The benefit of Slow Indulgences
When we look beyond the hem of fast fashion we often find a superficial self that is driven by image. But like slow food, slow fashion is a counteraction against the current model. Slow fashion mirrors…
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Zero Waste Fashion: Expanding creativity in a use-it-don’t-lose-it mentality
Designers are taking their craft and skill to a new level, challenging themselves to reduce industry waste by creating Zero Waste Fashion garments. In the fast fashion world, with an enormous number of styles to design…
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Synthetic Fibers From Polyester to Biopolymers
Polyester is made of oil, coal, air and water–sounds like a battle between Dr. Evil and Captain Planet. This synthetic, non-renewable fiber is made through an intensive industrial process, and perhaps worst of all, does not…
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Making Mid-Town: An ambitious proposal to save NYC’s Garment District
Fashion skyways connecting buildings? Runway shows in the street? This is not a glimpse into Karl Lagerfeld’s dreams, but a new vision to strengthen NYC’s Garment District and increase the number of locally designed and produced…
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Let’s take a step back: why care about sustainability and fashion? Part II: A look into making products
Got a good deal on a shirt recently? Maybe a new pair of shoes? Perhaps you love ALDO, Zara’s or Urban Outfitters, for their great styles on a budget. But have you look past the shoppers…
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Let’s take a step back: why care about sustainability and fashion? Part I: Earth rise
Over the last decade we have become bombarded with green, sustainable, and eco-friendly ideas tips and products. But why are these things important? and more specifically, why should we care?! Two things have become monumental…
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What do you know about the cotton industry?
Cotton can be a dirty industry. Cotton is grown in more than a hundred countries, each with their own unique biological challenges, and with the current 2 billion dollars of chemicals sprayed each year, cotton is…
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“Fashions fade, style is eternal”: Why street fashion has spread like rapid fire
Fashion blogs all around the world seem to be snapping street style shots left and right. We would even say they are everyWEAR! Now don’t mistake me, I love me some style inspiration, especially when it’s…
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