This past weekend, musician Pharrell Williams made a huge announcement at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, whilst the City revels in it’s biggest fashion event of the year, New York Fashion Week.
The latest collection from Way It Should Be was launched recently at an elaborate affair in New York City. Behind the new line is Hassan Pierre, who first launched the luxury women’s demi-couture label in 2008 with the promise of a flourishing “ethical fashion” brand.
In a recent interview H&M’s head of sustainability, Helena Helmersson, told Reuters that she believes there is no conflict between the company’s mission of selling cheap clothing whilst looking out for the environment and ensuring ethical wages and working conditions for its suppliers.
L’Oreal, the world’s largest beauty and cosmetics company has pledged to obtain its renewable raw materials, including palm oil, soya oil, and wood-fiber-based products, from 100 percent “zero-deforestation” sources by 2020, according to Ecouterre.
New Zealand designer Karen Walker is using her new sunglasses campaign, “Visible” to draw attention to sustainable development in Africa. “Visible” was shot by lensman Derek Henderson for her Spring 2013 collection, Walker didn’t just employ the talents of artisans in Kenya, she had them model the looks, too.
On 24th April 2013, 1133 people were killed and over 2500 people were injured when the Rana Plaza factory complex collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The catastrophes in our fashion supply chain continue. Fashion Revolution Day says enough is enough.
Burberry announced on Tuesday its decision to eliminate all releases of hazardous chemicals throughout its global supply chain products by 2020.
Vivienne Westwood, British fashion designer and environmental activist has launched a new line of ethical bags made in Africa from recycled materials, called Ethical Africa.
Italian fashion brand Max Mara has teamed up with eco-fabrics company Saluzzo Yarns for a new four-piece collection made from a special high-tech yarn called Newlife; available in 1500 of the brand’s stores in 50 countries, from this month onwards.
By launching it’s new recycled denim range, H&M has just closed the loop on itself. The Swedish retailer, renowned for it’s incredibly fast fashion, which in February 2013 became the first retailer to launch a global textile take-back program, is set to debut its inaugural collection of products made from those same recycled fibers.