Fashion

Gandys – the lifestyle brand that’s gone from survival to success (in just five years)

How does an aspiring lifestyle brand gain a foothold in the fashion world? They launch with flip-flops, and then build out from there. That’s what Paul and Jo Forkan did. The brothers behind Gandys launched [...]
Fashion

Paris Fashion Week pays homage to a Mother Nature under threat

In the last five years, fashion’s impulse to comment on society has escalated to campaign-style politics, both on and off the runway: from the rapid rise of slogan tees, to the late Karl Lagerfeld’s feminist [...]
Fashion

Ardsly Ardsly: genderless boots with sustainable soles

They’re genderless and the soles are made from recycled tyres – Ardsly’s boots had us interested from the get-go. And then we set eyes on the boots themselves – colourful, chic and just a little [...]
Fashion

The Maiyet Collective at Harvey Nichols

One of the most compelling retail gatherings on the planet right now is being held on the fifth floor of Harvey Nichols in London. It’s a ‘must-attend’ for the discerning fashion and lifestyle set, but [...]
Fashion

Time to get some new Kitx?

They may be made Down Under but there's nothing topsy turvy about the sustainable fashion pieces from Kitx. [...]
Fashion

Brave Gentlemen and the future of sustainable menswear

So just where is the future of sustainable menswear headed? And who’s writing about it? When Joshua Katcher started The Discerning Brute, a vegan menswear blog, back in 2008, he found there were not many [...]
Fashion

Rave Review? We certainly think highly of this sustainable fashion brand.

We’d certainly give Rave Review a rave review. Established in 2017 by design duo Livia Schück and Josephine Bergqvist, the company aims to upcycle garments into new products. The official launch took place during Paris [...]

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Gung-Ho Designs: inspiring change through fashion

Sophie Dunster is an artist on a mission. The founder of Gung Ho Designs, which officially launched a year ago, insists that she’s created more of a movement than a brand, born out of a [...]
Art

Seven Magic Mountains by Ugo Rondinone

Seven Magic Mountains by Ugo Rondinone is located approximately 10 miles south of Las Vegas Boulevard. This translates into a 40-minute ride into the desert with a mildly confused Uber driver. Soon the reason for [...]
Fashion

Uashmama – the family business with charm, style and ethics

Want to hear a charming story of a family-run business that’s based out of a cottage and creates unique, washable bread bags? Enter Uashmama, the ethically-minded brand that dedicates itself to the iconic Italian “mama” [...]
Fashion

Meaningful, Accountable, Material, Opportunity, Quality… spells MAMOQ!

When you visit a fashion website that includes clothes and items from a variety of brands, can you really be sure you know every single brand’s ethics chimes with yours? Mamoq ensures that you can. [...]
Art

London Nights at The Museum of London

Whether you’re a Londoner born n’ bred or you just love living in or visiting the capital city, there’s something special about the Museum of London’s latest portrayal of this great metropolis.   London Nights [...]
Art

It’s alive! Automata and us

Automata have an enduring interest. The rise of examination (and to a degree anxiety) into AI, the digital world and its intersection with art, music, culture and society, means the exhibition at Compton Verney comes [...]