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We Tried Sam Weir’s Personal Styling Service, Lotte.V1

A styling service that’s all about what you ALREADY own? Yes please!

From flour sacks to fashion: 8 Brands Transforming Textile Waste

From more established designers like LVMH Finalists Bethany Williams and Emily Bode to emerging ones like Filipina Antonina Amoncio who specializes in streetwear, designers are making fashion from unexpected fabric.

The Bangladesh Accord Is Set to Expire: What it is, and Why You Should Care

Your actions count – tell brands they must support #TheAccord

What is Cruelty Free Beauty? We explain what it is and why it matters

Cruelty free is not as straightforward as you’d think…we explain why and what to look for when buying cosmetics

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.

Why You Want All Natural Ingredients in Your Beauty Regime

What exactly do we mean by natural beauty and what are some of our recommended brands.

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!

Our Favorite Fast Fashion Brands to AVOID

You know fast fashion is bad…but which is the baddest?

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

How Lily Fulop’s Mindful Mending Sparks Conversations and Change

Lily Fulop and her book Wear, Repair, Repurpose Twenty-four year old visual designer and author Lily Fulop began the Instagram account Mindful Mending as part of a school project in … Read more

Visible Mending: Tips & Tricks

Fast fashion, yeah, we moan and bitch about getting rid of it, wonder who thought up such a bad idea in the first place, but what do you do with … Read more

The end of the sample size (in beauty!)

When you think of single use plastic do you think of beauty samples? Credo Beauty has started a petition against them.

What are YOU doing with your old masks? (from fun DIYs to recycling campaigns)

You’ve stopped wearing a mask. Now what?

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 Wear A Scarf (& not around your neck!)

Get a whole new look with a simple scarf

Orsola De Castro of Fashion Revolution Interview

A chat with Orsola de Castro About : sharing clothes, Fashion Revolution & her new book –”Loved Clothes Last” I used to wonder why the UK seemed so far ahead … Read more

From Jeans to 4 New Pieces

Don’t toss your old jeans: upcycle them with these fun DIY projects.

Steps to make earrings, a flower power tote bag, scrunchies or this top/skirt!

Wardrobe Therapy is our New Favorite Kind of Therapy!

Wardrobe Therapy: Be happier with no side effects!

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.

5 DIY face masks using ingredients at home

DIY Face Masks

Non-toxic, fresh ingredients, beautiful skin –what’s not to love?

5 takeaways from Orsola de Castro’s Loved Clothes Last

Mending and Styling and Sharing, OH MY! Loved Clothes Last is a book written by Orsola de Castro, perhaps best known as one of the founders of Fashion Revolution: the … Read more

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

Redress Design Award Competition 2020 Winners

Sustainability is a buzzword that has been so totally co-opted that we no longer trust it when we hear it. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t seriously important as a … Read more

In conversation with journalist + fashion activist Elizabeth Cline

Elizabeth Cline recently sat down with me for a very extensive Zoom conversation about where the fashion industry is and where it needs to be –among other things. Bucking the “sound bites only” trend we’re publishing it en toto. Do yourself a favor and don’t do a TL:DR.

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