Op-Ed

Sustainability has, without a doubt, entered the mainstream. ELLE just released their sustainability issue, being seen with a plastic straw is on a level with striking a small child and the Zero Waste Week hashtag just passed four million impressions…

Well, here we are again. I’m sitting here in my office which is cooking me from the outside in, waiting to see if my landlord feels like turning up with some viewers or not. Who knows? They’re a lot of…

I expect, after clicking on this post, you’re expecting a comprehensive list of all things sustainable fashion. And you might well get that but, the thing is, I don’t really know. I mean, it sounds like a great idea; I’d…

Last week I was at an award ceremony. I did not win the award I was nominated for but lucky for you I’m not here to cry about it. As I sat at my table, sweating in a 40-year-old dress…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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.…