Sustainable Fashion News – Week 13

Copying Sustainable Brands + Solutions For Climate ChangeHello, how are you? 

This week I’ve been trying to walk more. I walk my dogs every day but can often forget about walking as a mode of transport when I’m actually trying to get somewhere. The transport links in Berlin are good and we also have a great bike share and car share options. However is there a more environmentally friendly way to move around the city than walking? 

Below are your sustainable fashion news and links for the week. I was disappointed to read that the sustainable trainer brand Veja has been ripped off by high street brands. There is a great quote from the CEO of Veja that goes ‘They should not copy the style of our shoes, they should copy the way we make them.’ Read more in the first link.

11 Links

The Fake Debate – Why It’s Not Cool To Copy. Eco Age

Gucci Makes A Shoe And Keen Gets The Last Laugh. Another copycat but this time with a more humorous response. NY Times

Squaring Up: How Insta-fashion Is Changing The Way We Shop. ‘A third of all Instagram users have now bought an item of clothing they saw on the social network.’ The Guardian

The Next Wave Of Sustainable Fashion Is All About Regenerative Farming. Fashionista

How Fashion Weeks Like Shanghai And Seoul Can Stand Beside Paris, London, New York And Milan. SCMP

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About: The Stiletto. A quick history of women’s spikiest shoe. British Vogue

These Handbags Are Made Out Of Old Seatbelts And Feeding Brazil’s Homeless. Forbes

Why Fashion Is A Feminist Issue. An inspirational talk from Lottie about feminism and sustainable fashion. If you want to read more about the dress she is wearing, click here. Into The Eco

Microplastic Fibres Found In Amphipods In Deepest Part Of The Ocean. Plastic doesn’t disappear like cotton or linen, it breaks down into small pieces and stays in our environment forever. Nowadays these particles are found in places humans haven’t even been too. We can’t survive in the deepest part of the ocean but our mess unfortunately does. Plastic Soup Foundation

‘All Brands Need To Change’: Why Small Labels Lead The Charge Of Sustainable Fashion. The Guardian

Solutions For Climate Change. Drawdown is a brilliant book that describes the way we can combat climate change. Actual proper researched ways that we can all sort this mess out. The link is to the website where you can read a lot of the research without even buying the book. Drawdown

Until next week!

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