Emma Watson, Livia Firth, Stella McCartney. Those are some of the names you might reel off when asked to list a sustainable style icons. You’d be right, of course, but you’d be missing off one woman who’s been flying that …
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Oh, hi, welcome. It’s nice to have you but please take your shoes off. OK. So, this is my new website! I write this introduction with the strained expression of someone who’s spent untold hours deleting line after frustrating line …
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Admitting that it was time to give in and get a rain coat felt like a dangerous step towards middle age. First you buy a raincoat, then you start classing a trip to the local garden centre as a solid …
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Five Minutes With… is a regular series spotlighting vibrant, innovative, sustainably-focused brands so you can get to know the best and brightest in the industry, even if you only have a quick coffee break to spare. This time we’re spending …
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On the 25th March of this year, I declared, ‘no more shopping for three months!‘. I felt guilty and stressed and tired of the seemingly eternal search for that magical item that would ‘complete’ my wardrobe. I was shopped out …
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Sometimes, when I’m scrolling past the tenth ’20 things to buy from Zara this season’-style shopping feature that week or reading a rejection of a sustainable fashion-focused pitch because the subject was ‘already tackled during Fash Rev week’, I feel …
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You know when you just want a quiet day on the beach and you end up rescuing an elderly couple from quicksand? No, just me? Let’s start from the beginning then. Manchester. England. The year is 2017. Sam (boyfriend), Vashka …
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This is a departure from my usual posts but after sharing the fruits of my labour on Twitter and Instagram, I got so many requests for the pattern that I had to share it. After taking stock of the waste I create, …