Lexus Creates Advanced Hoverboard
Design and technology collaboration achieves creative breakthrough for new Lexus Amazing in Motion project.
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Mercedes-Benz Launches New Hybrid SUV
Mercedes-Benz has announced its Fashion Campaign and Film for Spring/Summer 2016, masterminded by the legendary French fashion editor and stylist, Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele (CCD) – an embodiment of urban, provocative cool. The fashion campaign has brought some of the fashion’s most inspiring and creative talents with the acme of automotive technology to present a fabulous, future-facing hybrid of style and sustainability.
Yeast-Engineered Silk Could Produce “Stronger than Steel” Clothes
A San Francisco startup is giving spiders and silkworms a run for their money. Bolt Threads has developed a synthetic, “programmable” alternative to larval- or arachnid-produced silk. Engineered using proteins derived from yeast, the fibers can be manipulated to deliver any combination of softness, strength, and durability. They’re even machine-washable.
5 Surprising Foods that Contain Animal Products
You think you’re following a vegan diet, but you might be bringing animal-derived ingredients into it without even realizing it. Here are surprising foods that contain them so you can replace them with vegan substitutes.
Find the Right Makeup Colours for Your Skin Tone
Tickled by the latest beauty trends? Before you try them out, consider your skin tone. It’s so important to ensure that you’re wearing colours that make you glow instead of wash you out.
Marks & Spencer Launches “Limited London” Recycled Clothing Line
Marks & Spencer, after recently releasing its first line of sustainable shoes, has launched “Limited London”, a line of womenswear made with recycled cotton and recycled polyester fabrics.
How to Make Your Teen Go Green
If your teen rolls his or her eyes every time you remind them to be sustainable and kind to the planet, you might need to come up with new angles to inspire them to go green. This Youth Day, focus on a get-green plan for your teens.
G-Star Commits to Sourcing Forest-Friendly Fibres
G-Star Raw, which previously collaborated with fashion and music mogul, Pharrell Williams on an line of ocean-plastic-derived apparel, has pledged to use only forest-friendly fibers in its rayon and viscose clothing.
Over 27% Sugar Found in Le Chocolatier Slab Claiming “No Sugar”
The latest product to be investigated by consumer-led organisation, TOPIC, which stands for Testing of Products Initiated by Consumers, is the Le Chocolatier Organic Chocolate 70% slab. Consumers wanted to know if its “no sugar” claims were true.
Light Up Your Wardrobe: Three Solar-Powered Fashion Trends to Know
So many things are becoming solar-powered these days, from lanterns that take the edge off during loadshedding to backpacks.