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With an avid group of followers and brands taking notice of her unique voice, Los Angeles-based photojournalist and sustainable style activist Aditi Mayer is pushing the dial when it comes to the dialogue around the environmental and ethical impacts of the fashion industry. With a focus on decolonization, garment workers’ rights and consuming less, not […]

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Tkees introduced a line of 100 per cent cashmere pieces Tapping into the comfy-chic vibe we’re all still channeling these days, Canadian brand Tkees just launched a new offering of six garment styles fabricated entirely in cashmere. Coming in a mix of soothing neutrals and with two material weights to choose from – ribbed, which […]

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Starting the new year with a fresh take on sustainable design, Edmonton-based brand Poppy Barley released a trio of new items yesterday under the umbrella of PLNT – a name given to the offering because each piece is crafted with eco-friendly cactus leather. “When Poppy Barley launched in 2012 we were really focused on ethical […]

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For the second year in a row, the Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau will table his budget in a pair of Poppy Barley shoes. Edmonton-based sisters Justine and Kendall Barber started the leather footwear and accessories company in 2012. Today Poppy Barley has employees (mostly female) in Canada and León, Mexico, where they manufacture their […]

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Travel can be a life-altering experience. Edmonton-based sisters Kendall and Justine Barber know this especially well. The two were travelling in Indonesia when they had a custom-footwear experience in Bali that inspired them to start Poppy Barley, a made-to-measure-boots operation, in 2012. A shortage of formal design training didn’t keep this direct-to-consumer brand from becoming […]

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