Category: Fashion Education
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What’s Eating Fashion Today? 4 Macrotrends and Industry Insights – Part 4: Purchasing Model
Part 4 of 4 Thanks for sticking with us this far.Β Todayβs post focuses on fashionβs purchasing model, that more than ever, is completely ripe for disruption. This article is part of a series of deconstructing a massive global industry into areas for disruption on the road to #sustainability, by spotlighting 4 macrotrends in fashion’s…
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What’s Eating Fashion Today? 4 Macrotrends and Industry Insights – Part 3: Technology and R&D
Part 3 of 4 895 words; 4 min read. Award-winning Memomi smart mirror. Problem no. 3: Technology and R&D If youβve been following this series on 4 macrotrends thatβs affecting fashion, youβd know by now that fashion has always had a hard time dealing with demand volatility and in todayβs market, thereβs extra pressures on…
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What’s Eating Fashion Today? 4 Macrotrends and Industry InsightsΒ – Part 2: Radical Transparency
Part 2 of 4 Now that weβve laid some groundwork on fashionβs supply chain management and agility to respond to a volatile market, letβs continue to highlight the other trends niggling at fashion today. This article is part of a series of deconstructing a massive global industry into areas for disruption on the road to…
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What’s Eating Fashion Today? 4 Macrotrends and Industry Insights – Part 1: Demand Volatility
Part 1 of 4 1242 words; 6 min read. This article is part of a series of deconstructing a massive global industry into areas for disruption on the road to #sustainability, by spotlighting 4 macrotrends in fashion’s supply chain that we can tackle, right now.Β The fashion industry is huge. Like, HUGE huge. It has…
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So, You Want to be A Sustainable Fashion Designer?
A guide for all you aspiring fashion designers with a passion for sustainability. With insights from sustainable fashion advocates – Sabi Sohrabi, senior lecturer at Raffles Design Institute, Kate Sala, fashion lecturer at RMIT University and Tess Whitfort, Melbourne-based sustainable fashion designer. We discuss what the role means, local sustainable fashion courses, the skills to success and what…
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Hatta Dolmat – The Malaysian Sustainable Fashion Experience
Malaysian fashion designer Hatta Dolmatβs sustainable collection showcased at KLFW 2020 last week shows a huge step forward for the local fashion industry and the countryβs fight against plastic and textile waste. By Shareena Aziz 1721 words; 8 min read. The week that was βKuala Lumpur Fashion Week (KLFW) has come and gone and this…
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Can we recycle more than 1 percent? Now is a good time to aim higher.
πππ¦π¦ π§πππ‘ π% π’π π§ππ π ππ§ππ₯πππ ππ‘ πππ’π§πππ‘π ππ¦ π₯πππ¬ππππ ππ‘π§π’ π‘ππͺ πππ₯π ππ‘π§π¦ β’ So, how do we change this? Globally, most of material that goes into clothing ends up either in landfill or an incinerator (about 73% of all material produced.) 885 words, 4 mins read Above feature photo: 2015 Global Material Flows. Source: Circular…
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Stay at Home and Start a Fashion Revolution!
Hi all, Najah here. Guess what? Itβs #FashRev week! In todayβs blogpost Iβm putting together a list of free online resources you can get your hands on as the world of #fashion crumbles all around us (more on that story later, but mostly because fashion’s wealth is built on exploitation of others within its supply chain.) 560 words;…
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KLFW and why Sustainability is different in 2019
Oh, what a week that was! This year I was privileged to have experienced the buzz that is Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week (KLFW), 21-25 August. I have been covering a few stories for Blu Inc Media recently and so when I was asked about attending a few shows, I couldnβt say no! Now in its…
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The Slow Fashion Revolution: Let’s Rethink Washing Clothes
2091 words; 10 min read Do you know that most people launder too much?Β If you call yourself a subscriber of Slow Fashion, then Iβm here to remind you that the way you care for and wash your clothes is the biggest factor in sustaining this lifestyle claim.Β So Fashion Revolution Week is here, yβall. …