Zara makes party dresses from pollution
The fast fashion giant has partnered with LanzaTech on a capsule collection featuring fabric made from recycled steel plant carbon emissions. If you read about H&Mβs shift to sustainability last month, like me, you may be feeling somewhat relieved that fast fashion appears to have heard our unceasing cries...
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Political community βCoup de Cakeβ returns to promote mental wellness
Coup de Cake are returning with βCake Confessionalsβ to spread awareness on understanding peace of mind - one iced bake at a time. Coup de Cake - a political community forged in icing - are teaming up with artist agency hen house to bring their βCake Confessionalsβ icing workshop to...
Italy approves ban on fur production
Amid a growing movement by Italian fashion houses to ditch the material, senators have voted to close down the countryβs ten remaining mink farms within six months. The time has finally come. Over the past few years, almost every top designer from Chanel to Prada has shed animal fur...
Marcus Rashford links with Burberry for his next youth-focused project
The National Literacy Trust has reported that over 400,000 children in the UK do not have access to books. Marcus Rashford, a 23-year-old footballer for Manchester United, has teamed up with the nationβs most iconic fashion brand to change that. Giving back to the community is part of Marcus Rashfordβs...
Harry Stylesβ beauty brand reignites discussion of modern masculinity
Not one to turn down a purple feather boa or a pearl drop earring, Harry Stylesβ new beauty line, βPleasingβ, has reignited questions of sexuality and gender that constantly swirl around him. But must a manβs foray into makeup and skirts always be the subject of such social debate? On...
How colourful post lockdown fashion is helping to boost our moods
Itβs the question on the mind of fashion lovers around the world - can orange really be the new black? According to fashion psychologists, it already is. After spending the majority of the last year moping around in loungewear and PJs, many have emerged ready to experiment with their fashion...
Are major fashion brands contributing to deforestation in the Amazon?
New research into the industryβs complex global supply chains has revealed that a number of well-known companies could be indirectly spurring the rainforestβs destruction. Post-Cop26, itβs no surprise that fashion β notorious for its substantial environmental impact β has been in the limelight. Yet while itβs undoubtedly progressive that the industry is no longer able to conceal the level at which itβs contributing to the climate crisis, news of its...
This desert is a dumping ground for fast fashionβs leftovers
Deep within Chileβs arid Atacama, new dunes are forming β not of sand, but of thousands of tonnes of unsold clothing from across the globe. By now, Iβm sure youβre already well-aware that the world is literally drowning in clothes. Though recycling programmes have existed for decades now, with little means of recycling jeans or dresses, of the 100 billion garments bought annually, 92 million tonnes of them get thrown...
Tiffany & Co. taps into hypebeast culture with Supreme collab
The luxury jewellery and homeware brand is looking to expand its consumer market beyond Upper East Side dwellers and soon-to-be-engaged Millennials this fall. When you think of Tiffany & Co., youβre likely to think of the dainty, classic, minimal aesthetic of the 1960s, emulated most famously by Audrey Hepburn. The brand has been a long-time seller of luxury goods and coveted diamonds worth millions, the stuff of dreams for women and...
Can livestream shopping survive in a post-lockdown world?
Early excitement about the potential of livestream shopping in the West is dwindling. Can the industry really take off now that the high street has opened up? During the pandemic, Western brands began experimenting with livestream shopping, a technology that contributed $4.4 billion USD to Chinaβs economy in 2018. Lockdown or not, Chinaβs livestream shopping industry thrives, with more than 100 million viewers tuning into live online video events every month....