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“EDGE Talks” with Conscious Fashion Professionals and Market Intelligence on Sustainable Fashion
What is responsible fashion? When you. . . Procure manufactured materials that are biodegradable or recycled Up-cycle discarded, […]
10,000 liters of water is required to grow one kilo of cotton needed to make just one pair […]
“Made in Forests” – a short story about sustainable fashion. Malaysian-born film star and UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Michelle […]
[The] Japanese shibori industry now has serious issues: aging artisans without next generation to pass this heritage on, […]
Four in five (79%) think clothing brands should provide information on their environmental commitments. Spanish and Italian consumers […]
Fashion News from Fashion United Can the biggest players in the fashion industry unite to stop global warming? […]
I began seeing the clothes I had been accountable for making as post-consumer waste: in thrift stores, jammed […]
With 25.5 billion pounds of USE-ABLE textiles thrown away each year (70 pounds per American), there is a lot of waste that can be prevented. – The EPA Blog
Join the movement! With the focus on fashion consumerism and the circular economy, Fashion for Good museum is […]
It may have been a long time coming, but Eco-fashion is no longer a hippie pipe dream. Biker […]
Brain cancer survivor, Susan Tancer, creates one-of-a-kind functional art. Painting became a therapeutic escape from cancer treatment. After […]
Breaking the rules, disrupting the fashion system is easier than you think. Fashion designer, Peivand Mirzaie has made […]
A water-pollution-inspired collection gets the attention of a museum. I really think that showing in museums helps […]
The Fashion industry has contributed to the earth’s pollution, and my endeavor is to show the world that […]
We need to shift our consumption values so that the entire fashion system can shift along with it. - RPH
An industry in transition. How advanced is the textile industry in reducing the carbon footprint while implementing ethical business practices? Larry Serbin, President […]
Non-biodegradable clothes are manufactured synthetic textiles including polyester, spandex, nylon, and rayon[*]. It may take between 20 to […]
I saw Al Gore’s documentary and felt that what I was doing in fashion didn’t have real meaning […]
The biggest challenge for hemp has been its legality. It has been illegal to grow for the last 80 […]
We want to bring back the essence from all over the world, with handmade, fine ARTISANal collections that are […]
Did you know that slavery generates $150 billion for traffickers each year? There are tens of millions of […]
Most people in the fashion industry told me I was too old, and without an education and the […]
Throw away fashion, this is NOT. On the opposite end of the [fast and cheap] spectrum of fashion is Standard Issue.
Skip the landfill and discard your unwanted R.A.G.S. – Recycle Accessories Garments Shoes – responsibly. Americans discard more […]
A how-to guide from Redress and EcoChic Design Award.
Up to 80% of a garment’s environmental impact is decided in the design phase. Only a few designers […]
Ethical Fashion Forum:
From recycled fibres to food waste to disposable textiles, Dr Kate Goldsworthy shares some of her top picks for the most exciting and innovative textiles that we could soon be seeing on runways.
Up to 95% of the textiles that are LAND-FILLED each year could be reused or recycled, according to […]
Jeans, a global trend, sells approximately 6 billion pairs around the world every year. Sustainable denim manufacturing is […]
