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Slow Fashion 101: Everything You Need to Know

Slow Fashion 101: Everything You Need to Know

Quick Key Facts What Is Slow Fashion? Back in 2007, design activist Kate Fletcher coined the term “slow fashion” when talking about the needs for systems-level change in the fashion industry.  It was a hat tip towards the Slow Food Movement, which began in Italy as pushback against the fast food industry, overproduction and waste, […]

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    Macy’s Bans Fur, but Is Faux Fur an Environmentally Friendly Alternative?

    Macy’s Bans Fur, but Is Faux Fur an Environmentally Friendly Alternative?

    Macy’s announced Monday that it will stop selling fur by 2021, The New York Times reported. The ban will apply both to its namesake stores and to its Bloomingdale’s department stores, and will mean that Macy’s 34 Fur Vaults and Bloomingdale’s 22 Maximilian salons will close. The company made the announcement alongside the Humane Society […]

    Are My Denim Jeans Bad for the Environment?

    Are My Denim Jeans Bad for the Environment?

    By Courtney Lindwall Question: I’ve heard that producing denim is particularly bad for the environment. Do I need to give up my blue jeans? Answer: Throwaway plastics and gas-guzzling cars are the typical consumer no-nos, but clothing also has oversize impacts on the planet and our health. And it’s true — denim is one of […]

    5 Tips for an Earth-Conscious Wardrobe

    5 Tips for an Earth-Conscious Wardrobe

    Is your closet filled with clothes you don’t wear (and probably don’t like anymore)? Are you buying cheap and trendy clothing you only wear once or twice? What’s up with all the excess? Shifting to a more Earth-conscious wardrobe can help simplify your life, as well as curb fast fashion‘s toll on people and the […]

    Check Out the Greenest Looks From This Oscars’ Red Carpet

    Check Out the Greenest Looks From This Oscars’ Red Carpet

    There were plenty of fabulous looks on the Red Carpet for the 91st Academy Awards Sunday night, but two in particular stood out for their sustainability. Actresses Laura Harrier and Danielle Macdonald served as this year’s ambassadors for the Red Carpet Green Dress (RCGD) campaign, which works to promote ethical, eco-friendly fashion at the Oscars […]

    Disrupt Black Friday: Buy Nothing, Make Something, Shop For Good

    Disrupt Black Friday: Buy Nothing, Make Something, Shop For Good

    It’s Thanksgiving week, so you know what’s coming after that last slice of pumpkin pie: Black Friday. The annual occasion—as well as its digital cousin Cyber Monday—sets off the country’s mad dash of holiday shopping. And let’s face it, some of the deals can be pretty enticing. But in recent years, there has been growing […]

    Cruelty-Free Fashion: Growing Leather Without Animals

    Cruelty-Free Fashion: Growing Leather Without Animals

    By Lucy Goodchild van Hilten A warehouse filled with huge gleaming silver vats hums around the clock, as billions of yeast cells work to make a material we can wear, sit on and carry around. In an adjoining room, rows of benches hold molds of different shapes and sizes, where sheets of cellulose layer up […]

    Milan Fashion Week Closes with ‘Oscars of Sustainable Fashion’

    Milan Fashion Week Closes with ‘Oscars of Sustainable Fashion’

    Milan Fashion Week closed on Sunday with the second annual “Green Carpet Fashion Awards” to promote sustainability in the fashion industry, Reuters reported. The event, promoted by Italy’s fashion association CNMI and the sustainability consultancy Eco-Age, gathered celebrities like Julianne Moore, Colin Firth and Cate Blanchett with fashion icons like Cindy Crawford and Anna Wintour […]

    What You Can Do to Make Your Clothing Ocean Safe

    What You Can Do to Make Your Clothing Ocean Safe

    As Fashion Week kicks off in New York City Thursday, it’s a good time to think about the impact that our clothing has on the environment. In recent years, increasing attention has been paid to the problem of microplastics, which enter rivers and oceans, accumulate toxins and work their way up the marine food chain […]