FASHION Magazine

It’s not often you hear someone say “Liam Neeson changed my life.” But that’s basically what happened to James Bartle, founder of Australia’s Outland Denim. The former freestyle motocross rider was rocked by the 2008 action film Taken, which stars Neeson as a retired CIA operative desperate to rescue his daughter from sex traffickers. In […]

The post The Ethical Denim Label Fighting Sex Trafficking that Meghan Markle Just Wore appeared first on FASHION Magazine.

Fashion may not be the second most polluting industry in the world (that fact was debunked in 2017) but there’s no doubt that it’s still pretty bad. The production and manufacturing of clothing undoubtedly releases toxins into the environment, but when it’s the basis of your business model, you can’t just shut down production altogether. The […]

The post Carbon Neutral Fashion Is A Small Club That More Brands Need To Join appeared first on FASHION Magazine.

How many times have you ordered the newest addition to your favourite skincare line, and then upon arrival and unboxing, wondered, ‘how much more packaging do they need for this little thing?!’ ? Unfortunateluy, many beauty products today are cocooned in the excessive material, like plastic, cellophane, and foam. And many come with their own […]

The post Skincare Brands To Consider If You’re Sick of Excessive Packaging appeared first on FASHION Magazine.

It’s estimated that one billion lipsticks are thrown away annually, a depressing and horrifying truth that compelled Nicolas Gerlier, a 10-year veteran in product development and marketing at L’Oréal Luxe in Paris, to have an epiphany. “We cannot continue to consume the way we do,” he says. “We invented plastic 100 years ago, and today […]

The post La Bouche Rouge Is Saving the Environment One Lipstick at a Time appeared first on FASHION Magazine.

Sure there are still climate change deniers out there, but for the most part we can all agree that humans’ impact on the environment has been far from favourable. From polluting the atmosphere to choking our oceans, from producing monumental amounts of waste to urbanizing farmland, our actions have been steadily taking a toll on […]

The post Are You Doing Enough for the Planet? Take Our Environmental Footprint Quiz to Find Out! appeared first on FASHION Magazine.

As consumers become more conscious of fashion’s environmental impact, H&M will launch a collection of kids’ clothes in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund for Nature. The line features comfy sweatshirts and hooded dresses with graphics of endangered species (think tigers, pandas, elephants and polar bears for your mini-me), made with organic cotton. WWF hopes […]

The post This New H&M Kids Collection Is Sustainable and Adorable appeared first on FASHION Magazine.

Sunscreen is an important product. It keeps us safe. But when we slap on a layer, we shouldn’t just be thinking about protecting ourselves, we should also be thinking about protecting our coral reefs. Typically, most sunscreens will contain two harmful chemicals: oxybenzone and octinoxate. Although these ingredients generally fly under the radar when it […]

The post 12 Sunscreens That Will Keep Both You and the Reef Safe appeared first on FASHION Magazine.

The three Canadian siblings behind Triarchy/Atelier Denim were horrified to learn that it takes more than 6,814 litres to grow the cotton needed to make a single pair of jeans – and that doesn’t include the water used during manufacturing. In 2016, Adam, Ania and Mark Taubenfligel hit the pause button on their five-year business […]

The post Meet the 2018 CAFA Fashion Impact Award Nominees: Triarchy Denim appeared first on FASHION Magazine.

Much like reading food labels at the grocery store, knowing where and what your clothes are made of is the new norm. In a new study commissioned by Stella McCartney, research giant SCS Global Services was tasked with evaluating the environmental impact of 10 raw materials used in clothing-making. This was also the first study […]

The post Are We Really Going to be Wearing Clothes Made from Flax? A Look at the Fabrics of the Future appeared first on FASHION Magazine.

While visiting Austin, Texas, recently, I spotted a beauty brand I hadn’t seen before, called Stop the Water While Using Me! The German body-care line, which includes everything from shampoo to toothpaste, wears the heart of its mission—to conserve a non-renewable resource—on its recyclable sleeve. Its name cheekily calls out one of the First World’s […]

The post Why Waterless Products Are the Future of the Beauty Industry appeared first on FASHION Magazine.

Years ago I had to clear 30 years of junk from my parents’ home while prepping their property for my wedding. We loaded a friend’s truck and headed to the garbage transfer station. As we drove into the dimly lit hangar, I felt like we had entered an ominous scene from Mad Max. We stood […]

The post How Fashion is Moving Forward in the Era of Sustainability appeared first on FASHION Magazine.

“It’s important that we sell sustainable fashion because we want unique clothing to be accessible for everyone,” say Claire Bouvier and Niki Hodgskiss—a.k.a. The Loft Girls—two women from Kingston, Ontario, who sell a mix of vintage and upcycled clothing out of a mobile fashion truck (the two met when they moved into neighbouring lofts, hence […]

The post 7 Canadians Who Take Sustainable Fashion VERY Seriously appeared first on FASHION Magazine.