Merging custom / couture outerwear + motorcycle apparel with the psychology of clothes, consumerism and sustainability.
#handcraft#localism#buybetterbuyless
Broccoli-flavored Oreos are still Oreos.
A high-volume-production-and-consumption model that's done "a little more sustainably" is still a model that relies on our making and buying a lot of stuff.
#postgrowth https://t.co/p64tXLOIDC
Feast your eyes, folks, on the future of #transparency in #fashion production.
This little personal project by textile researcher @golfrefugees kicked up a malestrom of comments and controversy, most of which proving the need for project's intention, and…https://t.co/VGUoT76eRC
If we are truly ready to embrace actual size, perhaps it's time to stop extrapolating a size range based on a tiny fit model and always use actual measurements, as in menswear. #mayasinger for #vogue@voguemagazine@CFDA#plussizefashion@OfficialRodarte https://t.co/SuAWS1kH8m
When a woman's competency goes up, her likeability goes down. All while being constantly criticized on her appearance, which is never 'right', 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. This needs to stop.
#IWD2022
Littorai Wines—a member of the Fibershed Producer Program—is a #biodynamic, family-owned winery in Sebastopol, CA, that's leading the way in #HolisticAgriculture practices. Learn more about the alchemy of sheep & winegrowing at Littorai Wines here! https://t.co/EVbfhwNdjk
Supply-chain disruptions, tarrifs, and possible #forcedlabor#cotton from China's #Xinjiang region help drive home the benefits of smaller scale #apparelproduction completely within the Americas.
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@SourcingJournal
@KateNishimura88
Ruben Kim pic, Unsplash
This VOGUE-UK cover stunning and I can't stop thinking about it.
I might need some help talking about it.
I'm caught between appreciating the editors and photographer #RafaelPavarotti had an artistic vision [I keep thinking of a 'symphony of blackness']…https://t.co/nW3SRwHkwN
Natural fibers produced through #regenerativeagriculture are not considered sexy by venture capitalists, and it's terrifying for brands entrenched in the high-volume production-and-consumption model to consider making real changes.
The way of the earth i…https://t.co/xtrorCAcJH
#fairlabor is where we're the least willing to pay the true cost and where the deepest exploitation occurs @sourcingjournal
'US Dept of #Labor found violations in 81% of the 71 #cotton gin inquiries from Nov '19-Mar '21...recovered $282,626 in back pay.'
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@SophieBenson_ There is no such thing as cheap clothes. We're not willing to pay manual labor what it's wort, and we think we can't afford to pay the true cost only in the context of feeling the need to buy a lot of clothes. We need to support each other wearing the same clothes more often.