What Is Desserto Cactus Leather and Is It Sustainable?
So many designers are creating capsule collections out of Desserto cactus leather. How does this plant-based leather alternative stack up...
Megan Doyle
sustainable fashion journalist & consultant
- May 17, 2021
Teatum Jones Join Forces With Liberty For Zero-waste Collection: Relove Part Two
Since making their fashion week debut in 2011, Catherine Teatum and Rob Jones, the design duo behind Teatum Jones, have been on a...
- May 4, 2021
Inside Rental Platform Rotaro’s Mission To Transform The Fashion Industry
If the idea of ‘revenge shopping’ your way into the ‘Roaring Twenties’ has left you feeling a little conflicted, you’re not alone. How do...
- Apr 30, 2021
Watch: How to Build a Career in Sustainable Fashion
GFF: To celebrate Fashion Revolution Week, join a panel of sustainable fashion experts from across the industry for a conversation on how...
- Apr 22, 2021
Your Ultimate Guide To Sustainable Fashion Resources
To celebrate Fashion Revolution Week, we’re bringing you the information you need to know about the world of sustainability. Our resident...
- Apr 19, 2021
In Conversation With Orsola de Castro During Fashion Revolution Week
To celebrate Fashion Revolution Week, sustainable fashion journalist Megan Doyle sat down with Orsola to talk about greenwashing, the...
- Apr 12, 2021
It’s Time To Digitise Your Wardrobe, Just Like In Clueless
Refinery29: Digital fashion platforms are on the rise, with games that let you wear your dream luxury brands, virtual styling services to...
- Mar 30, 2021
The Knitwear Brand Making Traceability Exciting, One Sheep At A Time
The Forward Lab: Would you look at your favourite jumper in a different light if you knew the exact sheep who provided its wool? Would...
- Mar 29, 2021
These 6 Traceability Technologies Could Help Clean Up the Fashion Industry
EcoCult: Traceability is difficult to achieve and progress is slow, especially for big brands that face retroactively implementing it...
- Mar 9, 2021
How New brand ‘non’ is Rewriting the Denim Rulebook
Denim is notoriously unsustainable. So how do you build an environmentally conscious denim brand from the ground up? It’s a question that...
- Feb 13, 2021
Meet Kimaï, the Jewellery Brand Betting on Lab-Grown Diamonds
Meet Kimaï, the jewellery brand turning their back on the traditional diamond trade in favour of the lab-grown variety.
- Jan 28, 2021
From Landfill To Lookbook: The Innovators Taking On Local Textile Waste
The Forward Lab: As fashion confronts its huge textile waste problem, some of the most promising solutions are closer to home than you...
- Jan 9, 2021
From TENCEL to ECONYL, We’ve Decoded 12 Sustainable Materials for You
EcoCult: As more brand-name sustainable fabrics are launched, fashion brands are jumping at the opportunity to incorporate them into...
- Dec 18, 2020
How 2020 Became Carbon's Year of Reckoning
The Forward Lab: Fashion’s carbon footprint has been a key issue in 2020, and with increasingly innovative solutions to this growing...
- Nov 30, 2020
The Eco-Educators Redefining What It Means To Be An ‘Influencer’
Eco-Age: Have you noticed the rise of a new generation of IG accounts, influencing through education rather than centring themselves in...
- Nov 26, 2020
Is It More Sustainable to Shop Online or in the Store?
EcoCult: Do those boxes arriving at your front door make you feel guilty? We looked into the research on whether shopping online or...
- Nov 13, 2020
Inside the Jewellery Industry's Sustainability Sea Change
The Forward Lab: Fuelled by consumer demand, the jewellery world is in the midst of transformation, with a huge growth in ethical and...
- Oct 22, 2020
How Can Fashion Brands Keep Workers Safe?
Remake: In September, the PayUp Fashion movement published a manifesto of 7 actions, co-created by garment workers, union leaders, and...
- Oct 10, 2020
GCFA, Italia 2020: Going Virtual, Staying Sustainable – The Technology Transforming The Green Carpet
Eco-Age: The Green Carpet Fashion Awards 2020 will combine cinematic footage with augmented reality, visual FX and hologram technology...
- Oct 7, 2020
Meet Kairi London, The Accessories Brand Innovating with Plant-Based Leathers
The Forward Lab: From stylist and editor to clothing designer, Beatrix Taylor's latest project sees her take on the world of plant-based...
- Sep 14, 2020
Three Designers On How Digital Shows Are Democratising Fashion Month
Eco-Age: While 2019 saw calls to cancel fashion month altogether, 2020 has seen the seasonal schedule evolve into a gender-neutral,...
- Aug 26, 2020
Inside the Rise of Impact Investing, Ethical Fashion’s Controversial Trend
Eco-Age: We’ve all heard the phrase voting with our money, but when it comes to investment, how can we ensure that where we put our money...
- Aug 25, 2020
Forced Labor of Uighur Muslims Proves The Urgency of Supply Chain Transparency
Remake: In recent months, global outrage over the discovery that Turkic speaking Uighur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region have been...
- Jul 28, 2020
Does B Corp Certification Mean Fashion Brands Are Sustainable and Ethical?
Eco-Cult: Consumer ethics are becoming an increasingly large factor in how we spend our money. But how to know if a business is actually...
- Jul 16, 2020
What is the Garment Worker Protection Act and Why Do We Need It?
Remake: “Made in America” was once synonymous with fair wages, decent working conditions and quality clothing, but for garment workers in...