Aditi writes for Ferragamo: Though we can buy more sustainably, we can’t buy sustainability. From biodiversity to consumer activism, here are four frameworks that can help foster the cognitive shifts required to achieve true sustainability.   S ustainability: it’s quickly become among the most ubiquitous terms in fashion, despite remaining largely unregulated in its use. Its implications are far and wide: from environmental impact, to the ethics of labor. At its core, sustainability’s definition is “the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level.” In other words, sustai ..read more

As Guest Host of the Wardrobe Crisis Podcast, Aditi’s in conversation with Alok Vaid-Menon, a gender-nonconforming poet, author, performance artist and designer. Up for discussion: everything from gender-neutral fashion, to the limitations of representation to what it means to truly redefine beauty.     This episode is a powerful call to designers “take it as an ethical imperative to de-gender their lines” and to “everyone, regardless of your gender, to make this an issue.”   It’s time for all of us to start asking difficult questions, say Alok. “Asking our favourite brands, ou ..read more

The Amazon rainforest is fast approaching the tipping point of irreversible ecosystem collapse, according to scientists.   This campaign is calling on the world’s leading fashion brands to act immediately to protect the Amazon rainforest, its people, and our global climate future. This content is aggregated by a campaign put together by Stand.Earth, The Slow Factory, and Model Activist. You can learn more and sign to express your support here.    I f you’re wearing leather shoes, a leather belt or carrying a leather handbag, it’s highly likely that it was made from cowhide tha ..read more

If waste is only waste when it’s wasted, Nece Gene shows us how to turn it into high fashion couture, made from denim industry waste.  A cardinal rule of sustainability: waste is only waste when it’s wasted.    We know upcycling is a critical need for the fashion realm; in an age where clothing production has doubled since 2000. Ahead of this year’s holiday season, we saw images deep in the Atacama Desert of Chile where new dunes were forming — not of sand, but of last year’s unsold clothing from around the world.    Meanwhile, secondhand clothing markets like Kant ..read more

Aramudi is an artisan jewelry brand that looks at symbols of sacred female figurines spanning various cultures and geographies over 12,000 years ago, and has developed a design language rooted in interconnected motifs across time and space. Interconnected Motifs of Womanhood Aramudi, an artisan jewelry brand created by couple Sarah and Kusal, embody symbols of shared cultural lineage: the stories, traditions and beliefs that connect all people and cultures.   The designs represent symbols of womanhood spanning various cultures and geographies; the art of cultural commonalities. When we ..read more

Aditi writes for Ferragamo: Though we can buy more sustainably, we can’t buy sustainability. From biodiversity to consumer activism, here are four frameworks that can help foster the cognitive shifts required to achieve true sustainability.   S ustainability: it’s quickly become among the most ubiquitous terms in fashion, despite remaining largely unregulated in its use. Its implications are far and wide: from environmental impact, to the ethics of labor. At its core, sustainability’s definition is “the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level.” In other words, sustai ..read more

As Guest Host of the Wardrobe Crisis Podcast, Aditi’s in conversation with Alok Vaid-Menon, a gender-nonconforming poet, author, performance artist and designer. Up for discussion: everything from gender-neutral fashion, to the limitations of representation to what it means to truly redefine beauty.     This episode is a powerful call to designers “take it as an ethical imperative to de-gender their lines” and to “everyone, regardless of your gender, to make this an issue.”   It’s time for all of us to start asking difficult questions, say Alok. “Asking our favourite brands, ou ..read more

How do we use policy to bring transparency to how we market sustainability in fashion— a very self-regulated industry notorious for greenwashing?             View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by ADITI MAYER (@aditimayer)   “Greenwashing,” a play on “whitewashing,” is a descriptive term used to imply using misleading information about a product’s environmental benefits.  The claims in “greenwashing” are often unsubstantiated and can mislead consumers. So ..read more

The category is garden wear, but make it fashion.⁣⁣ The heritage Finnish brand has released a limited-time collection that exists at the intersections of workwear, gardenwear, and streetwear. ⁣⁣We talk to the designer behind the capsule collection, Maria Korkeila, on her design inspiration and approach. F iskars, the heritage Finnish brand (you may know them for their iconic Orange-handled Scissors) just released a limited-time collection in partnership with Maria Korkeila that exists at the intersections of workwear, gardenwear, and streetwear. ⁣⁣   ⁣⁣ The Fiskars by Maria Korkei ..read more

Embroidery, practiced all across India from Tamil Nadu to Kashmir, is one of India’s traditional and under-appreciated professions— and it’s a centerpoint of this New Delhi based sustainable fashion label. Sui, translated needle in Hindi has goal of bridging the gap between nature & fashion with thoughtful details. You come from a family with a background in the textile business— tell more about that and how that affected your line of work?  That’s correct. My maternal side of the family has been in the garment manufacturing business for over 55 years, and their focus is Indian pret a ..read more