Much has happened in women's fashion over the last few decades - attempts to make it ecologically responsible and sustainable have been around for a while, but these have not always been successful, giving women's eco-fashion a reputation for being unfashionable and perhaps even uncomfortable. Times have changed and now there are quite a few...
Feb 10, 2022
At its fashion installation on Tuesday, 18 January 2022, Neonyt brought the fashion industry together at Frankfurt Fashion Week in the Main metropolis for the first time. The guests became part of an exclusive presentation of carefully curated multi-brand looks – always with a focus on sustainability. Image: Neonyt A successful start: At 5:30 pm...
Jan 20, 2022
In this episode, the Glossy Podcast has interviewed the founder of sustainable fashion brand Cleobella, Angela O' Brien. Listen to the podcast below. Source: The Glossy Podcast via Megaphone Photo credit: Image: The Glossy Podcast
Dec 15, 2021
1. Tell us about the name Jute Laune and how you chose it? The name comes from a wordplay: "Gutelaune" in german means good humor. Then the "G" is replaced by a "J" to get the word "Jute", the material from which the sole of the espadrilles is made. 2. How do your shoes help to keep tradition of the Balearic Islands alive? The avarcas are made...
Oct 1, 2021
Launched in 2009 the brand Injiri, meaning real India, focuses on textile development and sustainable usage of materials from across India which, perhaps more than any other country, has long supplied the fashion industry with extraordinary handwoven textiles. But how much do we really understand of these centuries-old techniques and what goes...
Sep 28, 2021
Our ethos at Joseph Cheaney & Sons has always been to promote the ideology of buying less but demanding the best. As a heritage slow fashion brand, producing some of the finest footwear in the world, we are keen to share with you our dedication to British craftsmanship and our championing of quality footwear that challenges standard expectations...
Aug 27, 2021
New ethical swimwear brand F and Wild London has launched its debut collection made from regenerated plastic waste including fishing nets cleaned from our oceans. Founded by slow fashion advocate Njoki Muchuki, the debut Lamu Collection from the women’s swimwear brand is named after her birthplace Lamu Island in Kenya. The collection features a...
Jul 19, 2021
Acquaintance - ethics and values Hannelore Vermeir, founder of HANN, travelled to Thailand to pursue her profession as a classical musician at the Thailand Philharmonic orchestra. With the emerge of cheap costume jewelry, she noticed a decline of the highly accredited Thai fine jewelry industry. Since many local manufacturers are unable to adapt...
Jun 25, 2021
Hammam towels, beach towels, hand towels, beach bed covers, kimonos, tunics, kikoys, foutas, pareos, plaids … you name it. All hand-knotted and woven from high-quality cotton by artisanal family businesses in Turkey, Tunisia, Bali and Kenya. That is Fashion4Wellness, the Dutch textile brand from designer Lidy de Roos. Each item in the...
Jun 10, 2021
Sustainable Swedish brand Asket is branching out from its menswear roots with the launch of its first womenswear collection this summer. The six-year-old brand, which sells timeless menswear staples and encourages shoppers to have “smaller but better wardrobes”, announced Thursday it will begin by introducing six garments as part of a new...
Jun 3, 2021
Swedish slow fashion brand Asket is opening its first physical store in Stockholm on Saturday, 22nd May 2021. Launched in 2015 as an online-only D2C brand, Asket has used its online presence to spearhead transparency and accountability and now wants to bring this same approach to physical retail. “To slow down consumption, we need people to...
May 20, 2021
Over 30 fashion brands and manufacturers have joined a new initiative to collaborate on cutting down textile waste and reusing materials to create new products in Bangladesh’s garments factories. The Circular Fashion Partnership announced this week that it is bringing brands such as H&M, OVS, Marks & Spencer, Berska, Pull & Bear, C&A, Kmart...
Feb 12, 2021
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