A Sustainable Future For Street Style
As fashion weeks across the world go digital and the industry begins to implement strategies for a necessary sustainable reset, we take a look at how street style will be affected by all this change and ask does street style have a sustainable future.
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The Start-Ups Reimagining The Future Of Fashion
This year’s European Social Innovation Competition has encouraged social innovators and entrepreneurs across Europe to develop innovations in technology and fashion to reimagine the future of fashion. Taking a look at some of the innovative semi-finalists, we explore how the competition is reimagining a more sustainable and inclusive future…
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Finding The Balance Between Fashion And Sustainability
One way or another, we are all connected to fashion. Whether that be a conscious effort in what we choose to wear each morning, or an everyday necessity. Either way, our clothing extends beyond how we choose to look each day, and there is so much more behind an outfit than a simple purchase.The fashion industry has countless environmental…
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Guide To Sustainable Fashion Certifications: What Do They All Mean?
After Fashion Revolution Week sustainability has been on everybody’s radar. But trying to educate yourself and understand certifications on brand’s websites can feel as though you’re trying to navigate a whole other language. So, let KeiSei be your digital translator and help you understand these important (albeit confusing) symbols.
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How Is COVID-19 Affecting Our Supply Chains?
We’ve seen the coronavirus pandemic shut down restaurants, airports and pretty much anywhere that’s not your own backyard. We’ve seen populations unite in clapping for our carers, communities gather to support their vulnerable and a veteran celebrate his 100th Birthday by raising £12 million for the NHS.Meanwhile, many industries are…
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5 Sustainable Fashion Documentaries That Inspire Change And Hope
If you are anything like me, you have been using your free time in lockdown getting through all of the films and television shows on streaming sites. Whilst I am a sucker for a good drama or feel-good film, I often find myself a little lost and bewildered by the sheer volume of content available to us.
In an effort to inspire your next…
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The Rise Of Transparency In The Fashion Industry
When we think of responsible and eco-friendly fashion the first word that undeniably comes to mind is sustainability. Sustainability has become a buzz word used by brands to emphasise that their products are good for the planet. And whilst it is certainly an important concept to understand and live by, there is another that is of equal…
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5 Sustainable Brands Helping In Times Of Need
We have spoken previously about the importance of supporting small sustainable brands during this difficult time. But, despite their current struggles, many independent fashion and beauty brands are giving back to their local communities and offering a range of fantastic initiatives to aid health services and the most vulnerable affected by…
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How To Help The Fashion Industry Up Its Game & Why
Life is fast-paced, so it comes as no surprise that fashion has the same flow. Rarely do we ever stop to think about what goes on behind the scenes, so let KeiSei be your guide and open your eyes to the truth behind your clothes.
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Remembering Rana Plaza: How Has the Industry Changed 7 Years On?
On 23 April 2013, shops on the first floor of the Rana Plaza complex closed down. Large cracks had appeared in the walls of the eight-storey building. The garment factories that occupied the seven other floors remained open and employees instructed to return to work the next day. On the morning of 24 April, amidst the rush of thousands of…
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YOOX & Vogue Italia Inspire Sustainability In Fashion
Around the world we’re all being tested on a new level, and being confined to your home isn’t always easy. But what better way to spend your new-found time than to challenge yourself and engage with your wardrobe differently?Slowly but surely the game is changing, with new voices like that of Greta Thunberg’s making the climate crisis…
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5 Ways To Support Small Businesses In Times Of Crisis
The current coronavirus pandemic has had an unprecedented effect on our everyday lives. With the vast majority of us in lockdown around the world, it is no surprise that many businesses and brands are struggling with the sudden drop in sales. In fact, a recent report by The Corporate Finance Network, predicts that 18% of all Small or…
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A Digital Future For Fashion Shows?
The coronavirus has brought the world to a grinding halt. As the virus has spread around the world, governments have been forced to close businesses, venues, and workplaces, changing the way we live our everyday lives drastically. With global events like the 2020 Olympics and the Cannes Film Festival being cancelled or postponed, the…
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How To ‘Detox’ Your Wardrobe
The following weeks will be full of changes, adjustment and (hopefully) a great deal of staying home. Chances are, you’re going to find yourself with a lot more time on your hands. So, why not use this chapter for a wardrobe ‘aka’ mental detox? Like they say, ‘a tidy home is a tidy mind’, and the wardrobe is the ideal place to start.
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5 Things We’re Learning From Coronavirus (Covid-19)
When Spring has finally sprung, I'm usually starting to plan how to spend the long summer months, not planning how to spend the endless weeks of self-isolation. The current global health crisis is scary and utterly unpredictable, but it also gives us an opportunity to count our blessings. So, what is the coronavirus really teaching us?
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Fyne Jewellery: Redefining The Industry For Better
‘Implementing lab grown diamonds in the diamond industry kind of woke up the old fashioned and opaque traditional natural diamond industry and made them implement more sustainable practices,’ Aya Ahmad tells me.Over the phone, a cool internationalism exudes her. Growing up in a family of diamantaires in the diamond capital, Antwerp, the…
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Our 5 Favourite Podcasts On Fashion & Sustainability
Over the past few years, podcasting has successfully infiltrated journalism and entertainment. There are podcasts on anything and everything, from tips and tricks specifically for dentists (yes, they do exist) to investigations that challenge history (try Revisionist History), stories that pull at your heart strings (Desert Island Discs…
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Rotaro Insider “Rent. Reduce. Repeat.”
Renting fashion has never been so easy. Due to a growing trend and drive for a more sustainable life, fashion rental services are becoming more popular than ever. In 2020 we need to be more mindful of what we purchase and wear and an exciting new start-up, Rotaro, provides a platform for just that. With a desire to provide affordable…
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Circularity Was The Topic Of Conversation At London Fashion Week
As show season rolls around once again, the more conscious consumers among us anxiously wait for the presentation of each collection, hoping that based on the current state of the ecological climate, designers will have made drastic changes to their design and manufacturing processes, in the aim of slowing down the industry for the better…
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Sustainability Outside The Catwalk At London Fashion Week
Queues around the block (yup, I joined ‘em), cameras snapping constantly and several congregations of well-dressed people, Fashion Week has hit us, and it’s been a little overwhelming. There’s so much to see, so much to do and so much to BE.Initial thoughts from roaming the streets of London:Why does it feel like everyone attending…
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