Sustainable Fashion Links – Week 20

Prada goes fur-free and traditional dress as resistance.  

Hello, how are you? 

For all the Europeans in the house, it’s been a week of voting in the election. This is a good breakdown of the different parties involved and the results to date. Many green parties have inched into further popularity including second place here in Germany, see here. Are the population now more concerned about climate issues instead of the age-old immigration argument?

Here are your sustainable fashion links for the week!

11 Links

Prada Announces It Is To Go Fur-Free. Another in the long line of designers who are giving fur the boot. The Guardian 

Millennials’ Attitudes Towards Clothing Ownership Are Bringing About A Major Change In The Fashion Industry. I find it odd when we are categorised like this, but anyway. A millennial is anyone who was born between 1981 and 1996 for reference. The article talks about how renting clothing is becoming more mainstream.  Business Insider

Gucci Accused Of Cultural Appropriation For Selling £600 Turban. The Independent

All These Stylish Wedding Dresses Come From A Charity Shop. Once you get past the annoying ads this is an article and short video about students who used charity shop wedding dresses as part of a photo shoot. The days of only finding naff wedding dresses in charity shops are over! Plymouth Live

‘Dress Your Values’ – Celebrity Stylist Laura Jones On Sustainable Fashion. Forbes

Clickbait Fashion! You Won’t Believe What Brands Are Doing Now. In this case, clickbait fashion refers to people making fun of fashion online and how the brands use it to gain publicity. A kind of all publicity is good publicity way of marketing clothes. The Guardian

Consumers Are the Elephant In The Room When It Comes To Sustainability. Is it the customer’s fault that they just buy too much? High Snobiety

Boohoo Refuses To Let Union Talk To Workers About Representation. The Guardian

Traditional Dresses as Resistance. Rarámuri women in Chihuahua, Mexico, have made an indigenous style of dress a means of fighting assimilation. NY Times

More Sustainable Fashion Links

Renting Clothes – Zero Waste Fashion Tips. A look at how you can buy less but wear more with renting fashion. The Green Edition

Borrowing Clothes – Zero Waste Fashion Tips. I like to borrow clothes to change up my wardrobe! The Green Edition