With Ayesha Barenblat, Remake Fast fashion brands lead us to believe it’s as easy as buy, buy, buy. There’s no time to wonder about the humans behind T-shirt production because we’ve found a good deal. Now, as we learn more about the human cost of garment production, we know fast fashion cannot continue. Garment workers […]
Fashion
The Evolution of Eco Fashion: What it Means and How it’s Changed
With Marci Zaroff, ECOFashion Corp Even if you’re not interested in fashion, the fact is everyone wears clothes. As social entrepreneurs and changemakers, it’s important to recognize how far we’ve come in the fashion industry. Reflecting on our progress gives us the motivation to keep going. Cory spoke with eco lifestyle expert and serial social […]
Sea, Soil, and Circularity: A New Guide for Sustainable Textiles
With Krystle Moody Wood from Materevolve Take a look around you—carpets, curtains, sheets, upholstery, the clothes we wear. TeXtiLes aRe evErywheRe! Textiles are so embedded in our everyday life that we barely notice them, let alone spend time visualizing all the textiles that exist in the world and those still being created. For this reason, […]
Sustainable Denim: Is it Possible?
With Laura Vicaria, CSR Manager of MUD Jeans The dirtiest item in fast fashion sits in most of our closets. With its use of cotton, chemicals, pesticides, and indigo dyes, denim has been making its mark on the environment for decades. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Changemakers in the fashion industry are […]
How Technology and the Future of (Sustainable) Fashion Collide
With Faith Legendre, Afire Consulting In the fashion industry, what is old is new again. But this time, it can also be sustainable. Fashion has always been cyclical, reusing older trends and updating them ever so slightly. But technology is pushing cyclical fashion to become circular, meaning that the useful life of garments extends indefinitely. […]
How to Reduce (& Repurpose) Global Textile Waste
With Stephanie Benedetto, Co-Founder of Queen of Raw The world is becoming more aware of the negative impact of fashion, and social entrepreneurs are making major moves to turn fast fashion into a sustainable, circular industry. We’ve talked about the human cost of apparel production and the Rana Plaza disaster, how individuals can avoid fast […]
