Visits: 53 London designers working on sustainable fashion created a dress from the leaves of giant butterbur plants gathered at one of the king’s homes. A bride, decked in wedding finery, is traditionally the last model to appear during a …
She Burned It All Down, to Build the Perfect Dress
Visits: 39 Mara Hoffman ditched her successful swimsuit business in order to prioritize sustainability. Nearly a decade later, she’s reaping the rewards. It looked like a normal dress, a nice one. Something you might wear to a wedding if you …
Can Couture Be More Socially Responsible?
Visits: 34 Renaissance, a French nonprofit, focuses on producing upcycled pieces made in the couture style while providing job training opportunities. On a cold evening in March, a cement-floored warehouse in the gritty Paris suburb of Fontenay-sous-Bois played host to …
Can Coach Get Shoppers to Buy Bags Made From Waste Scraps?
Visits: 23 Coachtopia, a new sub-brand from the American fashion house, uses waste or recycled materials to make new products. Will it catch on? During an interview in late March, Stuart Vevers, the creative director of Coach, stood by slivers …
Where’s the Snow? Snowboarding Brands Are Trying to Find Out for Themselves.
Visits: 22 On Feb. 1, 2021, during the biggest blizzard to hit New York City in five years, snowboarders turned city spots into their playground. Hollis DuPre, 23, grinded rails at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Jayell White, a 30-year-old Bronx native, …
Who Will Take Your Old Cashmere?
Visits: 29 Ralph Lauren is underwriting a new recycling program as it ramps up its sustainability efforts. Will consumers use it? What happens to a cashmere sweater that can’t be worn any longer? It probably will be thrown out, making …
A New Way to Hand-Me-Down
Visits: 49 To help reduce clothing waste, two mothers in San Antonio started a small business reselling used children’s clothes. This article is part of a series examining Responsible Fashion, and innovative efforts to address issues facing the fashion industry. …
Trying to Live a Day Without Plastic
Visits: 26 On the morning of the day I had decided to go without using plastic products — or even touching plastic — I opened my eyes and put my bare feet on the carpet. Which is made of nylon, …
The Dirt on Clean Beauty
Visits: 37 More and more products promise “clean beauty,” along with plumper lips and fewer wrinkles. But what does that actually mean? New Year, new you. January often starts with resolutions about self-improvement of mind and body. For many, that …
Dumpster Diving to Shame Stores and Fight Waste
Visits: 25 At the third Duane Reade of the night, Anna Sacks, 31, a dumpster diver who goes by @trashwalker on TikTok, hit the jackpot. Half a dozen clear trash bags sat along Second Avenue not far from her home …