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    • Fashion + Sustainability
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  • Our Campaigns
    • Fashion + The Circular Economy
    • Fashion + Throw-Away Culture
    • Fashion + Age
    • Fashion + Community
    • Fashion + Technology
    • Fashion + Disability
    • Fashion + Mental Health
    • Fashion + Diversity
    • Fashion + Psychology
    • Fashion + Sustainability
    • Fashion + Body Image
    • Fashion + The Global Crisis
    • Fashion + Feminism
    • Fashion + Sexuality
    • Fashion + Influencers
    • Fashion + Veganism
    • Fashion + Climate Change
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Mindless Mag is a storytelling space for FASHION + Stuff That Matters.

Each month we explore the relationship between fashion and important social issues such as mental health, climate change, body image and sustainability.

 

  • Fashion + The Circular Economy

    Charity Shops and Hand-Me-Downs are Important

    April 9, 2021 /

    Charity shops have always been at the heart of the high street. And, for as long as anyone can remember, people have passed on their clothes to siblings, friends, and even their parents. Meanwhile, many still throw their clothes and other textiles away, sending them to landfills where they will ultimately lay for more than 200 years. Globally, it has been estimated that over 92 million tonnes of textile waste is created each year. Fashion alone accounts for around 10% of greenhouse gas emissions. Things are starting to change, though. With the use of the Circular Economy and a global effort, waste can be reduced. But for a long time…

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    To Buy or Not to Buy – the Concept of Circular Fashion

    April 5, 2021

    What is The Circular Economy and How You Can Play a Positive Role ?

    April 10, 2021

    How the Idea of Circular Jeans became a Reality?

    April 8, 2021
  • Fashion + Throw-Away Culture

    5 Things to Do With Your Unwanted Clothes

    March 11, 2021 /

    Instead of throwing them away! Throw-away culture or fast fashion is the cycle of constantly making and consuming new clothes in order to keep up with the latest trends. It is extremely harmful for the environment, with hundreds of items of clothing disposed of when it is no longer in fashion. E – retailers and fast fashion giants with low prices along with social media have worsened the issue. Can we ever throw away throw – away culture? Or is it enough to just make an effort to be environmentally conscious in our fashion choices? Before binning the clothes you no longer wear, help combat throw-away culture and try these…

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    How Fast Fashion Has Made Our Clothing Disposable.

    March 23, 2021

    Outfit Repeating – is it allowed?

    March 29, 2021

    How are fashion brands tackling the problematic throwaway culture?

    March 17, 2021
  • Fashion + Community

    Sustainable fashion: The community you want to be a part of

    January 18, 2021 /

    2020 has been a chaotic year; politics has become so polarised, the world has gone into lockdown, and our climate is descending into madness. But in reality, this could be our future if we don’t act now. 2020 was the year to save our planet and to hold the big industries accountable. 2020 was the year to redeem ourselves, but the pandemic has diverted our gaze to the immediate threats we’re facing. It’s time to make our consumption sustainable. Climate crisis Environmental activists have been flooding the media with statements trying to draw the world’s attention to our planet’s cry for help. We are rapidly depleting our resources and most…

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    Finding Belonging Through the Clothes we Wear:

    January 7, 2021

    We are blind to our own thinking and behaviour: A short story of a young black woman

    January 14, 2021

    Modern Subcultures and Communities of Generation-Z

    January 4, 2021
  • Fashion + Technology

    The Horror Story of the Fashion World

    December 11, 2020 /

    Simply put, we are killing the planet. And one of the big contributors to this is the fashion industry. It is the third biggest pollutant on the planet and it continues to rip through our natural resources on a daily basis. We have the solution right under our noses, yet we still do nothing. We, as consumers, need to become more aware of the impact this industry is having. Our money is single-handedly funding our planet’s demise and the majority of us have no idea how. The life cycle of fashion The life cycle of your typical fashion garment is probably a bit of a mystery to most – other…

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    Technology and Fashion: How Advancements Have Changed the Shopping Experience

    December 12, 2020

    Fashion’s Digital Evolution: What’s Next for the Industry?

    December 4, 2020

    Fashion and Technology: The Rise of on Demand Fashion

    December 9, 2020
  • 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?
    Fashion + Sustainability

    Ambiguous Vintage

    September 3, 2019 /

    ‘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 Kilo Sales. The idea behind these events was quite simple – a local hall is filled with pre-loved items and the price of the clothes is determined by their weight. A kilo of clothes thus has a set…

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    Does using the term ‘vintage’ free you from the stigma or does buying second-hand clothes make you feel like a second-class citizen?

    Second Hand Fashion: From Milan to London

    July 29, 2019

    Fashion Pact: a promise to save the planet

    April 17, 2020
    Fashion's Dirty Secrets

    Between Net-a-Porter and Knock-offs

    April 26, 2019
  • 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?
    Fashion + Sustainability

    Bricks and Mortar

    August 31, 2019 /

    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 coming from more economically developed countries, but from countries around the world. For example, 60% of Chinese consumers now admit to owning more clothes than they need, with the average number of wears per item…

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    What is Conscious Fashion?

    Conscious Fashion: Beige is the New Black

    March 15, 2019
    Sustainable is a Scary Word

    Sustainable is a Scary Word

    April 15, 2019

    Myth-busting sustainable fashion

    April 4, 2020
  • 1. Vintage vs Value ‘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?
    Fashion + Sustainability

    Vintage Love Don’t Cost a Thing

    August 19, 2019 /

    ‘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 when she sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to President John F. Kennedy in 1962. It holds the record for the most expensive dress sold at an auction.     What’s the most…

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    Fashion and Social Media

    Fashion: Charity Begins at Home

    June 27, 2019
    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?

    Ambiguous Vintage

    September 3, 2019
    What does Conscious Fashion mean?

    Fashion Fraudsters

    March 10, 2019
  • Does using the term ‘vintage’ free you from the stigma or does buying second-hand clothes make you feel like a second-class citizen?
    Fashion + Sustainability

    Falling into the Cracks: The Second-Hand Struggle

    August 3, 2019 /

    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. For many people who are living from pay cheque to pay cheque, second-hand clothes are the only viable option to dress themselves and their families. Declaring that they shop vintage doesn’t change their everyday reality nor does it suddenly remove the obstacles they face as…

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    Vintage Fashion

    My First Fashion Love

    July 9, 2019
    What is Conscious Fashion?

    Conscious Fashion: Beige is the New Black

    March 15, 2019
    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.

    Second-hand Stories

    July 23, 2019
  • 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
    Fashion + Sustainability

    Vintage Fashion: Sustainable Style

    August 2, 2019 /

    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. As a British girl living on the continent, my options for shopping were limited in my eyes. I took trips to London just to go to the Oxford Street Primark. My friends and I would go mad in that shop, buying all the latest bright-coloured trendy tops.  Although Primark was my favourite store, as a thirteen-year old I could easily be dragged into any famous high street shop. The whole experience was thrilling to me. A shopping trip never ended in disappointment. I was…

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    Second-hand Stories

    July 23, 2019

    Conscious fashion: thoughts speak louder than words

    April 11, 2020

    Myth-busting sustainable fashion

    April 4, 2020
  • 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!
    Fashion + Sustainability

    Once Upon A Frock – The Green Silk Dress

    August 1, 2019 /

    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 a child but now, being in my twenties, I travel down by myself. For a few days, we enjoy going to cafes, relaxing at her beach hut and doing arts and crafts. Last summer, I…

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