Treena Clark
Colonial settlers made myriad objects with problematic portrayals of First Nations people. Now, a number of artists are using these objects in their work to retell these stories.
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An expensive purchase price may not guarantee that your product will hold its value.
The glamourous aspect of fashion obscures the health and socio-environmental issues of the textile industry.
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The production, use and end-of-life of clothing all have an impact on our health. But greater ecological awareness could turn the tide.
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Product-labelling tools have been criticised for making partial assessments of a brand’s impact.
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Maman Creppy was one of Togo’s original Nana Benzes who had created a powerful wax cloth empire.
That cheap statement piece comes at a price: the industry has a ‘murderous disregard for human life.’
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We look back to the 2013 Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed 1,124 people and discuss how much — or how little — has changed for garment-worker conditions today.
The extraordinary life of William Astbury: a pioneer of genetics, fashion, and animal welfare.
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Vegan wool, peanut coats and the discovery of DNA: the forgotten life of scientist William Astbury
Tony Ka Fai Leung and Jane March in the 1992 film of The Lover.
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Margeurite Duras’s fictionalised account of a teenage affair with a much older Chinese man has been criticised as a kind of retro-Orientalist Lolita. But that does her iconic novel an injustice.
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With concern mounting over microplastics and the search for sustainable options, the woollen swimsuits of the past could be the swimwear of the future.
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Increasing recycled-fibre clothing offerings should not absolve the fashion industry from the urgent need to reduce production overall.
Amber Martin-Woodhead
‘Fashion fasts’ are a great way of challenging fast fashion by helping us question how many clothes we really need and reducing fashion consumption.
She’s not gotta have it.
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Many argue that the end of the pandemic is an opportunity to move towards a circular economy in clothing.
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Black Friday sales reveal fast fashion extremes. But how does it affect the planet?
Conservative suit? Check. Rep tie? Check. Mitch McConnell looks every inch a senator.
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Clothing is a way for politicians to convey authenticity and to tell their story.
Neenawat Khenyothaa
Coronavirus has shifted the mood in society, and the fashion industry should strike while the iron is hot.
Wardrobe choices can be part of a delicate social dance.
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Recent research explores how women ‘dress defensively’ to avoid the aggression of other women.
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Making more sustainable fashion choices doesn’t require a massive lifestyle change.
City clothes mark the wearer as being out of place in the country.
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Your identity changes when you move house and, if that’s to a different community, your clothes change along with you.
Singer and actor Zendaya donned an outfit reminiscent of Joan of Arc at the recent Met Gala.
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In the 1850s, the women’s dress reform movement advocated for a return to medieval design. The practice continues today.
Despite the myth that men don’t care about clothes, men’s fashion has been surprisingly political over the past 300 years.
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For centuries, men’s fashion has been part of dynamic social change. Hairstyles, fabrics and suit styles have carried a political charge.