From Hardwear to Quickwear: The Evolution of the Apparel Industry
The apparel industry is perhaps the oldest and most important industry in the economic history of the western world. In fact, unidentified bird bones have been found to be used as sewing needles as early as 50,000 BC. Throughout history, humanity
Is Uniqlo’s ‘LifeWear’ as Sustainable as it Claims?
Uniqlo’s philosophy is based on timeless basics that survive trends and last for years. Sorted in attractive colour gradients, the brand proposes a modern approach to fashion through a simplified wardrobe that satisfies our everyday needs. From that perspective, it
Rethinking, Recreating and Redesigning a More Ethical Future With Nimco Adam
Celebrated in her native Somalia as the Queen of Tie Dye, Nimco Adam has designed for a myriad of fast-fashion companies in the past and has recently become a pioneer of global sustainable fashion efforts. In 2020, the business woman
Can consumers resist it’s addiction for fast fashion?
The fast fashion business model, first developed in the early 2000s is responsible for the increase in consumer demand for high quantities of low-quality clothing. Many fashion products are now being designed and made specifically for short-term ownership and premature
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: An Interview With GOOD KRAMA
The krama is one of those traditional pieces of cloth, the tradition in this case being Cambodian, which to its culture represents more than just an ordinary clothing item. Worn by locals of virtually all ages and backgrounds, and applicable to
Noble Denim: Sustainably-Sourced, American Denim
Nestled in the narrow streets of Cincinnati, Ohio’s Over-the-Rhine (one of the largest historic neighborhoods in the United States) a movement is taking place. Not so much a movement as a change – of jeans, one leg at a time.
San Francisco’s Answer to Fast Fashion: A Zero Textile Waste Initiative
Fifteen years after the Zero Waste Textile initiative started in San Francisco in 2003, the city has diverted 80 percent of all waste generated in the city away from landfill disposal through source reduction, reuse, recycling and composting programs—the highest
The Harmful chemicals in Fast Fashion
Fast fashion brands use chemical additives to improve the functionality of their products. Unfortunately, the health of the wearer is the cost of this functionality. The Health Effects of Wearing Fast Fashion A study on the chemical penetration from textiles to
Sustainability in Fashion is the Future: Krie Design
Green fashion is on the rise. More and more brands are choosing quality over quantity, paper over plastic, natural over synthetic, limited collections over mass production. Croatian designer Kristina Burja founded Krie in 2008, making it 100 percent sustainable from the
Agurk, Breaking Fast Fashion: An Interview with Camilla Kuus
If you watch 'Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things' on Netflix you will hear them talk about fast fashion and how there used to be four seasons for fashion trends, spring, summer, autumn and winter, but now, if you really break it
What Does Better World Fashion Look Like
In the world where fashion trend changes in unprecedented speed, the environmental consequences are not to be neglected. The amount of waste produced by fast fashion makes it the second largest pollutant in the world. Reimer Ivang, founder of 'Better
The Dirty Side of the Garment Industry: An Interview with Dr. Nikolay Anguelov
For the everyday consumer, there is a wealth of information about eco-friendly and sustainable fashion: websites and magazines dedicated to sourcing ethical brands and retailers to boycott or advocate, but there is never a complete clean and ethical choice. Most