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Fast Fashion Needs Governments To Help Raise Awareness
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 pattern has already started to reflect on human relationships. Your chair just broke? Buy a new one! Your desk is not as appealing as it was when it was brand…
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The World is on Fire And Yet London Fashion Week Continues
by Laragh McCannIG: @100percentreloved_ On Friday, September 13th London Fashion Week 2019 will commence as usual. Meanwhile our world is on fire. Most people can agree lucrative events based on consumption of material things we don’t need during the current existential climate crisis is not our priority. One could go a step further and say it’s a kind of madness entrenched in denial, with profoundly lethal consequences. It certainly sounds appealing to think that Fashion Week is a chance for designers to express their initiatives to save our planet and change the system. However in this day and age with social media, and the likes of Depop we can cause a powerful ruckus by…
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Second Hand Clothes Could Save The Planet
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 lightly upon this earth, is a complicated business, with few simple right and wrongs. You don’t have to unpick many threads – literal or metaphorical – to see the many…
