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  • Our Campaigns
    • Fashion + Mental Health 2020
    • Fashion + Diversity
    • Fashion + Psychology
    • Fashion + Body Image
    • Fashion + The Global Crisis
    • Fashion + Sustainability
    • Fashion + Feminism
    • Fashion + Sexuality
    • Fashion + Influencers
    • Fashion + Veganism
    • Fashion + Climate Change
    • Fashion + Consumerism
    • Fashion + Mental Health 2019

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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 + 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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  • Fashion + Sexuality

    Will fashion ever be truly genderless?

    February 21, 2020 /

    In this article we’ll be investigating whether or not genderless fashion is just a trend, or whether it’s here to stay. While gender-fluidity can seem like quite a recent topic, it can be traced back to 1824. Hidden in the forests of Indiana, a small town called New Harmony was founded. In this town, both men and women could wear shirts and trousers. But how could one small town revolutionise gendered clothing while the rest of the world was trapped in rigid gender-stereotypes for the next 150-200 years? How has vintage and second-hand clothing changed gendered clothing? Now that sustainability is becoming a huge part of life for all of…

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    Transgender representation in fashion

    February 11, 2020

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    February 26, 2020

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    February 22, 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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    Storytelling our way to sustainable fashion

    April 13, 2020
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    The Supply and Demand Of Vintage Fashion

    August 22, 2019
    Conscious Fashion, a simple definition

    Just One Dress

    March 20, 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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    The low down on sustainable fashion textiles

    April 10, 2020

    5 sustainable fashion brands you hadn’t heard of….. until now.

    April 1, 2020
    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?

    Does buying second-hand clothes make you feel like a second class citizen?

    July 25, 2019
  • Do charity shops, vintage boutiques and thrift stores suffer at the hands of online marketplaces such as eBay and Depop?
    Fashion + Sustainability

    The Supply and Demand Of Vintage Fashion

    August 22, 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 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 point’. Adamant at the time that business was the bottom line of the decision-making process, with sentimentality playing no part in her desire to turn the failing high street around,…

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    5 sustainable fashion brands you hadn’t heard of….. until now.

    April 1, 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.

    Vintage Fashion: Once Upon a Frock – Ana’s Story

    July 17, 2019
    Fashion's Dirty Secrets

    Between Net-a-Porter and Knock-offs

    April 26, 2019
  • 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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    April 25, 2020

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    April 20, 2020
  • 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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    Storytelling our way to sustainable fashion

    April 13, 2020

    Fast fashion and the wholesale ruination of wildlife

    April 21, 2020
    Fashion's Dirty Secrets

    Dirty Cotton

    April 7, 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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    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

    Can we find a sustainable solution to the business of fashion?

    April 7, 2020

    The UN’s global goals for fashion

    April 24, 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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    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?

    Does buying second-hand clothes make you feel like a second class citizen?

    July 25, 2019
    Silk Scarf, Loved Clothes Last

    Scarf Love

    May 11, 2019
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    Dirty Cotton

    April 7, 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.
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    Vintage Fashion: A Wardrobe of Hidden Histories

    July 31, 2019 /

    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 will wear. This outfit selection can be as subtle or as captivating as you want depending on how you feel that day. Having the right clothes for the right mood…

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    The Secret Cost of Fashion You Didn’t Know About

    April 14, 2020

    Myth-busting sustainable fashion

    April 4, 2020
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