MINDLESS MAG

#UseItMore

September 20, 2019 by Mindless

by Tessy MorelliIG: @tessy.morelli We know that reducing our fashion footprint is a critical step that needs to be taken to reduce carbon emissions, so why do we find it so difficult to give up our ASOS addictions in favour of more ethical practices? One good lesson I’ve been taught since I was a child is to take care of what I have before desiring something else. It’s a lesson that hasn’t been easy to accept. Back in the 2000s […]

Categories: Fashion & Climate Emergency • Tags: climate change, climate crisis, ethical fashion, extinction rebellion, fashion and pollution, mindless mag, pollution, sustainability, sustainable fashion

Waste Not, Want Not

September 19, 2019 by Mindless

by Ana BoguskyIG: @mrsamericanmadeBlog: www.mrsamericanmade.comTwitter: @mrsamericanmade If you could advise government policy to set new sustainability standards for the fashion industry, where would you start? What changes are necessary for genuinely sustainable fashion? Waste is what we throw away and what we do not use. But what really happens when we throw things “away”? In a perfect world, fashion would be a more circular industry instead of linear. But new materials are currently very often made from virgin (and irreplaceable) resources instead of […]

Categories: Fashion & Climate Emergency • Tags: climate change, climate crisis, climate emergency, extinction rebellion, fashion and pollution, fashion council, government, greta thunberg, london fashion week, mindless mag, pollution, waste

Let Us Not Die From Habit

September 18, 2019 by Mindless

by Shan Purdy IG: @shanpurdyphotos We know that reducing our fashion footprint is a critical step that needs to be taken to reduce carbon emissions, so why do we find it so difficult to give up our ASOS addictions in favour of more ethical practices? Jared Diamond’s ‘Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive’ talks about how past societies have thrived and flourished, but then died out through habit. The most interesting case study was that of the Greenland […]

Categories: Fashion & Climate Emergency • Tags: climate change, climate crisis, climate emergency, ethical fashion, extinction rebellion, mindless mag, sustainable fashion, vivienne westwood

Fashion’s Trojan Horse

September 17, 2019 by Mindless

by Laragh McCannIG: @100percentreloved_ Since 2018, Extinction Rebellion have been using non-violent direct action to demand the government ends its criminal inaction on the climate emergency. If you could advise government policy to set new sustainability standards for the fashion industry, where would you start? What changes are necessary for genuinely sustainable fashion? On a political level, the government should immediately pull the emergency break and communicate that since there is a climate emergency all businesses will be seriously affected for […]

Categories: Fashion & Climate Emergency • Tags: climate change, climate crisis, climate emergency, ethical fashion, extinction rebellion, mindless mag, sustainability, sustainable fashion, what is sustainable fashion?

Outfit Repeater

September 12, 2019 by Mindless

by Rachel McMinnIG: @rachel_mcminn_ / @rachonfashion Despite the fact we know the fashion industry is largely impacting our climate we still struggle with reducing our fashion footprint, myself included. I honestly think it’s mainly down to habit, and social pressures. I remember being about 15 or 16, and that’s the age where everyone starts having parties, and there was constantly this underlying pressure to have a new outfit every weekend. Even now, I know people that wouldn’t dare wear the […]

Categories: Fashion & Climate Emergency • Tags: climate change, climate crisis, climate emergency, extinction rebellion, fashion and pollution, fast fashion shopping behaviours, mindless mag, pollution, sustainability

The Unraveling Thread

September 10, 2019 by Mindless

By Karen Bryony RoseTwitter: @SunSparks4 It’s Wednesday evening and Jenna from work has invited me out for Friday night drinks. Having riffled through my bulging and frankly disorganised wardrobe, I’ve come to the conclusion that I have nothing to wear. I scroll through the websites of my two favourite online retailers. With their clever algorithms, clothes tailored to my buying habits pop up in colourful tiles before my eyes. The range of options for delivery is huge and I settle […]

Categories: Fashion & Climate Emergency • Tags: climate change, climate crisis, climate emergency, extinction rebellion, mindless mag, ocean, pollution, waste

Fashion Footprints

September 9, 2019 by Mindless

by Laragh McCannIG: @100percentreloved_ The fact of the matter is fast fashion is an addiction. Billions of pounds are spent in order to bombard people (mostly women) with imagery on our phones, on billboards, on magazines. Of course its difficult for us to see through this carefully designed deep, desirable fog.  Sometimes it feels easiest to compare fast fashion to other addictions to understand it and our part as consumers clearly. When it comes to the tobacco industry who do you hold […]

Categories: Fashion & Climate Emergency • Tags: climate change, climate crisis, climate emergency, extinction rebellion, fast fashion, mindless mag, planet, sustainability, sustainable fashion

Walking Under the Rain

September 7, 2019 by Mindless

By Chiara DellachàBlog: https://slaveil.netInstagram:  _slaveil_ I’ve always found it funny that people say ‘it’s all in your head’ as a way of saying ‘it’s not as bad as you think’. But honestly? It is exactly when something gets in our minds that it becomes a real issue. The problem with today’s fashion industry is that our minds have become victims of our economic system. Everything is disposable. Everything is replaceable. We are allowed to get bored of anything. And this whole […]

