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Sophie Benson

Freelance journalist focusing on sustainable fashion, the environment and consumerism

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  • InterviewBrand Spotlight

    Talking Recycled Leather with CRAVE

    May 21, 2018

    Earlier this year I had a dilemma; should I buy second hand animal products like wool and leather or should I keep my wardrobe completely animal-product free? Serendipity was putting in double shifts when Carli Vergamini, the founder of CRAVE,…

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    Shifting Focus From Shopping to Stopping

    April 18, 2018

    The number of sustainable womenswear items available online from major retailers in the UK rose by 128% between 1st December 2017 and 28th February 2018, according to WGSN. Although it’s coming from retailers for whom such items represent just a…

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    Don’t Call Me a Consumer

    March 25, 2018

    You’re with a friend in a bar and a friend of theirs, unknown to you, comes to say hello. They sit down and join you. You chat, the three of you, and it’s all lovely and jovial and perfectly fun…

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    5 Minutes With… Nude Ethics

    February 25, 2018

    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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  • Op-Ed

    Giving a Fuck Can Be Exhausting

    February 7, 2018

    I, and others like me, like to sell sustainable fashion and ethical living in general as an easy swap. Instead of shopping at X, shop at Y. Don’t buy lots of A, just invest in one B, etc etc etc.…

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  • Op-EdPersonal Style

    Wardrobe Staples: Part II

    January 30, 2018

    Although last week’s post didn’t quite turn into the post I was planning, the main message was there, wrapped up somewhere in between the new world order under the CWM (you’ll just have to read it I’m afraid, no time…

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    Wardrobe Staples: A Tale

    January 23, 2018

    9th March, 2067. Your 18th birthday. The queue before you slowly shortens as, one by one, newly inducted women shuffle past you, chins up to see over the bundle propped upon their outstretched forearms. You quickly sweep your eyes sidewards…

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    Second Hand Animal Products: A Dilemma

    January 16, 2018

    I’m going to be completely honest, the aim of this post is to dump a host of diverging opinions into your lap and then have you tell me what my stance is. Because I can’t figure it out for myself.…

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