Sustainable Fashion Links – Week 8

Protesting at London Fashion Week + New 1p Tax on Clothing. Hello, how are you? 

I’m super happy to have signed for a new apartment this week in Berlin. I had a walk around the area and spotted a vintage clothes shop about five minutes walk. And my favourite vintage shop that I have found so far is around fifteen minutes walk. So look out for some new vintage content on The Green Edition soon!

Below are your sustainable fashion news and links for the week. The first link is super shocking. It turns out that a lot of companies are not able to process online returns and it can be more profitable for them to just dump them. 

11 Links

Your Brand New Returns End Up In Landfill. BBC Earth

‘Don’t Feed The Monster!’ The People Who Have Stopped Buying New Clothes. A longer read about women who are shopping more consciously.The Guardian

Burberry’s Noose Hoodie Is Part Of A Shameful Fashion Tradition. More blunders by huge names in fashion.The Guardian

Children Should Be Taught About The Perils Of Fast Fashion As Early As Possible. HuffPost

Kim Kardashian Sues Style Copycat Website for Using Her Image Without Permission. I’m not sure if it’s actually true that Kim is suing them. But she definitely called fast fashion brands out on her Instagram. And if anyone can raise awareness of the copying in the fast fashion industry, Kim can. Hollywood Reporter

Climate Protesters Disrupt London Fashion Week By Blocking Roads. The Guardian

Future Styles: Could Virtual Clothes Reduce The Damage Of Fast Fashion? An interesting angle if nothing else! TRF News

MPs Call For 1p Clothing Tax And Darning Classes In Schools To Cut Waste. The Guardian

Fixing Our Throwaway Fashion Culture Will Take Far More Than A 1p Tax. It states here that British shoppers buy more clothing than other countries in Europe. Is it in our culture to buy and throwaway? The Conversation

Made On The Inside, Worn On The Outside. A look into the brands using prisoners to produce their clothing. NY Times

Gallery: See All The Best Actress Oscar Winners From The Past 36 Years. I’ve added this one in because I thought it was interesting how normal the photos look in the first half, compared to the perfection of the second half of photos. Another point to note is the shockingly low number of women of colour who have been nominated for an Oscar. The Cut