The idea of sustainability in the fashion industry still feels fresh, as the moral conflict between ethical consumption and fast fashion grows. Watch the video above to learn more.
We all love a cheap pair of jeans or t-shirt and as a student sometimes it is hard to not give in to the bargains. But what is the true cost of fast fashion? And what can we do, on a budget, to minimise it’s affect on the environment. There is a lot which doesn’t […]
Sticking to the 10-mph speed limit up a long, elegant, tree-lined avenue to Batsford Arboretum takes some doing. The passing countryside is ‘Cotswold gorgeous’, but the leaf fiesta ahead is the prize. This autumn, particularly it seems at Batsford, the colours are ‘popping’. And the resultant endorphins are clearing head spaces and providing sanctuary in […]
‘I go to charity shops, buy ugly clothes, design, rework and sew them then sell them on. It’s better for the environment, I make money and someone gets a cute top.’ Proudly sitting in front of her sewing machine, Harriet lets me know that it too was thrifted, ‘For only a tenner’. She shows me […]
