What is Craftivism you ask? Walking through a city, you often see bike racks covered with crotchet or a sign posts wrapped in a knit. These adornments are called Yarn Bombings. The concept of Yarn Bombing is an example of Craftivism. Yarn bombing examples are popping up, giving our city a human touch. Did you know there is an International Yarn Bombing Day on the second Saturday in June? It’s your chance to cover up public spaces with knitting or crotch fabric. The Pussyhat Project is another example of Craftivism. For the the Women’s March in 2017, Pussyhat Project participants wore bright pi ..read more

The concept of Degrowth needs to be applied to fashion design. And Degrowth needs to be applied to World Economics. But how? The idea came into being in the 1970s as a counter to the endless growth of the economy. It was coined by Andre Gorz, a Austrian-French philosopher. It has since become a buzzword stemming out of the early 2000s. French Economist Serge Latouche is key spokperson for Degrowth. 350.org held a summit where a panel discussion introduced it to the participants. The surprising thing about Degrowth, as the antithesis of capitalism’s idea of Growth, means we need a system change ..read more

The secret that the fashion industry is unfair to its garment workers is out. So, how can we prevent sweatshops in the fashion industry? Signing the Good Clothes Fair Pay petition for Living Wage legislation in fashion is an important step. #rememberingranaplaza Ten years ago on April 24 in Dhaka, Rana Plaza collapsed. More than 1100 fashion workers died and 2500 were injured and disabled. The Rana Plaza collapse, one of the worst garment factory disasters in history galvanized the community to do something about fashion exploitation at the core as well as endless waste aka trashion. The Rana ..read more

Reimagining fashion for the common good by educating the public, about the ugly truth of fashion and the groundbreaking innovation happening in regenerative design is righteous. Wandering through the rooms of the Fashion for Good Museum in Amsterdam is a blast. It is about sustainable fashion practices, materials, and innovators. Forward-looking and innovative, the museum offers visitors interactive displays and curated experiences, that explore innovative plant-based materials, and recycled and upcycled materials. Its ambitious mission to shift public sentiment to sustainable fashion is bold ..read more

Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue, and… Not So Green  Many designers know of the environmental impact of the type of fabrics they use: Natural versus synthetic materials, for example. However, most have yet to consider the toxicity of textile dyes and colour pollution. While colours draw in the eye, add style, and splash to garments, textile dyeing is, unfortunately, one of the most polluting parts of clothing production. Let’s look at a brief history of fabric dyes then dive into the impact of textile dyes on the environment and human health before asking the question: is there a sustainable sol ..read more

Jean Michel Basquiat is proof that you can make an impact in a short time. Intuitively, you know you can change the world in an instant. What can you learn from his work ethos? Brooklyn-born Basquiat produced a body of work comprising of over 2000 artworks and sketches over a span of 10 years. Imagine it. 200 artworks per year. 16 artworks or sketches per month. He amassed it all by the time of his death in 1988 when he was 27 years old. A great role model, Basquiat created all the time. Your takeaway, Basquiat’s lesson, is to be yourself, do the work, pursue your craft, and fly high. He was f ..read more

Repair is an important sustainable concept. Try repairing your knits. Do it alone or do it in your community and spread the word. Amy Twigger Holroyd created Reknit Revolution to popularize repair in knitting again. Twigger Holroyd is a fashion professor at the University of Arts London and a knitter. Imagine knitters all over the world reknitting mostly, taking apart sweaters, fixing up sweaters, reknitting. Let’s spread the word about Reknit Revolution? Let’s try just reknitting for a while, until we get the earth systems in balance. If you are interested in this sustainable project, you cou ..read more

Fashion Fiction is an educational exercise to build a better vision of the fashion world. Why not start by imagining a perfect place. The Fashion Fiction exercise is useful in classroom settings or in an ideation stage of a project. In other words, it is like writing a science fiction story to improve fashion practices. Fashion Fiction is a wonderful idea conceptualized by Dr. Amy Twigger Holroyd, professor of Fashion and Sustainability at Nottingham Trent University. Fashion Fictions is inspired by the Earth Logic Fashion Action Research Plan of Kate Fletcher and Mathilda Tham ..read more

Cool fact one: This sustainable t-shirt is made from made of Algae and Tree Pulp. Watch this timelapse as it composts. Cool fact two: The Plant & Algae t-shirt completely biodegrades and quickly in two weeks. Cool fact three: The Algae & Plant t-shirt took 10 years to come into fruition, with 3 years of it in intense focus. Cool fact four: The Algae is printed using a conventional printer. However, it took some convincing to use this unconventional material. Cool fact five: It costs 105 euros, aimed at earlier adopters. Background: Twin brothers Steve Tidball and Nick Tidball are expe ..read more

Originally Published on February 16, 2021 at 4961 × 3508 in 17 Sustainable Development Goals as collectively defined in January 2015 ..read more