#AcnePositivity is encouraging Gen Z to destigmatise skin imperfection
As the movement grows alongside a new, pandemic-induced focus on self-care, so too does acceptance towards skin conditions long steeped in needless stigma. ‘Pimples are in,’ announced Justin Bieber to his 151 million Instagram followers in 2018, paving the way for a brand-new age of acne representation. In the two years...
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The gender health gap: women’s bodies shouldn’t be a medical mystery
The most worrying trend in female healthcare research is the lack of it. Women (defined here as both female-identifying people, and people with wombs) have always found it much harder than men to have their bodies defined in the medical sphere. Given that histories are recorded and circumstances dictated...
One size fits none: is there a solution to clothes sizing disparities?
Amidst ongoing criticism that fashion has a sizing problem, the industry is finding itself hard-pressed to provide shoppers with a solution that doesn't simply cater to dominant consumer groups. A narrow range of sizing options has long hindered the fashion industry, an industry that often resorts to ‘vanity sizing’ whereby...
Guccifest is challenging fashion’s outdated seasonal structure
Swapping shows for short films, the luxury brand is offering a unique alternative to the traditional runway with Guccifest, a mini-series that's part art-house, part ad-campaign. Responding to Covid-induced lockdown orders earlier this year, Gucci’s creative director Alessandro Michele announced that the luxury brand would be working to reduce its...
Exclusive – How brands like Pantee are rising to the conscious fashion challenge
With social responsibility ranking at an all time high amongst consumers, we spoke with burgeoning circular fashion brand Pantee about the importance of up-cycling and transparency. ‘Making every choice a sustainable one is hard,’ says Katie McCourt who, with the help of her sister Amanda, has recently launched circular fashion...
Recycled polyester may not be as sustainable as it seems
Although the fabric is considerably better for the planet than its virgin counterpart, it still generates fibrous micro-plastics which persist in the environment and never degrade. Green or greenwashing? This is the question environmentalists have begun asking with regards to recycled polyester (rPET), the man-made fabric with an obviously smaller...
Coronavirus exposes the Western imbalance of clothing production
Suppliers and workers in some of the poorest countries have lost months of revenue, as western clothing brands refuse to buy $16 billion USD worth of goods due to the pandemic. US and European fashion companies have rejected over $16 billion USD worth of exported clothing and goods since the pandemic hit earlier this year, according to newly published import data from the Center for Global Workers’ Rights and...
The UK is considering an outright ban on fur sales post-Brexit
The move to completely ban the controversial material comes 20 years after the UK became the first country in the EU to prohibit fur farming. The time has finally come. Over the past few years, almost every top designer from Chanel to Prada has shed animal fur from their collections. Sugaring the pill, the state of California has outright banned it, Queen Elizabeth II has renounced it, and in February,...
Exclusive – Welcome to the world’s first-ever digital green carpet
This year, Eco-Age is moving its revolutionary Green Carpet Fashion Awards online, celebrating fashion's commitment to sustainability with an innovative, solution-based virtual event. In the past decade, sustainability consultancy firm Eco-Age has connected with fashion's biggest environmental innovators. Some of its recent collaborations include Candiani, an Italian production company that supplies sustainable denim for big fashion labels, and Diesel, which earlier this year launched a new upcycling collection that re-purposes old...
Chromat’s NYFW film delivered a very powerful message
At this year's show, the inclusive fashion label chose to focus on the struggles faced by trans athletes as they fight for a place within the world of athletics. Free from fashion’s traditional show schedule, designer and founder of Chromat, Becca McCharen-Tran, decided to do things a little differently this year. Having built her brand on a wholly inclusive perspective that strives to challenge beauty standards, Tran’s clothing is designed...