Categories: Fashion & Climate Emergency • Tags: climate change, climate crisis, climate emergency, extinction rebellion, sustainability, sustainable fashion

The World is on Fire

September 5, 2019 by Mindless

by Laragh McCannIG: @100percentreloved_ This September, Extinction Rebellion will attempt to shut down London Fashion Week in a bid to raise awareness of the environmental destruction caused by the fashion industry. They have written to the British Fashion Council asking that it be cancelled, adding “We have disruptive actions planned during LFW and we will be ending LFW with a funeral finale”. Do you agree with the proposed disruption, and do you think cancelling LFW will make the fashion world stop and listen? On […]

Categories: Fashion & Climate Emergency • Tags: british fashion council, climate change, climate crisis, climate emergency, extinction rebellion, lfw, london fashion week, mindless mag

Ambiguous Vintage

September 3, 2019 by Mindless

By Alice MiltonYoutube: Over the Curve / Instagram: @over.the.curve ‘Vintage’ can mean different things to different people and clever marketing has given it a rise in popularity in the last twenty years. Nowadays, you can find ‘second-hand’ clothes for 99p while a ‘vintage’ tag can push it towards £99. Did we trade in value for cool points when ‘vintage’ became a desirable look? When I first moved to London a few years ago, I was excited to discover events called Vintage […]

Categories: Vintage Fashion • Tags: charity, charity shops, finders keepers, finderskeepers, mindless mag, second hand fashion, secondhand, thrifting, thriftstore, vintage, Vintage Fashion

Bricks and Mortar

August 31, 2019 by Mindless

by Anna Kirkpatrick. Twitter: @diaitanbyannaBlog: https://www.diaitan.com/IG: @diaitanbyanna While online-only brands like ASOS, Boohoo and Missguided chip away at our formerly fashionable high streets, is the same true when it comes to second-hand? Do charity shops, vintage boutiques and thrift stores suffer at the hands of online marketplaces such as eBay and Depop? In 2015 the used textile market was worth close to €4 billion. Today, the volume of used or second-hand clothing is enormous and growing. And increasingly, this volume isn’t just […]

Categories: Vintage Fashion • Tags: charity shops, depop, ebay, finders keepers, finderskeepers, mindless mag, online shopping, thrifting, thriftstore, vintage, vintage clothing, Vintage Fashion

Supply and Demand

August 22, 2019 by Eva

While online-only brands like ASOS, Boohoo and Missguided chip away at our formerly fashionable high streets, is the same true when it comes to second-hand? Do charity shops, vintage boutiques and thrift stores suffer at the hands of online marketplaces such as eBay and Depop? In December 2011, Mary ‘Queen of Shops’ Portas launched an independent review – recommended by the government – into the future of British high streets, researching the decline she believed to have ‘reached a crisis […]

Categories: Vintage Fashion • Tags: conscious, Conscious Fashion, ethical fashion, fashion magazine, fast fashion, mindless mag, second hand fashion, secondhand, slow fashion, supply and demand, vintage, vintage clothing, Vintage Fashion

Vintage Love Don’t Cost a Thing

August 19, 2019 by fashionisfreedom

‘Vintage’ can mean different things to different people and clever marketing has given it a rise in popularity in the last twenty years. Nowadays, you can find ‘second-hand’ clothes for 99p while a ‘vintage’ tag can push it towards £99. Did we trade in value for cool points when ‘vintage’ became a desirable look? In November 2018, a sheer, svelte cream dress, adorned with thousands of tiny crystals sold for 4.8 million USD. This coveted vintage garment was worn by Marilyn Monroe […]

Categories: Vintage Fashion • Tags: charity shops, marilyn monroe, mindless mag, preloved, vintage, vintage clothing, Vintage Fashion

Falling into the Cracks: The Second-Hand Struggle

August 3, 2019 by fashionisfreedom

By Sumitra GopalWebsite: Fashion Is FreedomSocial: Medium.com/@fashion.freedom.fif  https://www.instagram.com/fashion.freedom.fif/ Second-hand clothes are wardrobe treasures passed on from one person to the next and each unique item tells a story – yet they seem to get a mixed review among shoppers. Does using the term ‘vintage’ free you from the stigma or does buying second-hand clothes make you feel like a second-class citizen? Let’s get it out of the way. A bulk of the stigma around second-hand clothes exists along class lines. […]

Categories: Vintage Fashion • Tags: charity, charity shops, fast fashion, finders keepers, finderskeepers, Liverpool, mindless mag, preloved, recycle reuse, second hand fashion, secondhand, vintage, Vintage Fashion

Sold A Dream

August 2, 2019 by Mindless

Written by: Alice MiltonInstagram: @alice.mltn / Youtube: Over the Curve Buying online or racing around a Fast Fashion store scanning the piles and piles of should-haves is nothing like wandering around a vintage shop scouring the rails for a must-have. Describe the differences in your shopping experience between hotfooting down the High Street and hunting for hand-me-downs. I used to walk past high street shops and fill to the brim with excitement. There is no doubt that the feeling got my adrenaline pumping. […]

Categories: Vintage Fashion • Tags: charity, charity shops, fast fashion, finders keepers, finderskeepers, mindless mag, preloved, recycle reuse, slow fashion, thrifting, thriftstore, vintage, Vintage Fashion

