Sustainable Fashion Links – Week 5

Kim Kardashian, Synthetic Spider Silk And A Black Legacy

Hello, how are you? This week we moved to Berlin in Germany. I’m very tired but happy to be here. I’ve already started checking out the local vintage shops, this one is sure to be a favourite. A perfectly curated selection of secondhand clothes. Next time I will try to pick a better time to visit because it was so busy. It turns out vintage shopping in Berlin is popular!

Below are your sustainable fashion news and links for the week. Here at The Green Edition I generally don’t pick on individual brands for doing a bad job, I prefer to talk about the brands that are doing something good. Check the first link for a list of brands that really couldn’t care less about sustainability!

11 Sustainable Fashion Links

Six UK Fashion Retailers Fail To Cotton On To Sustainability – The Guardian

Haute Couture Captured: A Photo Essay From The SS19 Shows. Generally, there is nothing sustainable about Haute couture. However, the amount of work that goes into the production of the clothes for these shows is immense. It is definitely a work of art.  – The Guardian

Earthy, Boxy, Boring: Do Sustainable Clothes Have A Standard Look? So the sustainable clothing market is also known for being dull in India too. Vogue India

Paris Is Aiming To Be The Sustainable Fashion Capital Of The World. A new initiative aims to improve sourcing and traceability, make processes more sustainable (including Paris Fashion Week) and create a circular economy. – Harpers Bazaar

Sustainable Style Tips From The Influencers That Know Best – Elle

Fashion Brands Are Paying Millions Of Home-Based Indian Garment Workers US$0.13 Per Hour. This is so sad that people work putting beads on clothes or sewing intricate embroidery and hardly get paid for their work.– SCMP

A Black Legacy, Wrapped Up In Fur – NY Times

‘They Can Sell Anything’: How The Kardashians Changed Fashion – The Guardian

Synthetic Spider Silk Is Finally On The Market. Natural spider silk is too difficult to produce in large quantities because the spiders eat each other.  – Quartz

We Have Been Programmed To Buy And Marie Kondo-ing Your Life Won’t Solve It. Constant buying and decluttering is a bad cycle that needs to be broken. – Metro

In case You Missed It

Winter Capsule Wardrobe. What I’m wearing this season. – The Green Edition

See you next week!

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