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Waste Not, Want Not. Throw-away Culture and Its Impact.
The fourth biggest textile waste producer in Europe is… you guessed it, the UK. In a society that is becoming increasingly self-aware and conscious of climate change, why hasn’t this information been blasted all over social media? Let me drop some numbers, some food for your thoughts. Every year 1.7kg of textile is discarded, per person and only 0.3kg of this textile is recycled. That means 1.4kg is taken to landfill and is left to decompose, which can take hundreds of years. I don’t know about you, but I would rather plant trees and save bees than have huge landfill spaces. Are we aware? Our new inexpensive clothes fall into…
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Transgender Models: A History in the Making
The fashion industry is changing its ways to create a normal and acceptable perspective when it comes to transgender models. There are many questions to whether it is a marketing strategy due to the ever-changing and progressive views of generation-Z. However, that topic is for another article. Perhaps you’re asking why this is so important? Well, I will give you a little look into the history and appalling treatment of transgender models before the industry woke up. April Ashley – 60’s Model Born George Jamieson, April Ashley joined the navy at 16. The strain of living as the wrong gender proved too much. Ashley was discharged from the navy after…
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I Don’t Care for One-Time-Wear: 3 Ways to Kick the Habit
Fashion trends arrive and vanish at an inconceivable rate and the pressure to keep up is mounted on the shoulders of each man and women every day. Let us not pretend men don’t feel this burden too. The social pressure of constantly buying into seasonal clothing is a concern we need to un- learn. It is far too easy to believe that those jeans you bought last year are now “out of style” and that the dress you bought for a wedding will never be worn again. In both examples all it takes is a little change of perspective and bam! You have an outfit you can wear for months,…
