I’ve had these Marimekko purses for many years, I think I bought the green one in 2008. I’ve used one as pen case and the other as a make-up bag and have been very happy with them. When they started fraying around the edges and folds, I thought about buying new even more colourful ones. […]
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It’s Fashion Revolution week again and I thought I’d share some links about people and organizations doing great work to change the fashion industry. Plus some informative clips. Fashion Revolution’s website has many great resources learning and spreading the word. I especially like their how to guides. This Episode of The Patriot Act sums up […]
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I’ve now started working on my thesis and I’ve noticed that there’s a few words and terms I keep trying to avoid. One of them is sustainable fashion. It’s a term I use a lot but now I’ve started to ask myself, what does it really mean? What are we trying to sustain? Sure, you […]
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I had a class earlier this year where we had to read a chapter from Tansy E. Hoskins book Stitched Up: The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion. Unlike many of the other readings we had to do for the course, I read the chapter really fast and immediately decided that I had to read the entire […]
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Renting evening and bridal wear is quite common but what about clothes for everyday life? You’ve maybe borrowed a garment from a friend or a sibling but would you do the same from a company? With the tons of garments ending up in landfills do we perhaps need to reconsider ownership of clothing? When I […]
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Talking about sustainability (especially in fashion) feels at times as an impossible task. It’s such a big and complicated issue and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and powerless as an individual. However, giving up and saying there nothing we can do is simply not an option so I think the best way of tackling a giant […]
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As fashion revolution week draws to an end I would like to remind you of this great documentary from a few years ago that I think everyone should watch, The True Cost. It shows the devastating truth behind fast fashion. I recently watched it in a Sustainable Fashion class and now I’m trying to figure […]
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