Got a beach holiday planned this year? Don’t forget your ethical beach essentials! By Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi When the barometer rises and it’s finally time to hit the beach, you’re gone for the whole day. It’s a glorious ritual…
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By Katy Carik Once upon a time, the term “Made in America” meant well constructed, long lasting products, and fair wages paid to those who made them. Today, unfortunately, that’s no longer the case. Built in obsolescence is common…
Wondering how to tell if a fashion brand is sustainable? We have 8 great tips! By Arwa Lodhi With increasing numbers of fashion brands going green and the rise in popularity of the Fashion Revolution in April each year,…
By Katy Caric Loads of celebrities have their own fashion brands, beauty labels and perfumes. But frankly, these are usually pretty crap, and the celebs themselves don’t even have much of a hand in designing them at all –…
By Katy Caric Ethical dresses for summer are must-haves in any woman’s closet. After all, the perfect summer frock is a marvellous thing. It’s easy to wear – you needn’t worry about matching tops and bottoms, or sometimes, even…
Technology is making fashion sustainable, as these six great innovations illustrate By Charles Morley The fact that technology is making fashion sustainable shouldn’t be surprising: tech has always been somewhat embedded in the very fabric of fashion…no pun intended.…
By Diane Small Once upon a time, eco-friendly fashion designers offered what can only be termed as ‘hippy clothing’ for summers. Neutrally coloured, shapeless dresses, ubiquitous organic cotton tees and and primitively tailored jackets were the norm. In fact,…
By Diane Small When you leave the house, where’s your essential stuff? In your handbag, right? It seems almost inconceivable to leave home without it. But from the 17th century to the late 19th century, most women had no…
By Bona Kim It’s shocking but true that many of us actually throw old clothing away. Like, pack it into bags and toss them into the rubbish. Not only is this disgustingly non-eco friendly and wasteful, it’s also silly,…
By Arwa Lodhi It seemed like such a great idea, buying bathing suits made from recycled plastic. Loads of sustainable ethical brands bragged about all the recovered fishing nets and drinking bottles they’d spun into sexy swimwear. But then…
By Courtney Yalen So, it turns out that while most of our readers are women, these women buy a lot of stuff for men. I mean, hands up if you’ve recently purchased something for your dad? Husband? Boyfriend? Son?…
By Noa Ben-Moshe Fashion week runways have lately shown a depressing trend: leather and suede clothing is going to be huge. As any eco-fashionista knows, animal-based materials have a huge ecological and ethical price, and whether you’re vegan or…
By Robin Balser With an average of £550 of unworn clothes in the closets of British women and an average of 40% of clothes not being worn in closets all of Europe, it seems fairly evident that we’re a…
By Jodi Truglio Fashion needs to change – and fast. It’s one of the most polluting industries in the world, and no wonder when you consider the amount of energy, land, finishing and coloring chemicals and petroleum goes into…
By Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi In the past, it was associated with totally un-chic hippies. But let’s face it: as soon as we all saw Kaia Gerber rocking it on the catwalks for Stella McCartney and Story MFG, we all…
By Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi Fashion trends come and go, and wedding fashion trends are no different. According to fashion search platform Lyst, wedding outfits are now surpassing Christmas looks in terms of searches, meaning wedding fashion is a priority…
By Jodi Truglio We tend to see a country through the eyes of the media. This is especially true for far off nations populated by people quite different than we are, with a different way of life, culture and…
By Arwa Lodhi A spring clean is usually associated with dusting every corner of the house, scrubbing out the fridge, oven and freezer, and tossing out old magazines into the recycling bin. But a spring clean should be a…
By Chere Di Boscio Dedicated vegans are often faced with some dire fashion choices. If you work in a formal setting, for example, you may be surrounded by colleagues wearing woolen suits, camel hair coats, and silk blouses, whilst…
By Amma Aburam Remember when ‘sustainable fashion brands’ meant loose, multi-coloured hippy pants and scratchy sweaters? Those days are well and truly over, as designers across the fashion industry are taking the leap to produce eco-friendlier and sustainability conscious…
By Noa Ben Moshe Yep, I know: April showers bring May flowers, right? But it seems that as lovely as the rain may be, sometimes it gets on my nerves. And on my outfits! So a good raincoat is…
Interested in travel, fashion and culture? These artisan fashion brands embrace all that – and more By Katy Caric The word ‘artisan’ seems to be everywhere these days. There’s artisan beer, of course; artisan jewellery, and even artisan ice…
By Chere Di Boscio We’ve written a lot about sustainable swimwear in the past, and have told you that because the suits we feature are made from recycled materials, they’re better than most brands that use new fabrics. But…