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Grenfell has a nice one this season.So I'm nosing around raglan sleeve coats and noticed this one at Cordings:
Description says it's made of high twist cloth. Looking that up, it seems to be a feature of lightweight wool cloth (for example fresco, it seems?). Anyone have thoughts on whether it's also reasonable for a winter weight coat?
"It's too late for ethical fashion"
It's too late for ethical fashion
A sustainability expert explains that progress in the industry is cancelled out by the rate at which the fashion economy is speeding up.i-d.vice.com
Thoughts?
I actually am debating starting an art business involving clothing but articles like this give me a lot of pause - perhaps carving out a small niche is fine, but equally, relying on unhealthy and unsustainable markets, demand and spontaneous buying.
Similarly I'm buying less and less and hope to keep that up.
Ethical actions taken at the consumer level are tiny drops in the bucket of action in the face of am apparel industry that operates in a global system of exploitation of people and the environment. Apparel isn't unique here. Shopping for a better world seems like a fantasy.
Ethical actions taken at the consumer level are tiny drops in the bucket of action in the face of am apparel industry that operates in a global system of exploitation of people and the environment. Apparel isn't unique here. Shopping for a better world seems like a fantasy.
"It's too late for ethical fashion"
It's too late for ethical fashion
A sustainability expert explains that progress in the industry is cancelled out by the rate at which the fashion economy is speeding up.i-d.vice.com
Thoughts?
I actually am debating starting an art business involving clothing but articles like this give me a lot of pause - perhaps carving out a small niche is fine, but equally, relying on unhealthy and unsustainable markets, demand and spontaneous buying.
Similarly I'm buying less and less and hope to keep that up.
I missed that episode of Schoolhouse rock.Consumer sentiment shapes regulations and government policies.
I missed that episode of Schoolhouse rock.