Once Upon A Frock – The Green Silk Dress

August 1, 2019 by Mindless

Written by Poppy TaylorInstagram: @planet.poppy There’s something magical about shopping for second hand clothes; it’s a treasure hunt for a hidden gem and when you find something, you cherish it forever. Tell us about your favourite vintage buy and how you came to fall in love with it! Every summer, I make the journey to the south coast of England to visit my great-aunt. This has been a tradition for many years. I first started going with my grandma as […]

Categories: Vintage Fashion • Tags: charity, charity shops, england, lkbennet, mindless mag, preloved, shopping, silk, thrifting, thriftstore, vintage, Vintage Fashion

A Wardrobe of Hidden Histories

July 31, 2019 by Mindless

By Molly TaubeInstagram: @smollmol Crafting an outfit can be a form of art, a ritual of creative selection and self-expression. How will you present yourself that day, what energy would you like to embody, how can your wardrobe facilitate capturing who you are or want to be? Clothes not only have utility but intrinsic value as forms of self-expression and a way of understanding yourself through your fashion choices. It makes sense then, that an important choice is what we […]

Categories: Vintage Fashion • Tags: charity, charity shops, ethical fashion, fashion magazine, fast fashion, mindless mag, preloved, recycle reuse, slow fashion, thrifting, thriftstore, vintage, Vintage Fashion

Vintage VS Charity Stores: ‘Who Are We?’

July 30, 2019 by Mindless

Second-hand clothes are wardrobe treasures passed on from one person to the next and each unique item tells a story – yet they seem to get a mixed review amongst shoppers. Does using the term ‘vintage’ free you from the stigma or does buying second-hand clothes make you feel like a second-class citizen? By Annabel LindsayInstagram: @annabellindsay To quote the official Wild Child herself, aka Miss Poppy Moore, “If we could just call this stuff vintage and add three zeros to the price […]

Categories: Vintage Fashion • Tags: charity shops, fashion, fast fashion, mindless mag, preloved, second hand fashion, slow fashion, stigma, thrifting, thriftstore, vintage, Vintage Fashion

Milan to London

July 29, 2019 by Mindless

Second-hand clothes are wardrobe treasures passed on from one person to the next and each unique item tells a story – yet they seem to get a mixed review amongst shoppers. Does using the term ‘vintage’ free you from the stigma or does buying second-hand clothes make you feel like a second-class citizen? By Mariangela BrunaInstagram: @maribruknitwear My view of second-hand clothes changed over the years and when I moved country. I grew up in Italy between the ’70s and […]

Categories: Vintage Fashion • Tags: charity shops, fashion magazine, fast fashion, finders keepers, finderskeepers, mindless mag, preloved, slow fashion, thrifting, thriftstore, vintage, Vintage Fashion

Changing Trends, Changing Attitudes

July 28, 2019 by Mindless

Does using the term ‘vintage’ free you from the stigma or does buying second-hand clothes make you feel like a second-class citizen? By Carissa KotyuhaInstagram: @carissablount Twitter: @carissastoryy “Fashion trends tend to repeat themselves”, said my mom on several occasions over my 24 years on this planet. Every 20-30 years, some trend highly distinguishable for its presence in the last few decades pops up again on the fashion runway and trickles down to the storefronts of Forever 21’s across the country. […]

Categories: Vintage Fashion • Tags: charity shops, fashion magazine, fast fashion shopping behaviours, mindless mag, preloved, recycle reuse, second hand fashion, shopping, slow fashion, thrifting, thriftstore, vintage, Vintage Fashion

Satin Slips

July 25, 2019 by Mindless

By Christina Wiseman. Christina is an aspiring writer working on her first novel. You can read her short fiction here and here. Secondhand clothes are wardrobe essentials, passed on from one person to the next and each unique item tells a story, yet they seem to get a mixed review amongst shoppers. Does using the term ‘Vintage’ free you from the stigma or does buying second-hand clothes make you feel like a second class citizen? Wearing secondhand clothing runs in […]

Categories: Vintage Fashion • Tags: charity shops, fashion magazine, Fashion Stories, mindless mag, preloved, thrifting, thriftstore, vintage, Vintage Fashion

Second-hand Stories

July 23, 2019 by Mindless

There’s something magical about shopping for second hand clothes; it’s a treasure hunt for a hidden gem and when you find something, you cherish it forever. Words by Rachel McMinn Since I was a young girl, I’ve always loved second-hand clothes, to me it was normal – I’d always get clothes given to me from my mum’s friend’s daughters, my brother’s friends, my brother’s girlfriends etc. and whenever my mum would give me a bag of second-hand clothes I would be so […]

Categories: Vintage Fashion • Tags: charity shops, fashion magazine, mindless mag, preloved, second hand fashion, thrifting, thriftstore, vintage, Vintage Fashion

Once Upon a Frock – Ana’s Story

July 17, 2019 by Mindless

There’s something magical about shopping for second hand clothes; it’s a treasure hunt for a hidden gem and when you find something, you cherish it forever. All words and images are by Ana Bogusky. See more from Ana here. I did not find my frock, I inherited it. But it is the story of garments that lived a long and rich life, as well-made clothing should. It turns out that my father bought this little dress and shrug set in NYC for my grandmother for Mother’s […]

Categories: Vintage Fashion • Tags: cuba, fashion, fashion magazine, mindless mag, second hand fashion, thrifting, thriftstore, vintage, Vintage Fashion

Goodbye Stigma!

