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 […]
Author: Laura Cano
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’ […]
How To Be Hopeful After 2020
When I was a kid, I was lucky to have people who believed in me from a young age. The world was good and even when sometimes it wasn’t, it had the potential to be. 2020 has challenged all of us. It wasn’t easy to wake up and face bad news every single day. No […]
Buying sustainable brands doesn’t make you sustainable
Social media and influencers encourage us to consume and that’s something we can’t deny. Influencers live of pure and simple consumerism, and it is complicated to raise awareness among your followers once you have fed your audience with daily packages through Stories or monthly hauls on platforms such as YouTube. The connection we can have […]