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I began my career 15 years ago with an internship at FASHION Magazine, which was the best start I could have asked for. While I sought to become a stylist—to build otherworldly outfits and immerse myself in beauty at all times—my conscience weighed on me as my awareness of fashion’s true costs grew. Activism and […]

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Recycled plastics, no fur, eco-friendly production processes… it’s highly likely that London Fashion Week (LFW) will be the most sustainable five day escapade there is this month. LFW follows a highly anticipated NYFW every year, and this September it established an ecological standard for Milan and Paris Fashion Week designers to live up to. First with the […]

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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 […]

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Cyril Gutsch, the design mind behind Parley, the organization that just collaborated with Adidas on a collection made out of upcycled plastic waste, once told Dezeen that “plastic is a design failure,” going further to call it “alien matter that shouldn’t be on this planet.” It seems like SZA picked up on the anti-plastic bat […]

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The first that pops into your mind when you think of sustainability in fashion is usually a smaller label like Nicole Bridger or Laura Siegel, who use eco-friendly fabrics and employ ethical manufacturing, or even H&M’s organic cotton “Conscious” collection – but what about the retail side of the equation? Most labels don’t take the […]

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On the surface farmers and fashion lovers might seem an unlikely combination but at the Guelph Organic Conference held in late January, the Farm to Fashion Runway panel, made connecting farming to sustainable and ethical fashion its priority. The panel of three included  Jennifer Osborn of Upper Canada Fibreshed and AllSorts Acre for her insight on farming […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Sustainability is fashion’s hottest trend but one we hope will never go out of style. Finally, consumers are demanding that the brands they shop be socially and environmentally responsible, and the fashion industry is taking notice. At outdoor giant Mountain Equipment Co-Op, Samantha Kuchmak is the brand’s social compliance manager. We asked her to talk […]

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H&M’s recycling program might just make you feel better about that spring shopping spree. At a time when sustainability is on the tip of everyone’s tongues, diverting unwanted clothing from landfills is major issue when we’re talking about taking care of our planet. In a video released this morning to coincide with their worldwide Garment […]

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In the fashion world, declaring black is back is just about as revelatory as suggesting florals for spring. The perennial colour never disappears; it just gets reinvented. Kind of like denim. This September, H&M is bringing two of these classics together with Denim Re-born, an 11-piece capsule collection of recycled denim, made exclusively in shades […]

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