UK watchdog to expose fashion brands guilty of greenwashing
The Competition and Markets Authority is preparing to name and shame high street clothing companies selling ‘sustainable’ clothing at a premium price. We might think we’re doing the right thing by heading straight for the ‘eco-friendly’ or ‘sustainable’ section of popular clothing shops when looking to buy a new outfit. But...
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Parisian brand Chloé channels climate consciousness at fashion week
Gabriela Hearst, the Creative Director of Chloé, took an optimistic stance at Paris Fashion Week by encapsulating how the fashion industry can exist in harmony with the planet. As humanity looks for ways to become less wasteful, the fashion industry has been placed directly under the microscope due to its...
How is the fashion industry responding to war in Ukraine?
Responses from big fashion labels like Nike and YNAP highlight the strange co-existence of fashion and war in the modern age of digital media. Many would say the contents of our social media timelines has become the reflection par excellence of the global situation. If this is true, then the past...
Diabetes doesn’t have to lead to disordered eating
Those diagnosed with type 1 diabetes are more than twice as likely to experience an eating disorder than people without, yet specialists continue to encourage carbohydrate-counting and food logging. How can diabetics avoid sliding down the slippery slope of disordered eating? Finding a balance between the right intake of food...
Beauty brands are turning air into perfume
Prompted by an industry-wide pivot to more sustainable production practices, several companies have started trialling fragrances made from carbon dioxide pollution. Though I’m sure you’d rather not be reminded, the world, as we know, is well and truly running out of time to offer up solutions that’ll prevent climate change...
Could the pill for men balance the contraceptive burden?
Scientists have developed a male contraceptive that doesn’t target testosterone, avoiding unwanted side effects like weight gain and depression. After proving 99% effective at preventing pregnancy in mice, the drug is set for human trials. It looks as though birth control options for men may soon expand beyond condoms...
How will the UK plastic packaging tax impact beauty?
From April 1, any company manufacturing or importing packaging containing less than 30% recycled materials will be taxed £200 per tonne. For an industry that’s renowned for its insurmountable reliance on plastic, this may well pose some issues. Earlier this month, ‘the most important international deal since the Paris climate accord’ was approved by the United Nations Environmental Assembly in an effort to tackle the mountains...
What really happens when we throw our clothes away?
Chile’s Atacama Desert, one of the world’s largest ‘fashion graveyards’, is a stark reminder of where our clothing really ends up. We’re often told that our rubbish doesn’t just ‘disappear’. From an early age, I remember my mum scolding me for throwing litter on the floor, or wasting my food; ‘The rubbish fairy doesn’t just magic everything away!’. As the climate crisis becomes more global concern than radical political theory, this narrative...
Chic meets sustainable with SONNET155’s handbags
Made from post-industrial waste, these handbags offer a sophisticated and sustainable approach to traditional paper shopping bags. Move over, cloth tote bags. Fruit leather is in. Though cloth totes have taken the world by storm – they’re considered a staple for Gen-Z who has grown up abolishing single use plastic – textile bags have been criticised for their overproduction and poor environmental impact. Cloth bags are typically made from cotton fibres, which...
You decide – is beauty glamourising drug culture?
Harry Styles’ long-awaited cosmetics brand just dropped a psychedelic-inspired collection. Aesthetic visuals aside, there may exist a wider issue with the way these products are being marketed. Whether we like it or not, psychedelics are having their moment. Permeating both mainstream media for their extraordinary medical potential and our social media feeds as young people struggling with mental health conditions increasingly look into them for personal development, hallucinogenic...