July 15, 2019 by Mindless

 By Graciela Garcia  Secondhand clothes are wardrobe essentials, passed on from one person to the next and each unique item tells a story, yet they seem to get a mixed review amongst shoppers. Does using the term ‘Vintage’ free you from the stigma or does buying second-hand clothes make you feel like a second class citizen? I confess, to having a stigma against second-hand shopping. Moreover, I have no idea exactly why I do, but it’s there. It’s all about […]

Categories: Vintage Fashion • Tags: charity shops, fashion magazine, mindless mag, preloved, second hand fashion, thrifting, thriftstore, vintage, Vintage Fashion

Unpicking Threads

July 11, 2019 by Mindless

By Tamara Rampley Secondhand clothes are wardrobe essentials, passed on from one person to the next and each unique item tells a story, yet they seem to get a mixed review amongst shoppers. Does using the term Vintage free you from the stigma or does buying second hand clothes make you feel like a second class citizen? As you have alighted on this page, the chances are, you are – at least a bit – sympathetic to conscious fashion!                   But treading […]

Categories: Uncategorized, Vintage Fashion • Tags: buying, charity shops, fashion magazine, fast fashion, fast fashion shopping behaviours, mindless mag, preloved, second hand fashion, thrifting, thriftstore, vintage, Vintage Fashion

Where Vintage Souls Meet

July 9, 2019 by Mindless

There’s something magical about shopping for second hand clothes; it’s a treasure hunt for a hidden gem and when you find something, you cherish it forever. Tell us about your favourite vintage buy and how you came to fall in love with it! Written by Karen Bryony Rose This was the early 2000s and while most of my friends favoured either the head-to-toe black look or the sugary sweet style of early Britney Spears, I remained unenamoured by clothes.  If […]

Categories: Vintage Fashion • Tags: charity shops, Fashion Industry, fashion magazine, fast fashion, fast fashion shopping behaviours, second hand fashion, thrifting, thriftstore, vintage, Vintage Fashion

Last Nite, She Said

July 7, 2019 by Eva

Second-hand clothes are wardrobe treasures passed on from one person to the next and each unique item tells a story – yet they seem to get a mixed review amongst shoppers. Does using the term ‘vintage’ free you from the stigma or does buying second-hand clothes make you feel like a second-class citizen? It was 2001 and I was asking people on MSN Messenger (R.I.P old friend!) for music download suggestions. Although, really, you didn’t need to ask. Everyone’s MSN […]

Categories: Vintage Fashion • Tags: charity shops, fashion, fashion magazine, fast fashion, fast fashion shopping behaviours, hispter, indie, new york, second hand fashion, thrifting, thriftstore, Vintage Fashion

To Haul Or Not To Haul

July 3, 2019 by fashionisfreedom

Does YouTube’s haul culture have you reaching for your bank card or is it more likely to make you want to overhaul your shopping habits? You know the drill. As the soothing, rhythmic sounds of chillstep fill your ears, boxy paper bags appear on screen, a teasing slip of tissue hiding the promise of slogans, sequins, cut-outs, rips, ruffles, bows and chains. Slick editing sets the tone for the video you’re about to watch. Soon, the mini fashion show begins, and outfit […]

Categories: Fashion & Social Media

Charity Begins at Home

June 27, 2019 by Shona Radcliffe

Does YouTube’s haul culture have you reaching for your bank card or is it more likely to make you want to overhaul your shopping habits? It is undisputed that one of the most popular YouTube trends of recent years is the haul video. I will put my hand up and admit that I’m guilty of eagerly watching a twenty-something discuss 30 minutes of Boohoo purchases, most of which they’ll probably return without ever wearing.  These average seeming people can appear […]

Categories: Fashion & Social Media • Tags: boohoo, charity shops, fashion and society, fashion magazine, fast fashion, haul, mindless mag, missguided, recycle reuse, second hand fashion, thrifting, thriftstore, youtubers

The Winning Formula

June 25, 2019 by theeasyethical

Should conscious fashion brands be slowing down their socials? Instagram is every fashion brand’s favourite marketing tool. It gives them the ability to create a perfectly curated profile that shows off their brand’s aesthetic. They can update their story with their latest releases and newest on-sale items. We, as consumers, are drawn in by the beautiful images on our feed. It’s a winning formula for fashion. Fast fashion brand Fashion Nova posts on their Instagram account every 30-60 minutes. If […]

Categories: Fashion & Social Media • Tags: ethical fashion, fashion magazine, fast fashion, mindless mag, sustainability, sustainable fashion, what is ethical fashion, what is sustainable fashion?

