? Mindless oversight? Elite satanic conspiracy? Whichever best explains Balenciaga’s latest controversy – triggered by two campaigns that...
New report links global fashion consumption to inequality
A new fashion report by Berlin’s Hot or Cool Institute presents data on how fashion consumption exposes global inequalities, reveals how many outfits we really need in our closets, and makes suggestions for improving sustainability within consumer behaviour. Whether you already live by the advice of sustainable fashion advocates or...
The Fashion Pact establishes new renewable energy agreement
After a quiet two years, the CEO-led coalition has announced the launch of a promising sustainability initiative that seeks to accelerate the industry’s green transition. By now, I’m sure you’re well aware that fashion has an acute sustainability problem. If you’ve somehow missed out on the details, however, allow me to remind you that the industry is the largest global consumer of water and generates more greenhouse gas emissions than all...
Opinion – beauty’s attempts at sustainability are misguided
So-called sustainable beauty products are everywhere. But with a new beauty line coming out almost every month, is less production the only way to achieve more in terms of true sustainability? It seems counterintuitive to say that the beauty industry is becoming more complex, especially when our understanding of which ingredients are necessary for maintaining healthy skin is improving. But take a walk into a local beauty department and it’d be...
Vestiaire Collective bans the resale of fast fashion on its platform
Seeking to fight waste and encourage consumers to buy ‘quality over quantity,’ the pre-loved online marketplace has announced it will now prohibit brands including ASOS, boohoo, and SHEIN from being bought, sold, or listed by its users. Buying second-hand clothing has never been easier or more common. Offering consumers a way to get money back for former purchases and simultaneously reduce their carbon footprint by giving garments a new lease of...
New documentary goes undercover inside SHEIN’s factories
Available on Channel 4, the documentary reveals that workers making clothing for the fast-fashion giant SHEIN are paid as little as 3p per garment while working 18-hour shifts. Most of us aren’t blind to the fact that the availability of ultra-cheap clothing is impossible without the exploitation of workers who sew them. But this doesn’t make the findings in Channel 4’s new documentary any less shocking. Titled Untold: Inside the Shein Machine,...
