Tag: fashion

Adidas is releasing a new shoe that is made from plastic collected from the oceans.Plastic ocean pollution is an increasingly important environmental concern, with the 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch' spanning an area roughly twice the size...

Wait.Did you just say pineapples?Yup, you read that right – Pineapples.Made from the discarded leaves of pineapples, Piñatex - piña is Spanish for pineapple - is a new textile hitting the markets which could replace leathers, cotton...

I, like many animal rights advocates, can be a little dismissive when it comes to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). It’s not that I don’t completely disagree with them, it’s just that...

Most people who try to live environmentally friendly lives, do so in the full knowledge that it’s not easy, nor is it always cheap. If it were, there wouldn’t be so many websites dedicated...

WOOED is a San Francisco based company that fashions interesting items out of reclaimed wood and sells them online to discerning buyers. Their catalog contains attractive cufflinks and sunglass frames which are unique as they are...

The environmental impact of leather is associated with the rearing of the livestock, the use of polluting chemicals including chromium a toxic heavy metal in the tanning process and air pollution including hydrogen sulphide during dehairing, ammonia during deliming and solvent vapours.

I love sunglasses. I wear them every day, even when it’s cloudy. I find that on the rare day I don’t have my sunglasses with me, that my eyes are very sensitive to brightness....

Cotton is crucially important to the global textile industry and to the economic and social improvement  of developing countries.  Although there may not be any difference in quality between Fair Trade and ‘normal’ cotton, there is...

Fashion is an important aspect of human culture, but clothing manufactures and changing styles can be tough on the planet. In many cases, clothing that is no longer considered "fashionable" is discarded and ends...

Three years ago the wife of actor James Cameron implemented the first in a string of challenges to actresses and designers gearing up to suit up for extravagant awards shows: to go green on...