fashion

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Another top fashion designer has pledged to ditch animal fur. During a live appearance on the French television channel Bonsoir!, Jean Paul Gaultier said will no longer use the material in his collections. It’s a complete 180 for Gaultier. In his interview, the legendary designer admitted to using fur since he started working in 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 […]

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 […]

Update, September 10: The campaign for this project has switched from Indiegogo to Kickstarter and went live on September 6. Two San Francisco fashionistas are working on an innovative shoe that is good for both your feet and your carbon footprint. The Bendy is a sneaker flat for women made ethically in the U.S. using […]

If you wear bras, chances are you haven’t thought too much about their environmental impact. But bras can be made from a variety of unsustainable materials, from water-intensive cotton, to spandex, to petroleum-based polyurethane foam for padding. So once they’re tossed, these synthetic fabrics will sit in landfills and take forever to disappear. It’s no […]