It’s Time to End Our Toxic Love Affair with Synthetic Clothing.
We need to end our toxic love affair with synthetic clothing. And there are so many reasons hy
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Remake’s 2021 Fashion Accountability Report –What it is and why you should read it.
What’s Remake? Founded by Ayesha Barenblat, Remake is a nonprofit that initially began with a goal of igniting a conscious consumer movement to turn fashion into a force for good. … Read more
Culture Dose | 12.03
Our weekly recommendations of what to read, watch and listen to now Read: Consumed by Aja Barber A call to action for consumers everywhere, Consumed asks us to look at … Read more
Listen Up! Our favorite podcasts on ethical, responsible & sustainable fashion
Fashion podcasts that are informative and fun!
How Reformation does Sustainability
How planet friendly is Reformation fashion brand? We interviewed Carrie Freiman, their Director of Sustainability to find out!
The problem with fast fashion’s “green”, “conscious” and “eco” collections
Repeat after me: fast fashion can NEVER be sustainable. No matter how many collections are called “eco” or “conscious” or how much beige and green are in the marketing.
It’s time to go green in sneaker culture
Yes there’s Veja and Ecoalf but what are US based sneaker companies doing to go green AND shift the sneakerhead culture?
Sustainable Fashion Organizations and Forums You Need to Know About
Where to go to find out what’s going on with sustainble fashion.
SB62: The Garment Worker Protection Act and Why it Must be Passed Now
Shopping at ethical brands is great but doesn’t stop the exploitation of workers. Passing SB62 would be a step in the right direction. Let’s make our voices heard that we don’t want cheap clothes at the cost of someone’s livelihood.
5 Takeaways from Maxine Bédat’s Unraveled: The Life and Death of a Garment
Maxine Bedat – photo by Bogdana Ferguson Maxine Bédat’s Unraveled: The Life and Death of a Garment follows a single pair of jeans as it makes its way from farm … Read more
How to Recognize Greenwashing in the Beauty Industry
Just like with our food and fashion, there is minimal oversight in terms of how brands describe themselves –leaving consumer’s to sort through it. Here’s a little help from your friends at No Kill!
10 Sustainable Fashion Terms to Familiarize Yourself With
Know how to “talk the talk” so you can “walk the walk” of fashion that is good for people and the planet!
5 Books to increase your sustainable fashion knowledge
The Fashion Industry: What’s wrong and How We Can Fix It The fashion industry is the second most polluting industry in the world, falling only slightly behind the oil industry. … Read more
Circular Denim: What is it, why it’s important and where to find it!
When we shop we need to think about the entire life cycle of the garment. And these companies are helping us do that.
Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Prize powered by 52HZ
Not Only Is Tom Ford Sexy, A Great Designer And A Beautiful Film Maker…He Is Now Working On *Saving The Planet!
*…or more precisely fixing the thin film plastic issue 😉
5 Ways to Responsibly Clean Out Your Closet
Spring time is in full swing and so is this idea that we need to completely change our wardrobe. While, yes, there may be a few pieces you could go … Read more
What is regenerative fashion? Here are our fave brands
We explain this concept of climate beneficial clothing and where you can find it!
Here’s why we joined the #Payup campaign…and you should too
What is Covid’s impact on garment workers one year later?
NOT GOOD. –Here’s what you can do about it.
Get Schooled on Conscious/Sustainable Fashion
You love fashion, but what about the industry? You’ve heard “fast fashion” is bad and even luxury brands pollute are planet. What’s going on? Learn how the fashion industry works: the good, bad and the ugly by taking any of these free courses and learn how to be a better consumer, creator and citizen.
5 takeaways from Loved Clothes Last
5 things I learned from reading Loved Clothes Last Mending & sharing & styling, oh my! Loved Clothes Last is a book written by Orsola de Castro, perhaps best … Read more
Our Guide to Avoiding the Landfill
Clean Out Your Closet I Our Guide to Avoiding the Landfill Much of what you donate to a thrift store doesn’t get sold there. The majority is resold and often … Read more
Remake Brand Report: Did your fave pass or fail?
Remake is holding brands accountable– and they are not afraid to name drop! (It’s all public information anyways) Here is an overview of their 2020 Brand Transparency Report to help you navigate your favorite fashion brands and their sustainability efforts.
The Many Problems of the Speed of Fast Fashion
Unhappy work environment; plagiarism; below living wages; predatory prices and the dissolution of small brands. These are some of the problems fashion professionals face since Fast Fashion started dictating rules, … Read more
Study Hall Climate Positivity at Scale
For 6 years I had a blog that grew into a website called StyleDefined NYC. We focused on street style and young design talent and the highlight for my … Read more
One X One: The Conscious Design Initiative aims to tackle fashion’s biggest issues
One x One is a conscious fashion initiative by Swarovski and Slow Factory Foundation support by the United Nations Office for Partnerships. It’s the first of its kind incubator project … Read more
Donating to a Thrift Store? Read this First
It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects … Read more
A Few Things We Learned At The bioFASHIONtech Summit
I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want – Andy Warhol Inside the bioFASHIONtech summit Small town Connecticut is not … Read more