The Digital Blackhole

June 14, 2019 by Mindless

Does YouTube’s haul culture have you reaching for your bank card or is it more likely to make you want to overhaul your shopping habits? I am pretty old school. I know I am still considered a millennial but I am quite pleased with myself for not giving myself fully to this digital world or the digital bandwagon. I used to be like that back in 2016. Social media got me competing with others, it would make me jealous of […]

Categories: Fashion & Social Media • Tags: fashion and mental health, fashion and social media, fashion magazine, fast fashion, instagram, mindless mag, social media, youtubers

Therapy vs. Addiction

June 6, 2019 by fashionisfreedom

When we consider the euphoric highs and ever-increasing lows associated with addiction, is intoxicating ourselves with fashion really as harmless as we think? With her flowing silk scarf and ornate drop earrings, Rebecca Bloomwood sweeps into an upscale department store where glossy mannequins tempt her with their plastic-perfect figures and designer outfits.  Later on in the film, Confessions of a Shopaholic, we learn that Rebecca is deeply in debt, but that doesn’t stop her from going full Wrestlemania at a sample sale where women engage in tugs-of-war […]

Categories: Fashion & Mental Health • Tags: addiction, buying, fashion and mental health, fashion magazine, fast fashion and mental health, habits, how does fast fashion affect our mental health, mental health awareness, mental health awareness week, mental health issues, mindless mag, retail therapy, shopping, therapy, what is fast fashion doing to our mental health?

Fake It ‘Til You Make It

June 4, 2019 by Mindless

How does what we wear affect our mood and can we create confidence through clothes? Stumbling into a 12th step recovery program at age twenty-seven, I  “came to” rife with fear, guilt, shame; self-confidence was in the gutter. I hadn’t lost much else as I hadn’t possessed the skills and mental health to achieve anything of value to lose. I also hadn’t much in the way of a wardrobe. I waited tables and outside of that uniform, it was the grunge […]

Categories: Fashion & Mental Health • Tags: anxiety, depression, fashion and mental health, fashion magazine, fast fashion and mental health, fast fashion and self esteem, how does fast fashion affect our mental health, mental health awareness, mental health awareness week, mental health issues, mindless mag, what is fast fashion doing to our mental health?

Variety is Beautiful

May 26, 2019 by Mindless

Fashion and Mental Health: How does the Fashion Industry impact how we feel about our bodies?

Categories: Fashion & Mental Health • Tags: body, body image, fashion and society, fashion bloggers, fashion magazine, fast fashion and mental health, mental health awareness, mental health awareness week, mental health issues, mindless mag, size 0

What Not To Wear

May 12, 2019 by Eva

How does what we wear affect our mood and can we create confidence through clothes? Where I live there are loads of student houses. Earlier in the year a paper dubbed it ‘the Magaluf strip’ of Liverpool. A bit reductive, really. Save a few vomit splatters up the walls, bountiful takeaways and you know, a road, I’d be surprised if they were anything alike. And in any case if I was off to the Balearics to booze it up and […]

Categories: Fashion & Mental Health • Tags: Confidence, fashion and mental health, Fashion Industry, fashion magazine, fast fashion, fast fashion and mental health, Liverpool, mental health awareness, mental health awareness week, mental health issues, mindless mag

Silk Scarf

May 11, 2019 by Mindless

Our clothes are victims of our throw-away culture and we’ve fallen out of love them. It’s time to get a little bit romantic with our robes…  When I’m feeling a bit fragile or in a funk, I reach for you. Draped on your hook at the back of the wardrobe, bright and cheerful, there’s something about the feeling of silk in my hand that’s so alluring and comforting – like a phone call with a friend; you never fail to […]

Categories: Fashion Revolution • Tags: fashion and self expression, loved clothes last, preloved

Fashion Victims

May 9, 2019 by theeasyethical

When we consider the euphoric highs and ever-increasing lows associated with addiction, is intoxicating ourselves with fashion really as harmless as we think? Shopping for clothes is more a form of entertainment than it is a necessity in our lives these days. It’s a form of escapism, of relaxation and of pleasure. That’s why the term ‘retail therapy’ has become everyday language. Let’s be honest, most of us have enough clothes in our wardrobe. In fact, most of us probably […]

Categories: Fashion & Mental Health • Tags: Conscious Fashion, Fashion Industry, fashion magazine, fast fashion, fast fashion and mental health, how does fast fashion affect our mental health, mental health awareness, mental health awareness week, mental health issues, mindless mag, what is fast fashion doing to our mental health?

Epiphany in a Changing Room

May 8, 2019 by Mindless

Whether you’re a designer, a garment worker, a buyer, or maybe you’ve started your own brand – how is working in the fashion industry is impacting your mental health? Here’s how switching to sustainable fashion helped me recover from my eating disorder. I realised I reached rock bottom in a changing room. I looked at my reflection: an underweight girl wearing a dress. How was it possible? I finally reached my goal size, why did I still hate the way […]

Categories: Fashion & Mental Health • Tags: Conscious Fashion, fashion and mental health, fashion magazine, fast fashion, fast fashion and mental health, how does fast fashion affect our mental health, mental health awareness, mental health awareness week, mental health issues, slow fashion

Charity Case

May 3, 2019 by Eva

We all have Skeletons in our Closets and Dirty Fashion Secrets: If Stacey Dooley investigated yours what would she find?

