Tag: sustainablefashion
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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. Today’s post focuses on fashion’s 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 you’ve been following this series on 4 macrotrends that’s affecting fashion, you’d know by now that fashion has always had a hard time dealing with demand volatility and in today’s market, there’s extra pressures on…
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What’s Eating Fashion Today? 4 Macrotrends and Industry Insights – Part 2: Radical Transparency
Part 2 of 4 Now that we’ve laid some groundwork on fashion’s supply chain management and agility to respond to a volatile market, let’s 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. 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 Dolmat’s sustainable collection showcased at KLFW 2020 last week shows a huge step forward for the local fashion industry and the country’s fight against plastic and textile waste. By Shareena Aziz 1721 words; 8 min read. The week that was Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week (KLFW) has come and gone and this…
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Stay at Home and Start a Fashion Revolution!
Hi all, Najah here. Guess what? It’s #FashRev week! In today’s blogpost I’m 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 couldn’t 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? If you call yourself a subscriber of Slow Fashion, then I’m here to remind you that the way you care for and wash your clothes is the biggest factor in sustaining this lifestyle claim. So Fashion Revolution Week is here, y’all. …
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The Top Sustainable Fashion News You Need to Know Right Now
1,354 words; 6 min read. Hey guys, so it’s almost April, and I’m sorry I’ve been quiet. I’ve been a little busy with attending industry events and creating and curating my 2019 calendar, plus I’ve got some juicy video content that I’m working on that’s taken up a bit of my time. Fashion Revolution Week…