Shahira Kamal

Merging custom / couture outerwear + motorcycle apparel with the psychology of clothes, consumerism and sustainability.
#handcraft #localism #buybetterbuyless

[Shahira Kamal @sk_custom]

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

[Shahira Kamal @sk_custom]

Apparel Insider
@apparelinsider https://t.co/LaQz4IZqz6

[Shahira Kamal @sk_custom]

#labor #labour #localism #workersrightsarewomensrights
Fibershed #fibershed https://t.co/o2LtCE9aF1

[Shahira Kamal @sk_custom]

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

[Shahira Kamal @sk_custom]

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

[Shahira Kamal @sk_custom]

#IWD2022
#UkraineWillResist
@slate
@mollyolmstead

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[Shahira Kamal @sk_custom]

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

[Fibershed @Fibershed]

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

[Shahira Kamal @sk_custom]

Hey, @StellaMcCartney -- do you know about the gorgeous hemp, #hemp/#wool, hemp/#linen & hemp/#silk blends produced by the vertically-integrated #hempfoundation in #Uttarakhand, India? Maybe you'd like to show @LVMH and the world what's possible?
https://t.co/qE1esOG3wn

[Shahira Kamal @sk_custom]

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.
https://t.co/XMjqRYyqt0
@SourcingJournal
@KateNishimura88
Ruben Kim pic, Unsplash

[Shahira Kamal @sk_custom]

We must stay vigilant to the side-shows of war.
Global warming caused by #fosselfuels & damage caused by #petroplastic #sytheticfibers are larger global threats to national security, human displacement & food insecurity
@olliemilman @EvergreenAction #Ukr…
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[Shahira Kamal @sk_custom]

#helpukraine

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[Shahira Kamal @sk_custom]

#UkraineWillResist
@demilked
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[Shahira Kamal @sk_custom]

#digitalfashion, #metaversefashion and #nftfashion are examples of the third stage of grief we find ourselves in as we come to terms with saying goodbye to our identities as super-consumers: Bargaining
@rachelcernansky @voguebusiness
#degrowth #postgrowth

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[Shahira Kamal @sk_custom]

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

[Shahira Kamal @sk_custom]

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

[Peterman Design Firm @PetermanFirm]

Check out the latest episode of the Conscious Design podcast with guest @sk_custom!

Listen now: https://t.co/O6AzrRVAwn

#ICYMI #podcast #fashion

[Shahira Kamal @sk_custom]

#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.'
https://t.co/p6qhoPoKyR

[Shahira Kamal @sk_custom]

@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.

[Shahira Kamal @sk_custom]

@Snowden https://t.co/c1wIdA3cnR Not always the most intuitive search results, but plants trees with profits from search engine ads. German #bcorp