Categories: Fashion Revolution • Tags: fashion confessions, Fashion Revolution, fashion revolution week 2019, fashion's dirty secrets, mindless mag, recycle reuse

The F Word

May 2, 2019 by fashionisfreedom

Most garments are cut and sewn by female factory workers in the developing world, where working conditions are poor and labour rates are low. Can you be a fashion lover and a feminist at the same time?

Categories: Fashion Revolution • Tags: #whomademyclothes, clothes factory, Conscious Fashion, Fashion Industry, Fashion Revolution, fashion revolution week 2019, fashion's dirty secrets, garment workers, mindless mag, who made my clothes

Beyond Textile Fashion

April 30, 2019 by Mindless

Most garments are cut and sewn by female factory workers in the developing world, where working conditions are poor and labour rates are low. Can you be a fashion lover and a feminist at the same time?

Categories: Fashion Revolution • Tags: Conscious Fashion, Fashion Revolution, fashion revolution week 2019, garment workers, mindless mag, pinatex, sustainable fashion, vegan leather, who made my clothes

Une Autre Mode est Possible!

April 29, 2019 by Louise

Most garments are cut and sewn by female factory workers in the developing world, where working conditions are poor and labour rates are low. Can you be a fashion lover and a feminist at the same time?

Categories: Fashion Revolution • Tags: Conscious Fashion, fashion magazine, Fashion Revolution, fashion revolution week 2019, feminism and fashion, garment workers, mindless mag

A Different Kind of Fashion Lover

April 28, 2019 by theeasyethical

Most garments are cut and sewn by female factory workers in the developing world, where working conditions are poor and labour rates are low. Can you be a fashion lover and a feminist at the same time?

Categories: Fashion Revolution • Tags: bangladesh, Fashion Revolution, fashion revolution week 2019, feminism and fashion, garment workers, mindless mag, rana plaza

Beneath the Surface: Why Feminism in Fashion Really Matters.

April 27, 2019 by Mindless

Most garments are cut and sewn by female factory workers in the developing world, where working conditions are poor and labour rates are low. Can you be a fashion lover and a feminist at the same time?

Categories: Fashion Revolution • Tags: fashion and feminism, Fashion Revolution, fashion revolution week 2019, feminism and fashion, garme, mindless mag, rana plaza

Between Net-a-Porter and Knock-offs

April 26, 2019 by Mindless

We all have Skeletons in our Closets and Dirty Fashion Secrets: If Stacey Dooley investigated yours what would she find? Write us your confession.

Categories: Fashion Revolution • Tags: Fashion Revolution, fashion revolution week 2019, fashion's dirty secrets, mindless mag, stacey dooley

Size Matters

April 25, 2019 by Mindless

We all have Skeletons in our Closets and Dirty Fashion Secrets: If Stacey Dooley investigated yours what would she find? Write us your confession.

Categories: Fashion Revolution • Tags: Conscious Fashion, fashion confessions, Fashion Revolution, fashion revolution week 2019, fashion's dirty secrets, stacey dooley

The Fight

April 24, 2019 by Louise

Most garments are cut and sewn by female factory workers in the developing world, where working conditions are poor and labour rates are low. Can you be a fashion lover and a feminist at the same time?

Categories: Fashion Revolution • Tags: fashion and feminism, Fashion Industry, Fashion Revolution, fashion revolution week 2019, feminism and fashion, garment workers, mindless mag

Sustainable Me

April 16, 2019 by Eva

OUR CLOTHES ARE VICTIMS OF OUR THROW-AWAY CULTURE AND WE’VE FALLEN OUT OF LOVE WITH THEM. IT’S TIME TO GET A LITTLE BIT ROMANTIC WITH OUR ROBES….Write a love letter or a poem to the most loved item in your wardrobe.

Categories: Conscious Fashion • Tags: Fashion Revolution, fashion revolution week 2019, fast fashion

Sustainable is a Scary Word

April 15, 2019 by Mindless

We all have Skeletons in our Closets and Dirty Fashion Secrets: If Stacey Dooley investigated yours what would she find? Write us your confession.

Categories: Fashion Revolution • Tags: fashion confessions, Fashion Revolution, fashion revolution week 2019, fashion's dirty secrets, mindless mag, stacey dooley, sustainability, sustainable fashion

Feminist AF

April 10, 2019 by Mindless

Can you be a fashion lover and a feminist at the same time?

Categories: Fashion Revolution • Tags: #whomademyclothes, Fashion Revolution, fashion revolution week 2019, feminism and fashion, who made my clothes

Haul Overhaul

April 9, 2019 by Eva

We all have Skeletons in our Closets and Dirty Fashion Secrets: If Stacey Dooley investigated yours what would she find?

Categories: Fashion Revolution • Tags: Conscious Fashion, fashion's dirty secrets, fast fashion, mindless mag, stacey dooley, vloggers, youtubers, zoella

Get Out of Town

April 8, 2019 by Eva

Fast Fashion brands are bringing out conscious collections, putting recycling bins in stores and making an effort to be more transparent about where their products are made. Are these genuine efforts to be more sustainable or are they just greenwashing?

Categories: Conscious Fashion • Tags: airbnb, Conscious Fashion, ethical fashion, greenwashing, join the conversation, live like a local, mindless mag, recycle reuse, the fashion industry, what is greenwashing?

