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Ethical Edition
- Mar 4, 2018
- 2 min
Sustainability Sunday #68
Sustainability makes London Fashion Week. Hurrah! Last year around this kinda time I thought about writing a blog post on sustainability at fashion week but after 5 days of creative chaos in our beloved capital there was nothing for me to talk about when it came to sustainability. I am so pleased that this year things have taken a turn. “What happened?” I hear you ask, well let’s take a look shall we… Yes. That is Her Royal Highness THE QUEEN at actual London Fashion Week hav
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Ethical Edition
- Feb 25, 2018
- 3 min
Sustainability Sunday #67
Education from the sofa. This is the first weekend in while that I’ve had nothing to do. Of course, I absolutely suck at doing nothing so yes I have spent some time cleaning the house, cooking a new recipe and catching up on some reading but I also sat down on both Friday and Saturday night and ate my dinner in front of the TV. Actual. Bliss. So this week I want to share with you a few things I’ve watched on these rare weekends of doing nothing which perhaps you might like to
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Ethical Edition
- Feb 18, 2018
- 2 min
Sustainability Sunday #66
Did your V-day kill some trees? What did you do this Valentine’s Day? Did you buy or receive some flowers? Did you go out or stay in with a yummy dinner? Did you have some cute little chocolates, with love hearts on? If you indulged in the chocky, do you know where it came from? We’ve all got a little bit of a sweet tooth; I’ll admit I don’t feel like a meal is finished unless I’ve had something sweet, but it wasn’t until recent years I learnt about the right kind of chocolat
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Ethical Edition
- Dec 3, 2017
- 3 min
Sustainability Sunday #59
HELP WE’RE EATING PLASTIC! Do you recall my rant about microbeads? Well, here’s another. I’m sorry if I lulled you into a false sense of security with my previous happy positive posts but this week, I’m grumpy and this is just one more reason why: plastic plastic plastic everywhere. Eight million tonnes of waste plastic ends up in the sea each year (The Guardian). Fish are eating this plastic, and then, guess what? We do too! The plastic we’re consuming isn’t actually the tho
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Ethical Edition
- Nov 12, 2017
- 3 min
Sustainability Sunday #57
“It’s the simple things”, “baby steps” and other encouraging mottos… Lately I’ve been thinking how easy it is to complain about something before you take a step back and try to feel grateful about something else. Trying to turn “Urgh my bus is 3 minutes late” into “I’m lucky to live somewhere with such great public transport” or “Deliveroo is telling me I have to wait 45 minutes for my takeaway” into “How amazing is it that I can have any cuisine I like brought to my doorstep
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Ethical Edition
- Nov 5, 2017
- 3 min
Sustainability Sunday #56
Introducing: Coca-Cola and X-Rays from Sonya Vajifdar The world of sustainable fashion is beginning to bloom, designers committed to the cause are continually looking for sustainable and ethical alternatives to fabrics. We’ve seen the introduction of Piñatex™, Lyocell and Bamboo, all overtaking the ever-derided hemp. Now, we’ve got brands like Timberland bringing us Thread X which is made from recycled water bottles collected from littered waterways in Haiti, and now Sonya Va
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Ethical Edition
- Oct 1, 2017
- 4 min
Sustainability Sunday #52
A weekend workshop draping on the stand with sustainable fabrics. This time last week I was on the train headed out of London, though luscious countryside to a sunny little studio on the River Medway in Chatham, Kent to learn how to drape on the stand. The workshop was run by Laura Alice Dressmaking in partnership with Offset Warehouse who are the base of my own sewing inspiration with the consciously sourced fabrics. Offset Warehouse, as I mentioned in my recent post on the
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Ethical Edition
- Aug 27, 2017
- 1 min
Sustainability Sunday #49
Better brands on the high street. This week is kind of a responsive Part II to last week’s post. A friend of mine messaged me this week, having been out shopping and realised that nothing she was seeing was sustainable, she asked for advice on where to find more sustainable apparel. Also having read last week’s post, she realised that purchasing sustainable and ethical items is somewhat more of an investment than shopping for fast fashion is. So, how can you find that middle
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Ethical Edition
- Aug 20, 2017
- 3 min
Sustainability Sunday #48
It’s probably fairly obvious that I’m a sustainability advocate through and through, I’m a recycling freak, plastic hater and local food seeker. And I’m a dedicated follower of sustainable fashion. Whilst I’m pretty good at seeking out sustainable fashion brands (thanks to you Gather&See and People Tree) I can’t lie and say I can afford to buy everything sustainably right now, although that’s the dream. Having said that I actually can’t afford to buy everything from Topshop o
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Ethical Edition
- Aug 6, 2017
- 2 min
Sustainability Sunday #47
Botanical beauty: five must-haves for an eco-friendly, ethical appearance Herbivore Botanicals’ Rose Hibiscus Face Mist (£24.54) Not quite a creamy moisturiser, but often all we need in summer, or if you have particularly oily skin then this lighter version of a hydrating moisturiser is ideal. Made with a base of ethically sourced coconut water and flower petal extracts it’s completely natural and sustainable. As a plus their packaging is also recyclable and reusable. I buy t
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Ethical Edition
- Jul 9, 2017
- 2 min
Sustainability Sunday #43
A spectacularly sustainable swimwear special! For those of you who might have missed my Instagram this week, I’ve been on holiday 😏 however the blues are kicking in ASAP as it’s back to the grind tomorrow. For those of you lucky enough to have a holiday still booked for this summer and you’re looking for some lush new swimwear to strut your stuff in on the beach, here’s my top 5 sustainable swimwear picks! 1. Vitamin A – these guys are my number on choice for sustainable sw
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Ethical Edition
- Jun 25, 2017
- 2 min
Sustainability Sunday #41
Let’s go shopping!! Deep down, despite the pain of spending money we should really be saving for rent, the annoyance of walking behind people who travel at the speed of a snail and despite having to push and shove the hangers in our wardrobes to fit new things in, we all love shopping. But for those of us who are trying to keep up a slow fashion lifestyle, shopping can be kinda difficult. The high street stores, although trying, still aren’t really covering us, and it’s the s
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Ethical Edition
- May 21, 2017
- 2 min
Sustainability Sunday #36
International Biodiversity Day 2017 – why we need sustainable tourism to protect biodiversity Each year the UN tie a theme to the International Day of Biodiversity, falling on 22nd May each year, to help us identify the importance of our impact on the environment. This year’s theme is sustainable tourism. Tourism notoriously has a negative impact on the environment: mountains are degraded by ski resorts, forests are degraded by tourist explorations and big chain hotels are po
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Ethical Edition
- Apr 30, 2017
- 3 min
Sustainability Sunday #33
Is organic actually organic? Are hipsters and tree-huggers actually on to something? Is organic actually everything their unsolicited chit-chat promises? Yes, friends, it is. I’m here to tell you that organic health and beauty products are not just a hipster fad and we gotta get clear on what’s actually organic. Last year, sales of “organic” beauty products went up by 20% in the UK (see the Soil Association‘s 2016 Organic Market Report for full deets), and as consumers we are
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