Zara has been accused of many things: stealing ideas from independent artists and designers, cultural appropriation, unfair working conditions such as not paying a minimum wage to their garment workers, and much more. However, as a Spanish person who grew up admiring Amancio Ortega and his fashion empire, even now, I struggle to boycott Zara. […]
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What If I Can’t Afford Sustainable Fashion?
Shopping more sustainably is great and everything, but what if you can’t afford anything other than H&M and Inditex? Maybe the real problem isn’t that sustainable fashion is too expensive, but that we’ve been told to value low price and convenience over everything else, regardless of the suffering that causes. Why do we perceive […]
Why Fast Fashion Is a Feminist Issue
We are all feminists, but we are still buying fast fashion on a weekly-basis. There are an estimated 40 million garment workers globally, most of them women earning less than 3 dollars a day, according to the nonprofit group Remake. Just in Vietnam, nearly half of female garment workers experience violence and sexual harassment. And […]
What Fast Fashion Is NOT Showing You
Making clothing accessible is important but fast fashion is killing people and the planet. I fully understand that investing in a sustainable and ethical brand requires resources that not everyone has, but we have to be aware of the consequences of supporting fast fashion brands. We cannot ignore this any longer. It is now more […]
Can Black Friday Ever Be Sustainable?
The most sustainable thing to do would be to avoid shopping for anything you don’t need, but I understand how tempting Black Friday can be. Platforms like Instagram can be overwhelming. Not only due to the amount of ads at this time of the year, but also because of influencers who encourage compulsive buying without […]
PETA Partners with H&M for their First Vegan Collection
We know who’s already sold out: PETA. According to PETA, this vegan collection in collaboration with H&M celebrates the harmonious coexistence of humans and other animals on this planet and the future of fashion. So, PETA, you care about animals but not the humans who make those clothes? Being an ethical company includes being transparent […]
Coach Accused of Destroying its Own Bags
Luxury fashion brand Coach has been accused of intentionally destroying their own unsold merchandise. Coach has been exposed after a TikTok viral video by Anna Sacks, who goes by @thetrashwalker on the app and Instagram, showed a number of Coach bags that have been slashed: “As you can see, they’re all slashed, which is Coach’s […]
Influencers and Businesses using Sustainability as a Marketing tool
It’s pretty hard to ignore how big companies around the world are trying to get into the sustainable world and to see all this as good news when the French judiciary has just opened an investigation for ‘’concealment of crimes against humanity’’ against Inditex (Zara, Bershka, Massimo Duti, Uniqlo, SMCP (Sandro, Maje, de Furssacr, etc.) […]
What is Vegan Leather? + Eco-Friendly Vegan Leather Alternatives
Vegan leather is a material that imitates leather but it is created from artificial or plant products instead of animal skin. Vegan leather is often made from polyurethane (PU) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC), however, it can also be made from innovative and sustainable materials such as pineapple leaves, mushroom, cork, apple peels, other fruit waste, […]
What is ‘Primark Cares’? Let’s talk about Greenwashing
Recently, Primark launched a campaign with influencers, being Laura Whitmore’s recruitment the face of ‘Primark Cares’, an initiative from Primark to support the people who make their clothes and to protect the environment. Do I smell Greenwashing? Two weeks ago, Laura Whitmore announced on her Instagram that she is the new ambassador for ‘Primark Cares’ […]