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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 […]

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As one of the two founders of indie shoe brand Freda Salvador (which counts Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Lawrence and Gina Rodriguez as fans), Megan Papay understands both the struggles and thrills of running a small business. An admirer of small brands like her own—which she runs in Sausalito, California, with co-founder Cristina Palomo-Nelson—Papay started to […]

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There was a lot to be upset about this year. The Kavanaugh hearings and the outcome alone, UGH. But a consistent ball of rage burned inside me for pretty much all of 2018 because of the environment. For one, there were the terrifying reports and continued evidence of climate change as well as the photos […]

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A couple of months ago, when the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were on their tour of Australia, Meghan Markle stepped out for an official engagement on the beach, swapping out her pumps for a pair of flats. In a matter of hours, those shoes—a sleek, pointy-toe pair of ballet flats—had been written about in […]

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Fashion is one of the most significant polluting industries in the world. It’s a statistic repeated so often that we’ve become inured to the scope of the impact, especially since countries like China and Bangladesh bear the brunt of the environmental damage, keeping the problem conveniently out of sight, out of mind for the majority […]

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Back in July, footage of trash floating atop normally crystal blue waves and onto the shores of Montesinos Beach in the Dominican Republic was released by a group of conservationists who called it a “dense garbage carpet.” The sight of plastic bottles and takeout containers mingling with seaweed illustrated the critical condition our oceans are […]

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“How to clean up glitter: (1) Burn down your house. (2) Move. (3) The glitter followed you. There is no escape,” tweeted James Breakwell, a comedy writer and father of four. The hilariously accurate sentiment was likely felt by the backstage cleanup crews at Fall 2018 shows, such as Preen by Thornton Bregazzi, where makeup […]

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Earlier this year, CBC News revealed that here in Toronto, 26% of our recycling is contaminated (compared to say, 4.6% in Vancouver). A contaminated product–a jar that hasn’t been completely rinsed, for example–can deem an entire bag of recycling unusable, meaning despite good intentions, landfills are often the final destination. Sigh. This is even more problematic when […]

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Consumers have become so accustomed to synthetic textiles that few realize how much damage they’re doing to their bodies and the planet. Typical clothing dyes use harsh chemicals that could be linked to health issues as varied as headaches and seizures. Meanwhile, ubiquitous cotton, whose crops require intense amounts of water to grow, makes fashion […]

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I hate the word ‘salon,’” says Olivia Colacci, which is why the hairstylist called Twentyseven, her recently opened business in Toronto, a “hair studio” instead. “It’s that ‘salon hair,’” she says of her distaste for the word. Formulaic blow-drys are not Colacci’s thing; she’s spent the last 10 years working on teams led by editorial […]

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The average Canadian throws out an estimated 170 kilograms of food a year, according to a report by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation. That’s the equivalent to letting a quarter of your groceries spoil. But it’s not just a problem at home. Waste happens all along the food supply chain, “from the farm all the […]

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Are we becoming more conscious consumers? How unsustainable are our clothing habits? Can we learn to make more ethical shopping choices? We posed some of these questions to Dr Daniel L. Benkendorf, an associate professor of psychology at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) whose work focuses on sustainable and unsustainable consumer behaviours, for […]

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