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‘The True Cost’: a film exploring the impact of the global clothing industry...
“Each one of us has the power to do something. This is a game-changing moment” Andrew interviews Livia Firth of Eco Age & the Green Carpet Challenge That is the optimistic end to the trailer made...
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Oxfam Posts: Three Key Reasons for Second-Hand Shopping
For my last three blog posts for Oxfam Fashion I looked at why we might choose to buy second-hand clothes and accessories. Reasons and motives are more complex than you might first think and vary...
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Organic & Fairtrade Options for Chocolate Week 2013
It’s Chocolate Week, scientifically proven to be the nation’s favourite week! For the entire seven days between 14th to 20th October, you have an excuse to delight in all things chocolaty. There is...
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Is Commercial Sensitivity Jeopardising Supply Chain Transparency? #BAD13
I wrote this post as part of the Human Friendly Fashion Consortium’s conversation for Blog Action Day 2013. Blog Action Day is a global event which since 2007 has brought together thousands of bloggers...
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Soko Connecting African Artisans to Ethics Conscious Consumers Worldwide
Soko offers a revolutionary way for consumers worldwide to buy ethically made artisan goods direct from the African continent. Women produce 60%-80% of African goods but collectively receive only 10%...
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Ethical High Street has Launched!
My new website Ethical High Street has launched! I came up with the idea some months ago for an easily accessible online resource which helps your average shopper navigate the British high street more...
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Could you Sacrifice your Little Black Dress for the Black T-shirt Campaign?
The festive party season is upon us. I have my own office party this week and like many people I have been planning my outfit for weeks. I had a look around the shops for a new dress but couldn’t find...
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Twenties Night at the Candlelight Club: My free outfit
The Candlelight Club host 1920s nights across London – a “clandestine pop-up cocktail bar in a secret London venue, a stunning, tucked-away den with a 1920s speakeasy flavour, completely lit by...
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Bored of Shopping? Christmas and Stuff
Having now studied shopping for a few years, I think I’m finally well and truly bored of it – the act that is, not the research. It’s something that I’ve particularly noticed this year, as I wander...
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New Year Reflections 2014
Happy New Year! I hope you had a good Christmas. I certainly did, despite the fact that my parent’s house became a casualty in the storm that hit the South East. This was one end of my road when I was...
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Small Acts, Big Changes: A Thought for 2014
“I am totally confident not that the world will get better, but that we should not give up the game before all the cards have been played . . . To play, to act, is to create at least a possibility of...
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Chemical Kidswear: A Little Story about the Monsters in your Closet
I’ve become increasingly interested and concerned about our daily contact with chemical, toxic substances in our homes and workplaces. Quite simply, we do not know what the long term impacts of such...
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Writing About Consumption
I had PhD supervision today which is always a chance to step back and reflect on what I’m doing. Normally the cycle goes something like this – Week 1.5: Fairly relaxed, tinker along feeling like my...
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MAKEoneGOOD Plant 20 Trees for Every T-Shirt Sold
I love trees, and I like fashion, so I love the story behind MAKEoneGOOD. MAKEoneGOOD is a new brand, launched by two graduates. They wanted to create a business which provides a product people really...
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The British Library Eco Fashion Film & Business Resources
I love Atelier Tammam. Founded by ex-Central St Martins graduate Lucy Tammam, the small traditional couture atelier (fashion studio and showroom) based in the heart of Bloomsbury, central London...
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Recent Guest Posts
I’ve had a few guest posts published recently – Giving UK Ethical Fashion the Celebrity Treatment – La Leaf La Leaf is a Berlin-based ethical fashion site. I was approached by the lovely Sarah,...
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Ethical Leather Bags & Accessories by Yorkshire-Based Magpie Accessories
Unwrapping my beautifully packaged new leather camera strap from Magpie Accessories, I was in awe of how soft the leather was at first touch. The violet camera strap was the perfect accessory to jazz...
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Win Lingerie by RUBY and Support the Save Our Seas Campaign
RUBY has stood the test of time, and for over a decade now has been producing gorgeous accessories and lingerie handmade in South Africa. Founded by Robyn Lidsky in 2002, RUBY is a fashion-forward...
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Crafted Leather Bags and Accessories: Review and Q&A with Gusti Leather
Gusti Leather produce beautiful leather bags and accessories in Germany and have recently launched on ASOS Marketplace. I’ve been lusting after a satchel bag for quite some time now so I was thrilled...
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Book Review: Stitched Up, the Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion
You can’t have missed the media coverage marking the one year anniversary of the tragic Rana Plaza factory collapse. Some 3000 workers were inside the Rana Plaza, an 8 storey illegally constructed...
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