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Ethical & sustainable swimwear brands for conscious shoppers in 2019
Summer dreaming has us thinking about holiday swimwear. Here are some of our favourite sustainable swimwear labels. They are all using amazing and innovative materials, such as recycled plastic waste or discarded fishing nets. Like us they are passionate about our oceans and marine life. And having fun. AMARA TULUM …
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Sustainable Denim Brands You Should Know
Some of our favourite sustainable and ethically made denims for this Autumn 2019. All our brands produce their products under Fair Trade working conditions with vegan or eco-friendly materials. 1. 1083 photo: 1083.fr JEAN 254 COUPE SLIM NOIR Paris | sustainable comfortable and stylish denims and shoe label ✓ eco-friendly …
Wear Your Boots Sustainable This Season
Some of our favourite sustainable and ethically made ankle boots for this Autumn 2019. All our brands produce their products under Fair Trade working conditions with vegan or eco-friendly materials. These really are boots that are kind to people and planet! And while they are EcoLookbook’s pick of the ankle …
I Didn’t Buy Any Clothes for A Year
Juliane, fashion lover, former shopaholic, marketing manager and mum of two teenage boys lives in Germany. She recently went for one year without buying any clothes. As a fashion lover, what made you set yourself the challenge to buy no new clothes for one year? I often felt the pressure …
Be conscious and cool with your vintage dirndl this Oktoberfest 2019
Ozapft is! Munich’s most famous festival, the Oktoberfest (or Wiesn to locals) has opened. For a visit to Wiesn, a Dirndl for the ladies is almost obligatory. Many fashion chains and discount stores take the opportunity to sell low-cost traditional costumes during the Oktoberfest. These dirndls are produced with little …
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A Fashion Revolutionary’s Glossary of Terms
This list of definitions from Fashion Revolution’s online course Fashion’s Future and the Sustainable Development Goals provides useful reference points when navigating the world of a Fashion Revolutionary B Biodiversity is the variety of life on earth. It comprises variability within species, among species, and of ecosystems. It also refers …
I was paid just $45 a month to make jeans in a Cambodia garment factory
When she was just seven, Rina Roat began working, selling the fruits she picked from trees near her home in rural southern Cambodia. At 10, she started sewing and selling clothes. By the time she was 16, alone, penniless and newly arrived in Phnom Penh, she saw work in a …
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Who makes the clothing we wear? And under what conditions
Rana Plaza factory collapse Six years ago, on 24 April 2013, the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh collapsed, killing 1,138 garment workers and injuring many more. The garment workers were trying to make an honest wage, in conditions that they knew to be unsafe. They were making clothes for brands …
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Eye opening documentaries that will change your relationship with fashion forever
After oil, fashion has been named among the most polluting industries. These documentaries take us beyond the runways, boutiques, clothes rails and online fashion giants and bring us the true cost to people and our earth, to feed an unquenchable obsession with fashion. 1.The True Cost A documentary about fast …
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Your Microplastics Guppyfriend
So, you have committed to buying sustainable and ethically-produced fashion but you want to continue to use the clothes already in your wardrobe. Or maybe you want to buy pre-loved. That’s great, the most sustainable garment in your cupboard is the one that’s already being worn. But what if those …
FOLKDAYS – save this in your Favourites!
A Berlin based hand–made fair trade for fashion, accessories and interior from original source. Far from the fast fashion hype, Folkdays creates products that are likewise timeless and unique. In short: all-time favourites!
Best sustainable online fashion shops – shipping worldwide!
Find the best sustainable online fashion shops – all shipping worldwide.