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We unpack some of the issues around fair trade fashion.
We take a look at the world’s leading fair trade standard, alternative fair trade labels, and a selection of fashion brands selling fair trade clothing.
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Here we highlight five reasons why fashion is unethical and look at the brands that help give the industry its unethical reputation.
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Our latest guide to fashion brands reveals how young people are being misled by the “patently false” environmental and animal-friendly claims of a new wave of emerging fast-fashion online stores.
Lead researcher Alex Crumbie gives his insights into his latest guide.
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We asked our newsletter subscribers if their clothing habits changed during the pandemic, and what habits they hoped to retain or change going forwards. Over 200 people responded and we present some highlights below.
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Completely new to vintage clothes shopping? Or need some inspiration on what to look for?
Delve into Best Buy company Beyond Retro’s guide to buying used and second-hand clothes to help you navigate the world of second-hand fashion and find your new sustainable wardrobe.
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Deborah Barker, co-founder and director of South East England Fibreshed, explains how a new movement is emerging around more localised clothing supply chains.
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The global clothing industry is notorious for its exploitative working conditions.
We take a detailed look at the conditions workers face and profile some campaigns you can get involved with to help bring about change.
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Fast Forward is a labour standards improvements programme operating in the UK. A representative from the organisation tells us more about the programme.
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Clare Carlile and Alex Crumbie consider the key issues for sustainable fabrics including cotton and synthetic fabrics.
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Each person in the UK throws away over 3kg of textiles on average every year. That’s equivalent to around 20 t-shirts.
Buying second-hand, repairing and upcycling are therefore important ways to cut your environmental impact – as well as cut down your clothing costs.
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In the UK we see a model of fashion consumption based on buy-use-dispose, which wreaks havoc on the environment and on workers’ rights.
This article gives you 10 tips on how to move away from this fast fashion model.
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Camilla Zerr, Friends of the Earth’s plastics campaigner, tells us how to minimise the shedding of microfibres from our clothes.
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Global fashion brands have been criticised for removing statements on the use of forced labour in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region following boycott threats from China.
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Fashion brands including Dorothy Perkins and Topshop were taken over by Boohoo and ASOS earlier in 2021. What impact has this had on their ethical ratings and what are the options for ethically-minded consumers?
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Urska Trunk from the Changing Markets Foundation describes how Fast Fashion has revolutionised how we produce and buy clothes.
Their recent report ‘Fossil fashion: the hidden reliance of fast fashion on fossil fuels’, revealed that the industry has become dangerously dependent on synthetic fibres, such as polyester, which have become the backbone…
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The human rights abuses perpetrated by the Chinese state are numerous, and many are linked to global corporations and products sold around the world. Increasingly people are asking should we boycott ‘made in China’?
In this article, Clare Carlile explores the question through the cases of China’s abuses in Tibet, Hong Kong and the Xinjiang Uyghur…
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Human rights groups and political leaders are calling for a boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing over the Chinese Government’s atrocities against Uyghur citizens in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
The Chinese government is estimated to have held between 1 to 1.8 million people in detention and forced labour camps in the region – the…
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All the latest in the clothing industry, from worsening conditions for sweatshop workers due to COVID to updates on the Ali Enterprise garment factory fire in Pakistan.
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Our Beyond Consumerism page seeks out ideas big and small, for rethinking economic systems and reducing reliance on corporations and money. This time we hear from Josephine Philips who is launching a new clothing repair app as we write.
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Many fashion brands are focused on using eco-friendly materials for the production of their garments.