Can we / companies / society make it easier for consumers to make conscious decisions? Yes. Hopefully. Horrific stories of inhumane conditions in garment factories, revelations of chemicals in the products we cover our skin in, planet damaging stats on the effects of the meat industry – they all make many of us want to…
Slow Fashion – aesthetics meets ethics
Reading is such a lovely pastime. Either as a chance to immerse yourself into a different world created by an author with a creative mind, or as an opportunity to learn something new – about yourself or societies around you. As someone who is semi-obsessed with wanting to learn new things I would probably say…
Fashion Revolution: #whomademyclothes
Transparency is vital in any business. As consumers, it helps us understand, it helps us be curious and ask questions. Initially, when it comes to fashion, it tends to give us a bit of a shock. When we realise that the reason our clothes are so cheap is because those making them are paid next…
Sustainable and ethical fashion + Spring
Easter definitely means Spring and even though one might argue that it’s not quite Spring weather yet it’s high time to start preparing for those Spring outfits for when we’ll abandon the warm coats and thick socks. Below are some sustainable and ethical current favourites that’ll give you the perfect look in the Springtime sunshine! BySigne…
Fourteen fair trade favourites
One could argue that the term ‘sustainability’ mainly brings our mind to the environment and making sure resources are considered and that we’re being mindful or waste and durability. But true sustainability should also entail considerations around human factors, such as the creators of the products we use and buy. This brings us into the…
International Women’s Day
It’s 8 March. It’s International Women’s Day. And even though women should be celebrated every day for making the world a better place and for doing what they can to limit the damage men are making to the world, let’s take this opportunity to shout about those that are doing particularly good things. International…
The pace of fashion
The phrase ‘fast fashion‘ has these days got a range of (negative) connotations – it represents the actual speed of how fashion is produced, marketed and consumed and it is increasingly being used to characterise non-ethical fashion. Fast fashion is developing alongside technology with labels like Burberry offering customers to pre-order clothes from its live-streamed…
Model: Sharing
That our consumption habits are draining our planet on resources isn’t news to anyone but the amount of stuff we buy just doesn’t seem to decrease at all. Looking at fashion specifically we buy 80 billion items of clothing each year across the globe and we’re continuously being told this isn’t sustainable. To do something…
No waste
A visit to Amsterdam last week resulted in a great deal of inspiration in terms of social innovation and responsible business. One of the highlights was dinner at Instock restaurant where they create dishes using food that would otherwise go to waste. Products are collected at supermarkets each morning – picked up by their electric car…
Make it last
Globally we buy 80 billion new items of clothing each year, but as we’re also trying to stick to the latest trends of fast fashion, a lot of it ends up in the back of our wardrobes and 350,000 tonnes of used clothing goes to landfill in the UK every year. Making conscious choices,…