Has fashion been adequately addressed at COP26?
Sustainability advocates have been urging world leaders to recognise the fashion industry’s role in resolving the climate crisis. Have their cries been heard? Despite its significant contribution to the climate crisis, fashion has been surprisingly absent from the conversation at this year’s COP26 summit. A quick comb through our daily live...
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Italian brand Candiani is making fully biodegradable denim
In terms of environmental impact, most jeans are on par with clothing made from plastics. One European denim supplier is changing this, and you might be pleased to find that you own a pair of their jeans already. You’re likely aware that one of the most environmentally taxing industries is...
Paris Fashion Week highlights industry disparity with Gen Z
As fashion looks backwards, Gen Z turn toward a future of change. Paris Fashion Week highlights the growing differences between the two. Paris Fashion Week kicked off last week in a whirlwind of retrospection. From Miu Miu hailing the return of the ultra mini skirt, to Chanel’s flirty homage to the...
Could your skincare regime be endangering sharks further?
One ingredient in popular skincare items is regularly sourced from endangered, deep ocean dwellers. Shark fin soup has racked up serious blame for the depletion of shark populations around the world. But even if you aren’t eating sharks, there’s still a possibility that your daily habits are contributing to the...
Relaxed attitudes towards cosmetic procedures are dangerous
Cosmetic surgeries have become commonplace in our society, but even non-evasive procedures are never without risk. What can we learn about self-acceptance from one top model’s botched experience? The year is 2021, and you’d be hard pressed to find a celebrity who hasn’t undergone a nose job, brow lift, or...
Why the beauty industry should be selling rejected products
To save our planet, the environmentally damaging industry would do well to follow in sustainable fashion’s footsteps and begin turning unwanted off cuts into a zero-waste solution. In 2021, the negative connotations once linked to pre-owned fashion are no more. During a time in which the threat of climate change...
Hijabi ex-model Halima Aden to address modest fashion’s diversity problem
Aden denounced modelling last year, but her latest decision to work in modest fashion sheds fresh light on an immutable industry. Halima Aden, the first hijabi to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated, defiantly quit modelling last November. In the wake of her career change, she is now turning her sights to the roots of fashion’s diversity issues. Aden plans to design clothes for the Turkish brand Modanisa, one of the...
How Gen Z is pushing beauty to be more diverse and accepting
Leaning into a natural skin aesthetic while still leaving room for makeup experimentation, Gen Z is changing the way we approach beauty products. We already know that Gen Z is the driving force of pushing boundaries, both in terms of social change and creating new trends. This is especially evident in the beauty industry, which has had to adapt itself to earn the respect and trust of younger consumers. A core ethos...
‘Sustainable’ brand Coach is destroying unsold products
The brand is facing allegations that it slashes defective in-store returns before throwing them away, refuting its self-proclaimed commitment to a circular fashion economy. Scrolling through TikTok this week, you might’ve come across @thetrashwalker’s now-viral video accusing luxury design house Coach of ordering employers to ‘deliberately slash’ unwanted yet perfectly reusable handbags ‘so nobody else can have them.’ According to Anna Sacks, the environmental activist behind the alarming discovery and one...
Vogue Italia criticised for ‘hypocritical’ magazine cover
Everything is not what it seems in this month’s Vogue Italia magazine cover. Not pictured behind the featured blue ocean abyss lies the source of over 100 years of environmental destruction. As summer comes to a close and autumn arrives in the Northern Hemisphere, it brings with it a sense of change. It’s understandable, then, that for Vogue Italia’s September issue, a shoot location near water – signifying rebirth, clarity,...