Dirty Cotton

April 7, 2019 by Mindless

We all have Skeletons in our Closets and Dirty Fashion Secrets: If Stacey Dooley investigated yours what would she find? “I truly believe that it’s not that people don’t care, it’s just that we’re not informed” Stacey herself confesses to knowing very little about the environmental costs of fashion before creating the documentary Fashion’s Dirty Secrets. It was a documentary that brought the harrowing environmental and human costs of fast fashion to the forefront of our minds. In Fashion’s Dirty Secrets, […]

Categories: Fashion Revolution • Tags: fashion confessions, Fashion Revolution, fashion revolution week 2019, fashion's dirty secrets, stacey dooley

Skin in the Game

April 6, 2019 by Mindless

We all have Skeletons in our Closets and Dirty Fashion Secrets: If Stacey Dooley investigated yours what would she find? Write us your confession.

Categories: Fashion Revolution • Tags: Conscious Fashion, Fashion Revolution, fashion revolution week 2019, lifestyle, sustainable fashion, vegan fashion, veganism

#lovedclotheslast

April 4, 2019 by Mindless

Our clothes are victims of our throw-away culture and we’ve fallen out of love with them. It’s time to get a little bit romantic with our robes….

Categories: Fashion Revolution • Tags: Conscious Fashion, Fashion Revolution, fashion revolution week 2019, loved clothes last, mindless mag, preloved, recycle reuse, second hand fashion

Fashion Revolution

April 1, 2019 by Mindless

What is Fashion Revolution?

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A Letter to the West

March 28, 2019 by Mindless

We’ve all heard of ethical fashion, sustainable fashion, eco-fashion, organic, green, slow and circular fashion, and we’re now hearing more and more of the umbrella term conscious fashion, yet there’s no dictionary definition out there.

What does conscious fashion mean to you?

Categories: Conscious Fashion • Tags: mindless mag, what does fashion do to our self-esteem, what is circular fashion, what is conscious fashion, what is ethical fashion, what is fast fashion doing to our mental health?, what is slow fashion, what is sustainable fashion?

The Millennial Dilemma

March 26, 2019 by theeasyethical

According to sustainable clothing certifiers, Oeko-Tex, while 60% of millennials are interested in ethical clothing, only 37% say they have actually purchased them.
What is stopping us putting our money where our mouths are?

Categories: Conscious Fashion • Tags: fast fashion, millennials, mindless mag, sustainable fashion, what is sustainable fashion?

Just One Dress

March 20, 2019 by fashionisfreedom

We’ve all heard of ethical fashion, sustainable fashion, eco-fashion, organic, green, slow and circular fashion, and we’re now hearing more and more of the umbrella term conscious fashion, yet there’s no dictionary definition out there. What does Conscious Fashion mean to you?

Categories: Conscious Fashion • Tags: ethical fashion, mindless mag, what does fashion do to our self-esteem, what is circular fashion, what is conscious fashion, what is ethical fashion, what is fast fashion doing to our mental health?, what is slow fashion, what is sustainable fashion?

Beige is the New Black

March 15, 2019 by Eva

We’ve all heard of ethical fashion, sustainable fashion, eco-fashion, organic, green, slow and circular fashion, and we’re now hearing more and more of the umbrella term conscious fashion,yet there’s no dictionary definition out there. What does conscious fashion mean to you?

Categories: Conscious Fashion • Tags: ethical fashion, mindless mag, what does fashion do to our self-esteem, what is circular fashion, what is conscious fashion, what is ethical fashion, what is fast fashion doing to our mental health?, what is slow fashion, what is sustainable fashion?

Fashion Fraudsters

March 10, 2019 by Laurie

What is the definition of conscious fashion?

Categories: The Fashion Economy • Tags: fast fashion, mindless mag, what is circular fashion, what is conscious fashion, what is ethical fashion, what is slow fashion, what is sustainable fashion?

Stocks and Stockings

March 9, 2019 by Eva

Capsule wardrobes, Primark hauls and everything in between. How do our fashion buying habits echo the socio-economic climate we live in?

Categories: The Fashion Economy • Tags: fashion, fashion and economy, fashion and society, fast fashion, fast fashion and the economy, mindless mag, socio-economy and fashion

Dress Code

March 7, 2019 by Mindless

Fast Fashion is making us want more, spend more and waste more. Accessibility through low costs and an abundance of styles has boosted our need for newness and we’re topping up our wardrobes at an expedient rate. It taps into our need for conformity and our desire for self-expression, but at what cost to our mental health?

Categories: Fashion & Mental Health • Tags: fashion and economy, fashion and mental health, fast fashion and mental health, how does fast fashion affect our mental health, mental health issues, pressures, school uniform, what is fast fashion doing to our mental health?

Luxury Lunacy

March 6, 2019 by Laurie

How is the fashion industry impacted by a recession?

Categories: The Fashion Economy • Tags: fashion during a recession, fast fashion and the economy, luxury fashion in china, luxury fashion shopping habits, luxury fashion spending

Express Yourself

March 5, 2019 by Louise

How does Fast Fashion impact our need for conformity and our desire for self expression?

