Happy Secondhand September! Six years ago Oxfam UK came up with the idea of using September to encourage people to: "Shop second hand to take a stance against fast fashion and dress for a fairer world." They say it's a moment to come together “to choose a more planet-friendly way to shop, and dress for the world you want to see." This week, Clare sits down with model-thrifter-filmmaker-activist Eunice Olumide, ahead of her walking in Oxfam's LFW show.
For this episode, we’re in London visiting British journalist Tiffanie Darke to talk about her viral wardrobe challenge, The Rule of Five.
She’s also got a new book coming out in the US. What to Wear and Why, Your Guilt-Free Guide to Sustainable Fashion promises to get you "rethinking what clothes we buy, wear, and toss out, knowing that we can have a positive environmental impact while still looking good and dressing well”.
This one is refreshingly honest conversation with Danish knitwear designer Amalie Røge Hove about her much-loved label, A. Roege Hove, and the ups and downs of being an independent fashion business.
In the latest of our names-to-watch from CPHFW, Clare sits down with Finnish menswear designer Rolf Ektroth.
Last season, his hand-knits, made with Finnish yarn manufacturer Novita, were made available as pattern and yarn kits, so that home knitters could recreate his runway pieces. He loves macramé and hand embroidery, yet his collections have a modern street wear vibe that feels very polished.
If you're not in Copenhagen for fashion week, here's your (virtual) ticket.Over the next three episodes, we’ve got interviews with some of the most exciting new names to watch from the region. First up, Alectra Rothschild, whose show for her Masculina label was one of the most anticipated, thanks to last season's electric on-schedule debut…
Iconic Australian fashion designers Pamela Easton and Lydia Pearson and their Easton Pearson label were known for their slow fashion approach. Think artisanal fabrics and embellishments, ethical production and made in India. But could they survive in the new fast fashion era? A frank discussion about the challenges of running an independent, slow fashion business in a fast fashion world.
Meet legendary thinker, innovator, disruptor and Cradle to Cradle hero, William McDonough. Architect, designer, thought leader, and author – his vision for a future of abundance for all is helping companies and communities think differently. He was the inaugural chair of the World Economic Forum’s Meta-Council on the Circular Economy and currently serves on the Forum’s Global Future Council on the Future of Environment and Natural Resource Security. For more than 40 years, he has defined the principles of the sustainability movement. This interview is a must for anyone who is interested in the circular economy, or indeed just cares about the future of our planet.
Sustainable fashion innovation steps up! Meet Katrin Ley, managing director of FASHION FOR GOOD - the world’s first sustainable fashion museum in Amsterdam. The organisation that was co-founded by William McDonough and set up to bring together the entire fashion ecosystem with incentives, resources and tools for sustainability. At its core is William’s concept of the Five Goods, which, he says, “represent an aspirational framework we can all use to work towards a world in which we do not simply take, make, waste, but rather take, make, renew and restore.”
Take, make, discard is so last season. Dame Ellen MacArthur is determined to change our economic system from linear to circular. In this inspiring interview with the former world champion sailor and current circular economy expert, we look at keeping products in the loop, designing out waste, and changing the way we make, sell and consume products such as fashion. But this is also a story of personal triumph, how to stay focused and set effective goals. It’s about having a plan - knowing which direction you want to go in is how you make stuff happen.
Common Objective has been described as a Linkedin sustainable fashion. Meet the British fashion change-maker behind it, Tamsin Lejeune.
Back in 2006, Tamsin founded the Ethical Fashion Forum, a London-based industry body for sustainable fashion. Her team also brought us Source, one of the first platforms to list sustainable resources and suppliers in one place. How much has changed since then? How far off is sustainable fashion from being the norm? What tools do we need do fashion better and connect as a community?
