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South African fashion start-up Utamu promotes universal education

Utamu celebrates craftsmanship and supports children’s education, simultaneously; when you buy an Utamu jacket, you're sponsoring a term of English and Maths lessons for a young person in Masiphumelele, a small community in South Africa where more than 40,000 people live disadvantaged and poor by the legacy of apartheid. [...]
Fashion

Bespoke. Printed. Organic. Handmade. It’s Doc Cotton.

What if there were a marketplace for sustainable fashion that provided an innovative way of purchasing sustainably and ethically made clothes by independent designers? That’s what Doc Cotton are offering. A sustainable fashion brand all [...]
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Underwear that’s (not) just for Y.O.U.

It’s hard to start a blog this way without smiling, but: imagine having no underwear on. No, seriously. I mean it. Imagine that you didn’t have any underwear at all. Because, well… you literally didn’t [...]
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Sustainability first? Remember: Hide The Label.

Sustainable British fashion start-up Hide The Label is on a mission to help women look good with a clearer conscience, with the launch of their new womenswear collection. The brand, which is named after the [...]
Luxury | Travel

Agriturismo to Know (Part II)

In her second blog on agriturismo or agrotourism (‘agriculture’ plus ‘tourism’), Nina Rennie looks at two further communities in Ibiza and Italy that are dedicated to providing food for the soul in beautiful settings. Click [...]
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Do shoes get any more sustainable than Veja?

They’ve been mooted as ‘the most sustainable sneakers in the world’ by CNN and their popularity is beyond doubt, even extending to British royalty (Meghan, Duchess of Sussex). Veja is the brainchild of two 25-year-old [...]
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Tim Walker’s ‘Wonderful Things’ at the V&A

Colour illuminates all that is vague and dreary. The primary colours intrude into the most dismal soul, plunging the senses into a multi-sensory feast, swelling with satisfaction. This is one perspective on the V&A’s upcoming exhibition [...]

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Walpole 2019 Brand of Tomorrow: The Restory

It’s not hard to see why The Restory has been named by Walpole as one of their 2019 Brands of Tomorrow and by Farfetch as part of the inaugural cohort for its Dream Assembly programme. [...]
Fashion

Made in Mexico – The New Must-Watch Fashion Documentary

The ‘Peace Corps of fashion’, Remake, recently premiered their latest short film in London and anyone who buys clothes really should see it.’Made in Mexico’ follows Amanda Hearst, activist and co-founder of Maison de Mode, [...]
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Style Gallery 2019, in association with Mishcon de Reya

Style Gallery, the pop-up shop for emerging luxury brands, was hosted by Mishcon de Reya in its London headquarters last month. With retail brands spanning clothing, accessories, beauty products and homewares, there were plenty of [...]
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Dirty denim’s getting clean

How Levi’s succeeding in making ‘dirty denim’ clean When Levi Strauss & Co went public late last month, The New York Stock Exchange waved its usual, strict dress code, encouraging its traders to come to [...]
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Fashion Revolution x Katharine Hamnett: “I found my voice and want to use my voice to talk about things I care about”

Last week saw the start of this year’s Fashion Revolution Week, which is an annual event that urges the fashion industry to take more responsibility for its supply chains. The week included an intimate Q&A [...]
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Striking gold is so 2000. Try striking green.

Should brands care about sustainability? The answer, it seems, is yes. A recent report, from Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (Italian fashion’s governing body), explored the issue with various department store buyers, who confirmed that [...]