Categories: Fashion & Mental Health • Tags: fashion and evolution, fast fashion conformity, freud on fashion, the psychology behind fast fashion, the psychology of fashion

Get Your Stuff And Get Out

March 4, 2019 by Mindless

Our love for fashion has been lost to low cost chains. How can we get it back?

Categories: The Fashion Economy • Tags: fast fashion brand loyalty, fast fashion shopping behaviours, low costs of fast fashion, the impact of fast fashion on our shopping habbits, the psychology of fashion

Bitter Sweet Selfies

March 3, 2019 by Grace Reed

The ripples of fast fashion were first felt in the 1990s, but the boom of quick production for short-lived bouts of self expression didn’t hit until the 2000s when accessible prices were combined with the rise of Instagram.

Categories: Fashion & Mental Health • Tags: fashion and mental health, fast fashion and mental health, fast fashion and self esteem, how does fast fashion affect our mental health, instagram, mental health issues, mindless mag, social media

Dopamine Junkies

February 28, 2019 by Laurie

Fast Fashion is making us want more, spend more and waste more. Accessibility through low costs and an abundance of styles has boosted our need for newness and we’re topping up our wardrobes at an expedient rate. It taps into our need for conformity and our desire for self-expression, but at what cost to our mental health?

Categories: Fashion & Mental Health • Tags: fast fashion and mental health, fast fashion and self esteem, the identity crisis caused by fast fashion, the psychology behind fast fashion, what is fast fashion doing to our mental health?

The Fast Fashion Trap

February 18, 2019 by theeasyethical

Fast Fashion is making us want more, spend more and waste more. Accessibility through low costs and an abundance of styles has boosted our need for newness and we’re topping up our wardrobes at an expedient rate. It taps into our need for conformity and our desire for self-expression, but at what cost to our mental health?

Categories: Fashion & Mental Health • Tags: fashion and mental health, Fashion Industry, fashion magazine, fast fashion and mental health, how does fast fashion affect our mental health, mindless mag, what does fashion do to our self-esteem

Avocado is Bae

February 16, 2019 by Eva

Conscious Fashion has been whispering out a quiet revolution for years, but now we’re shouting about it. What changed?

Categories: Conscious Fashion • Tags: avocado is bae, Conscious Fashion, fashion and economy, millennials, mindless mag, the rise of conscious fashion, what is conscious fashion

Giving Fashion The Finger

February 14, 2019 by Anna

What does fashion do to our self-esteem? As conformity and expression battle it out, do we lose our identity?

Categories: Fashion & Mental Health • Tags: fast fashion and mental health, fast fashion and self esteem, how does fast fashion affect our mental health, what does fashion do to our self-esteem

The Rise of Conscious Fashion

February 12, 2019 by Laurie

Fashion is a million year-old gown bedecked with the dazzling jewels of evolution, appealing to some of our most basic drives. It taps into our need for conformity and our desire to attract attention. It connects us with the outside world. It expresses who we are and how we feel. It plays with our emotions. It transforms us.

Categories: Conscious Fashion • Tags: Conscious Fashion, fashion and exploitation, fashion and pollution, Fashion Industry, fast fashion, mindless mag, sustainable fashion, the rise of conscious fashion

Born in the ’80s

February 1, 2019 by Jo

Fast Fashion is like speed dating for fabrics; we’re falling in and out of love with our clothes so quickly that many are lustless after one date. It’s an industry worth $3 trillion churning out 80 billion garments per year and going from concept to checkout in a week. We weren’t born into Fast Fashion, so how did we let it take over?

Categories: Conscious Fashion • Tags: 80s fashion, Conscious Fashion, eighties fashion, Fashion Industry, Fashion Stories, fast fashion, mindless mag, psychology of fashion, slow fashion

The Fashion Wheel

February 1, 2019 by Karen

Fast Fashion is like speed dating for fabrics; we’re falling in and out of love with our clothes so quickly that many are lustless after one date. It’s an industry worth $3 trillion, churning out 80 billion garments per year and going from concept to checkout in a week. We weren’t born into Fast Fashion, so how did we let it take over?

Categories: Conscious Fashion • Tags: 80s, 80s fashion, Conscious Fashion, Fashion Industry, Fashion Stories, fast fashion, mindless mag, the psychology of fashion

Wade Smith to Woolworths

February 1, 2019 by Eva

Fast Fashion is like speed dating for fabrics; we’re falling in and out of love with our clothes so quickly that many are lustless after one date. It’s an industry worth $3 trillion, churning out 80 billion garments per year and going from concept to checkout in a week. We weren’t born into Fast Fashion, so how did we let it take over?

Categories: Conscious Fashion • Tags: 80s, 80s fashion, fashion and economy, fashion and psychology, Fashion Industry, fast fashion, mindless mag

Corporate to Conscious

February 1, 2019 by Laurie

Fast Fashion is like speed dating for fabrics; we’re falling in and out of love with our clothes so quickly that many are lustless after one date. It’s an industry worth $3 trillion churning out 80 billion garments per year and going from concept to checkout in a week. We weren’t born into Fast Fashion, so how did we let it take over?

Categories: Conscious Fashion • Tags: 80s, Fashion Industry, Fashion Stories, fast fashion, mindless mag, sustainable fashion